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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George and the Man in the Yellow Hat are forced to sleep in the living room, but it soon becomes a problem when George's nightly trips to the kitchen keep the man awake, so George uses his senses to find the refrigerator in the dark.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Search the jungle for Tiger in the plastic-free touch and feel book. Along the way, meet Tiger's friends, including Orangutan, Rhino, and elephant. But where could Tiger be?" --
Busca a Tigre por la selva con este libro para tocar. Por el camino conocerás a sus amigos, como el orangután, el elefante o el rinoceronte. Pero ¿dónde puede estar Tigre?--Page 4 of cover.
63) Double blind
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kendra Michaels, formerly blind and now a hired gun for law enforcement agencies that rely on her sharp powers of observation, is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her. But then she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. The young woman was carrying an envelope with Kendra's name on it, and inside was an SD card with what appears to be an innocuous video of a wedding reception....
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. An opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist Giuseppe Baldini results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Imagines a day in the boyhood of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi, while wandering through an outdoor market, through the forest, and then by the ocean, seeing things Isamu sees through the eyes of a young artist.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From a castle in England to the New Jersey shore, host Jason Silva and renowned guest experts engage volunteers in experiments, games and exercises that reveal fascinating truths about the workings of the human brain. This season explores topics like the brain's amazing, if sometimes inconvenient, selective memory function, and whether or not people are literally born to be bad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Our bodies let us know if we feel unsafe or might be in danger and can tell us when we are calm or need healthy touch. In this story, Mr. B helps Deja understand what her body is telling her by asking her to describe what her body is feeling"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Doctors have been able to cure some forms of congenital blindness and deafness for decades. But this has created another problem: most people end up hating their new senses. To ask someone to adapt to a new sense is to ask them to reshape their entire world. Many simply cannot. Every waking minute, they are bombarded by meaningless sights or sounds. Some sink into a depression so great that they lose their will to live and die. So then what to do...
71) Look behind you
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 5
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A serial killer in San Diego near Kendra Michaels' home and office leaves behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases in various U.S. cities and features characteristics of the other murders unknown to the general public. Kendra, agent-for-hire Adam Lynch and private investigator Jessie Mercado team up to defeat the psychopath."--
73) Blink of an eye
Author
Series
Kendra Michaels volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Delilah Winter is one of the hottest pop stars on the planet, so how in the world was she kidnapped right in the middle of a show at the famous Hollywood Bowl? If anyone can figure it out, it's Dr. Kendra Michaels, who works with local and federal authorities on only the most impossible cases. Blind for the first twenty years of her life until a revolutionary surgical procedure allowed her to regain her sight, Kendra uses her powers of observation,...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Combining simple text with gorgeous photos, the latest addition to Jane Brocket's Clever Concepts series encourages children to use all five of their senses (and the corresponding body parts associated with those senses) to investigate the world around them."--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a trillion scents, have a set of taste buds that can discern molecules of fresh water, and can feel through...
78) MAMA IN THE MOON
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A baby sloth experiences a nighttime tumble and as mama sloth slowly makes her way down the tree, she helps him self-soothe by using his senses.
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