SERIES MADE SIMPLE

Ears Are for Earrings

The Sense of Hearing
by Katherine HENGEL
978-1-61783-196-6. ea vol: 24p. (All About Your Senses Series). photos. glossary. CIP. ABDO/SandCastle. 2012. PLB $21.35; ebook $21.35.
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PreS-Gr 2—Using concrete examples, each title explains the basic purpose of its featured sense. For example, in Mouths the text "Maria tastes the lemon. Her sister dared her to do it! Maria makes a funny face. The lemon tastes sour" is paired with a picture of a girl grimacing over a lemon. Compact in size with large-font text set opposite a bright photo (many of them close-ups of kids using their senses) on each spread, this series has an intimate and friendly feel. Topics are not explored in great detail—Hands explains, "Our skin is covered with sense receptors. They send messages to our brains. That's how we feel things." Bolded words are defined in the glossaries and each volume ends with a quiz and an additional page of facts. This series provides a fine introduction to the senses.
These books for beginning readers offer a few facts about the senses in a clear and humorous way. Close-up photos of children's faces on left-hand pages illustrate and personalize the scant information. Three facts about each sense and a quiz are appended. Glos. Review covers these Sandcastle: All About Your Senses titles: Ears Are for Earrings, Eyes Are for Winking, Hands Are for Holding, and Mouths Are for Smiling.
Reviewed by Ragan O'Malley , Apr 01, 2012

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