Ruby Sisson Library

Answers more than forty questions about the senses of humans and animals, such as "Which drum helps me hear?" and "Why do cats' eyes glow in the dark?", and includes additional facts and humorous illustrations.

"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed...

A simple presentation of the five senses, demonstrating some ways we use them.

"Kendra Michaels is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her...until she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. The man 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. And just one week before the attempted delivery of this mysterious video, the groom in the video was murdered. As the...

Touch is one of the earliest senses we develop. It's easy to understand: just reach out and grab it! Beginning readers are, given an opportunity to explore a world of textures in this book. From rough surfaces like sand to smooth cloths and silks, the contrast between sensations makes for a learning experience at every turn. Full-color photographs provide strong picture-text correlation to enhance comprehension of this basic science concept.

A child experiences a flower by seeing its colors, smelling its fragrance, and imagining tiny world within in.

Presents twelve scientifically proven facts about how the human brain works and explains how to apply each fact to get the most out of one's brain on a daily basis, discussing such concepts as attention, memory, and sleep.

Introuduces the sense of touch, discussing how sense receptors sense heat, cold, pain, or pressure.

Introduces the sense of smell, discusses how it works, and describes other things people do with their nose, including plugging it, blowing it, and giving Eskimo kisses. Introduces the sense of smell, discusses how it works, and describes other things people do with their noses, including plugging it, blowing it, and giving Eskimo kisses.