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1. Aliki (1962). My five senses. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.

Abstract:
How do you taste your favorite food or see an airplane in the sky?Your five senses let you see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. You may use one sense or several at one time. Wherever you go and whatever you do, your senses are always working for you.

Abstract provided by Sara Kirkpatrick, 2002 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Airplane] [Animals] [Awareness] [Baby] [Bear] [Birds] [Body Parts] [Cat] [Dog] [Dolls] [Fire Engine] [Five Senses] [Food] [Frog] [Games] [Hearing] [Moon] [Rabbit] [Sight] [Smell] [Stars] [Taste] [Touch] [Toys] [Tree]

2. Ardley, Neil (1992). The science book of the senses. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.

Abstract:
Includes all kinds of health and science experiments that will test your five senses. From reading with your fingers to tasting sweet and sour foods, all your senses will be used during this learning experience.

Abstract provided by Erin Wiegand, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Beverage] [Blindness] [Cold] [Five Senses] [Hearing] [Hearing Impaired] [Learning] [Science] [Sight] [Smell] [Taste] [Touch] [Vision]

3. Banks, Kate (2002). Close your eyes. New York: Frances Foster Books.

Abstract:
A tiger is afraid to close his eyes and go to sleep because of the darkness. His mom tells him all the things he can see in his sleep and assures him she will protect him.

Mollie Steadley, 2004 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Bedtime] [Birds] [Clouds] [Desert] [Dreams] [Fear] [Feelings] [Lost] [Moon] [Mountains] [Ocean] [Protection] [Rain] [Sight] [Sky] [Sleep] [Tiger] [Tree]

4. Barash, Lynne (1993). A winter walk. New York: Ticknor and Fields.

Abstract:
A mother explains to her daughter that winter is more than just cold and gray. In fact, winter has the colors of blue, orange, green, and red. You can be happy in the wintertime too.

Abstract provided by Cleon Plummer, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Child Care] [Critical Thinking] [Happiness] [Learning] [Nonverbal Communication] [Rabbit] [Sight] [Snow] [Stress Management] [Verbal Communication] [Winter]

5. Bond, R. (1988). Cherry tree. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Hill Press.

Abstract:
A young girl from India plants a cherry seed with her grandfather. They observe the tree as it grows through the seasons and eventually it grows quite large. The tree serves as a constant reminder of the girl's grandfather.

Abstract provided by Allison Bucci, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Family] [Five Senses] [Food] [Goat] [Grandparents] [Multicultural] [Numbers] [Nutrition] [Plants] [Seasons] [Sight] [Spring] [Summer] [Taste] [Winter]

6. Carlstrom, Nancy White (1992). The snow. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

Abstract:
When the first snow falls, the children know that winter is just beginning. To each child the snow means many different things. As Christmas nears the snow means Christmas.

Abstract provided by Jeanne Baker, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Christmas] [Five Senses] [Holidays] [Nature] [Nonverbal Communication] [Sight] [Snow] [Sounds] [Vision] [Winter]

7. Caseley, Judith (1990). Grandpa's garden. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Abstract:
Sarah helps to choose, to plant, and to water plants in her grandpa's garden. After a while, her grandparents invite her for lunch made with ingredients from the garden.

Abstract provided by Miwako Monden, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Beverage] [Birds] [Bluejay] [Family] [Five Senses] [Food] [Garden] [Grandparents] [Health] [Helping] [Nutrition] [Plants] [Sight] [Taste] [Touch]

8. Chanko, Pamela//Chessen, Betsey (1998). Orange juice. New York: Scholastic, Inc.

Abstract:
Do you ever wonder where orange juice comes from?Follow the growth of an orange from a tiny seedling to the ripe, juicy fruit that is squeezed to make orange juice.

Abstract provided by Erin Wiegand, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Beverage] [Birds] [Cycle] [Farm] [Five Senses] [Flowers] [Food] [History] [Nutrition] [Plants] [Reproduction] [Sequence] [Sight] [Taste] [Wood]

9. Dodds, Dayle Ann (1992). The color box. Boston: Little Brown and Company.

Abstract:
Alexander the monkey discovers a box which introduces him to a world of color. Each new color is an adventure and a discovery for Alexander.

Abstract provided by Anne DiCello, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adventures] [Animals] [Decision Making] [Discovery] [Mischief] [Monkey] [Nonverbal Communication] [Sight]

10. Grifalconi, Ann (1993). Kinda blue. Boston: Little, Brown & Company.

Abstract:
Sissy is sad and lonely because she thinks about her father who died when she was a baby. Sissy's Uncle Dan helps her to understand differences among people and cheers her up through the use of his cornfields. He also makes her understand that even though her father is not alive, she has a family that loves her very much.

Abstract provided by Tonia Ricketts, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [African American] [Coping] [Death] [Family] [Farm] [Feelings] [Five Senses] [Food] [Loss] [Moods] [Multicultural] [Nutrition] [Sadness] [Sight]

11. Hagen, Jeff (1995). Hiawatha passing. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc..

Abstract:
A young boy awakens on a cold winter night to the sound of a passenger train roaring past his grandparent's farm. What do you know about the train "Hiawatha"?

Abstract provided by Lynne-Ann Bell, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Anticipation] [Bedtime] [Cold] [Colors] [Environment] [Excitement] [Family] [Five Senses] [Grandparents] [Hearing] [Instruments] [Listening] [Nature] [Night] [Noise] [Nonverbal Communication] [Observation] [Sight] [Sky] [Sleep] [Snow] [Sounds] [Stars] [Train] [Transportation] [Travel] [Verbal Communication] [Weather] [Wind] [Winter]

12. Hest, Amy (1996). Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

Abstract:
Baby duck dislikes her new eyeglasses. She believes they look bad and hinder her ability to play. Her grandpa convinces her that her glasses are not so terrible after all.

Abstract provided by Lynne-Ann Bell, 1998 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Baby] [Birds] [Boat] [Bodies Of Water] [Change] [Colors] [Conflict Resolution] [Counting] [Dancing] [Duck] [Embarrassment] [Exercise] [Family] [Glasses] [Grandparents] [Health] [Lake] [Music] [Nonverbal Communication] [Numbers] [Parents] [Park] [Play] [Reading] [Self Esteem] [Sight] [Song] [Sun] [Verbal Communication] [Vision] [Walking]

13. Humphrey, Margo (1987). The river that gave gifts: An afro american story. San Francisco: Children's Book Press.

Abstract:
When Yanava and her friends find out that Neema, the elder woman of the town, is losing her sight they decide to make special gifts for her. While sitting next to the river pondering over what to give Neema, Yanava is called to put her hands in the river. The river helps her hands produce a rainbow, which gives Neema the light she needs to see.

Abstract provided by Mindy Hastings, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [African American] [Blindness] [Bodies Of Water] [Five Senses] [Friendship] [Giving] [Multicultural] [Presents] [Rainbow] [River] [River] [Sharing] [Sight] [Vision]

14. Ivimey, John W. (1987). The complete story of the three blind mice. New York: Clarion Books.

Abstract:
Three mice leave home to have some fun. They found the farmer's house and were chased by his cat. The chase results in the mice running into thorns and being blinded.

Abstract provided by Billie Welbourn, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Cat] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Farm] [Five Senses] [Mouse] [Sight]

15. Johansen, Hanna (2002). Henrietta and the golden eggs. Boston: David R. Godine.

Abstract:
Once upon a time, 3,333 chickens lived in a small, crowded chikcen yard and everyday Henrietta, the baby chicken, finds a way out and everyone follows. Soon the manager builds a large, open chicken house and Henrietta lays her first egg.

Mollie Steadley, 2004 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Celebration] [Chicken] [Colors] [Cow] [Escape] [Farm] [Five Senses] [Frog] [Growing Up] [Hope] [Noise] [Numbers] [Pond] [Practice] [Running] [Running Away] [Sight] [Smell] [Sounds] [Swimming] [Water]

16. Lehman, Barbara (2004). The red book. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Abstract:
A friendship forms when two boys from different parts of the world find a magical red book. The boy from the urban city decides to use balloons to fly to the island where his new friend lives, but he accidentally drops the red book along the way. The boy on the island is disappointed when he can no longer view his city companion in the pages of the book, but is relieved when he lands on the beach instead! Back in the city, the red book is discovered by a man riding his bike on the street (A wordless book).

Abstract provided by Lisa Lynne Miller, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adventures] [Balloon] [Beach] [Bicycle] [Bodies Of Water] [Books] [Cold] [Correspondence] [Decision Making] [Disappointment] [Discovery] [Emotions] [Excitement] [Feelings] [Fly] [Friendship] [Goal Setting] [Happiness] [Island] [Maps] [Nonverbal Communication] [Photograph] [Relationship] [Sadness] [Sand] [School] [Sight] [Sky] [Snow] [Sun] [Surprises] [Transportation] [Travel] [Walking] [Weather]

17. Levi, Dorothy Hoffman (1989). A very special friend. Washington, DC: Kendall Green Publications.

Abstract:
Frannie is lonely without friends her age in her neighborhood. When Laura moves in down the street, Frannie is excited but then sad because Laura is hearing impaired and cannot talk. The girls soon learn to communicate through sign language and become close friends.

Abstract provided by Katie Krease, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Feelings] [Five Senses] [Friendship] [Handicap] [Happiness] [Hearing Impaired] [Loneliness] [Neighbors] [Nonverbal Communication] [Sadness] [Sight] [Sign Language]

18. MAartin, Bill (1983). Brown bear, brown bear: What do you see?. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Abstract:
Through a repeating phrase "what do you see?", animals of different colors fulfill the intellectual and social dimensions of health. In the end, a mother looks at a variety of children.

Christina Ison, 2006 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Amphibians] [Birds] [Cat] [Colors] [Deer] [Differences] [Dog] [Duck] [Family] [Feelings] [Fish] [Frog] [Horse] [Memory] [Observation] [Pets] [Sheep] [Sight] [Sizes] [Variety] [Vision]

19. MacLachlan, Patricia (1979). Through grandpa's eyes. New York: Harper & Row.

Abstract:
John's grandfather is blind. John spends the day with him and tries to "look" at things in the same way his grandfather does.

Abstract provided by Jennifer J. Thompson and Jennifer L. Thompson, 1994 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Blindness] [Conflict Resolution] [Critical Thinking] [Decision Making] [Disability] [Empathy] [Family] [Five Senses] [Goal Setting] [Grandparents] [Handicap] [Illness] [Self Esteem] [Sight] [Vision]

20. Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John (1988). Up and down on the merry-go-round. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Abstract:
A little girl describes her adventure on a merry-go-round using the sights and sounds around her.

Abstract provided by Elizabeth Scallon, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adventures] [Animals] [Bear] [Clowns] [Colors] [Disappointment] [Feelings] [Five Senses] [Freedom] [Happiness] [Humor] [Music] [Ostrich] [Pig] [Sight] [Sounds]

21. Martin, Bill Jr.//Archambault, John (1988). Listen to the rain. New York: Holt.

Abstract:
Using a rhyme, this book introduces the beautiful sequences of sound that are produced by a rainstorm.

Abstract provided by Stephanie Sexton, 1994 and Mary Fierstos, 1995 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Critical Thinking] [Five Senses] [Hearing] [Listening] [Nonverbal Communication] [Rain] [Rhyme] [Self Esteem] [Sight] [Sounds] [Weather]

22. McMillan, Bruce (1994). Sense suspense: A guessing game for the five senses. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Abstract:
Which of your five senses are you likely to use when you look at the photos?Learn English by reading the words printed in black and learn Spanish by reading the words in blue.

Abstract provided by Karen Uhlir, 1996 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Birds] [Courage] [Critical Thinking] [Curiosity] [Decision Making] [English] [Feelings] [Five Senses] [Food] [Happiness] [Language] [Multicultural] [Nonverbal Communication] [Nutrition] [Parrot] [Sight] [Smell] [Sounds] [Spanish] [Spelling] [Summer] [Taste] [Touch] [Weather]

23. Michels, Dia L. (2003). Look what i see! Where can i be? Visiting China. Washington, D.C.: Playtus Media, LLC.

Abstract:
A baby takes a trip to China with her family and learns and sees many things related to the Chinese culture. The baby visits a market, the opera, the countryside and the famous Great Wall.

Mollie Steadley, 2004 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Adventures] [Author's Note] [Bicycle] [Chinese] [Culture] [Customs] [Days Of The Week] [Exploration] [Family] [Food] [Geography] [History] [Market] [Sight] [Sleep] [Traditions] [Travel]

24. Michels, Dia L. (2003). Look what i see! Where can i be? At the Synagogue. Washington, D.C.: Platypus Media, LLC.

Abstract:
Baby travels with her family to the Synagogue and learns and sees many things related to the Jewish religion and customs.

Mollie Steadley, 2004 for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Author's Note] [Celebration] [Ceremony] [Culture] [Dancing] [Family] [Jewish] [Language] [Learning] [Parents] [Photograph] [Religion] [School] [Sight] [Sleep] [Wedding]

25. Michels, Dia L. (2002). Look what I see! Where can I be? With my animal friends. Washington, D.C.: Platypus Media, LLC.

Abstract:
Each day of the week, a baby and her family visit the various places animals live. She sees a variety of animals and which types live in which areas.

for the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University.

Keywords: [Animals] [Baby] [Barn] [Butterfly] [Days Of The Week] [Dog] [Dolphin] [Family] [Farm] [Goat] [Horse] [Iguana] [Insects] [Photograph] [Sight] [Sleep] [Wilderness] [Zoo]
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