My Five Senses

by Margaret Miller

Overview

I have two eyes, a nose, a mouth, two ears, and two hands. How can I use these to experience the world?

From enjoying the taste of watermelon to hearing the sound of a fire engine or feeling a rabbit’s soft fur, five children explore how their senses work. Margaret Miller’s lively photographs capture their discoveries and invite us to share in the fun.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689820090
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	07/01/1998
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	156,932
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	BR (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Margaret Miller is the author and photographer of many books for children. My Five Senses was chosen as an "Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children" in 1995, and was a Booklist "Editor's Choice" selection for 1994. Her Look Baby series has been raved about in Publishers Weekly and Parenting Magazine.

Editorial Reviews

"Turning the pages of Miller's elegantly simple photo-essay is like freshly experiencing all five senses," said PW of this cheerful series of children's portraits celebrating sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures. Ages 2-4. (July)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-K-Slight in text, but often visually striking, this book introduces the subject through photographs of five children, each of a different race or ethnicity. An African-American girl looks at herself, her shadow, her dog, and her city, each illustrated with a full-color photograph of her interacting with the topic at hand. The pattern is repeated by each child: ``with my nose I smell popcorn, a horse, flowers, and garbage. With my mouth I taste...'' Finally, readers are told, ``With our five senses, we enjoy our world.'' While some of the pictures seem staged, they depict experiences common to many children of this age, and are sure to provoke discussion. The book is in the same vein as Aliki's My Five Senses (Crowell, 1989) and Henry Pluckrose's ``Think About'' series (Watts), all of which essentially offer visual images, making no attempt to explain how or why the senses work. As such, this title is an additional purchase for collections serving young children.-Denise L. Moll, Lone Pine Elementary School, West Bloomfield, MI

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