Book Category: Senses

• Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-Splash!
  Fiction

  Yuko Ohnari, author; Koshiro Hata, illustrator; and Emily Balistrieri, translator
  A joyous onomatopoeia-laced paean to rain! Perfect for a read aloud.
  Ages: 3-6
  ISBN: 978-1636551142

  Category(ies): Senses, Weather
  Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Cat in the Hat, Knows a Lot About That! I Love the Nightlife!
  Fiction

  Tish Rabe

  Sally, Nick, and the Cat in the Hat rely on the help of nocturnal animals who use their keen vision, hearing, and sense of smell to locate the Cat’s lost hat. Ages 3-7

  ISBN-10: 0375863547

  Category(ies): Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: nocturnal
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Voices from the Wild: An Animal Sensagoria
  Fiction

  Bouchard, D. and R. Parker. 1996. Chronicle Books LLC.

  Category(ies): Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: animal sounds
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Noisy Counting Book
  Non-Fiction

  Schade, S. and J. Butler. 1987. Random House Books for Young Readers.

  Category(ies): Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: wetlands
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Animal Senses: How Animals See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel
  Non-Fiction

  Kaner, E. 1999. Kids Can Press, Limited.

  Category(ies): Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: animal senses
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Listen to the Rain
  Non-Fiction

  Martin, Jr., B. and J. Endicott. 1988. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: listening
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• How Animals Use Their Senses
  Non-Fiction

  Hickman, P. 2006. Kids Can Press, Limited.

  Category(ies): Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: animal senses
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Quiet Way Home
  Fiction

  Becker, B. and B. Huang. 1995. Holt, Henry, and Company

  Category(ies): Senses, Urban Environment
  Keywords: listening
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Night in the Country
  Fiction

  Rylant, C. 1991. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: sounds
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
  Fiction

  Dr. Seuss. Random House Children’s Books.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: shapes
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Horton Hears a Who
  Fiction

  Dr. Seuss. 1954. Random House Children’s Books.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
  Fiction

  Carle, E. and Jr. Martin, B. 1997. Henry Holt and Co.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: listening
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Tickly Prickly
  Fiction

  Becker, B., and S. Halpern. 1999. HaperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: touch
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Listening Walk
  Non-Fiction

  Showers, P. and Aliki. 1993. HarperCollins Children’s Books.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: listening
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Come to My Party and Other Shape Poems
  Non-Fiction

  Roemer, H.B. 2004. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.

  Category(ies): Senses
  Keywords: shapes
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Winter Is the Warmest Season
  Non-Fiction

  Stringer, L. 2006. Harcourt Children’s Books.

  Category(ies): Seasons, Senses
  Keywords: winter
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature
  Non-Fiction

  Swinburne, S.R. 2002. Boyds Mills Press.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: patterns
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Shape of Things
  Non-Fiction

  Dodds, D.A. 1996. Candlewick Press.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: shapes
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Is It Rough? Is It Smooth? Is It Shiny?
  Non-Fiction

  Hoban, T. 1984. HarperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: textures
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
  Non-Fiction

  Hoban, T. 1996. HarperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: shapes
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• So Many Circles, So Many Squares
  Non-Fiction

  Hoban, T. 1998. HarperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: shapes
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• In the Hush of the Evening
  Fiction

  Graff, N.P. and G.B. Karas. 1998. HarperCollins Publishers.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: listening
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Star in My Orange: Looking for Nature’s Shapes
  Non-Fiction

  Rau, D.M. 2006. Lerner Publishing Group.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: shapes
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Patterns in Nature
  Non-Fiction

  Roy, J.R. 2005. Benchmark Books.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: patterns
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Other Way to Listen
  Fiction

  Baylor, B. and P. Parnall. 1997. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Seasons, Senses
  Keywords: listening
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Black Book of Colors
  Non-Fiction

  Cottin, M., R. Faria, and E. Amado. 2008. Groundwood Books.

  Category(ies): Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: braille/seeing
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Nature Spy
  Non-Fiction

  Rotner, S. 1992. Atheneum.

  Category(ies): Nature, Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords:
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• The Way to Wyatt’s House
  Fiction

  Carlstrom, N.W., and M. Morgan. 2000. Walker & Company.

  Category(ies): Habitats & Ecosystems, Nature Exploration, Senses
  Keywords: observation
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?
  Non-Fiction

  Orie, S. De Coteau. 1996. Walker & Company.

  Category(ies): Native Culture, Seasons, Senses, Wildlife
  Keywords: spring
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade
  
  
• Fight Air Pollution
  Non-Fiction

  Llewellyn, C. 2003. Thameside Press.

  Category(ies): Environmental Issues, Senses
  Keywords: air pollution
  Age Group: Pre K-2nd grade