Five Senses

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 9/08 

Hearing

• Did You Hear That? Animals With Super Hearing by Caroline Arnold (2001)
Many animals have a super sense of hearing. Small rodents call to each other with ultrahigh sounds. Some insects use their ultahigh hearing to avoid bats. Humpback whales can talk to each other from miles away.
• The Ear Book by Al Perkins (2007)
Our ears hear popcorn popping, flutes tooting, hands clapping, and fingers snapping.
• Elana's Ears, or How I Became the Best Sister in the World by Gloria Roth Lowell (2000)
Lacey the family dog is jealous of the new baby that her human parents brought home, until she discovers that the baby cannot hear.
• Handtalk School (1991)
Words and sign language depict a group of students involved in putting on a Thanksgiving play at a school for deaf children.
• Hearing by Sharon Gordon (2001)
• Hearing by Rebecca Olien (2006)
"Explains the sense of hearing and how the ears work as sense organs"--Provided by publisher.
• Hearing by Kay Woodward (2005)
• Hearing by Mary Mackill (2006)
What are my senses? -- What do I use to hear? -- How do I hear? -- What can I hear? -- How does hearing help me? -- How can I hear things better? -- How can I take care of my hearing? -- Animals can hear too! -- Test your sense of hearing -- Hearing is super! -- Glossary -- Index.
• Hearing by Sue Hurwitz (1997)
Explains the sense of hearing, including how the ear works.
• Moses Goes to School by Isaac Millman (2000)
Moses and his friends enjoy the first day of school at their special school for the deaf and hard of hearing, where they use sign language to talk to each other.
• My Ears by Lloyd Douglas (2004)
Simple text introduces the functions of the human ear, as well as tools that can help people who have hearing problems.
• Patrick Gets Hearing Aids by Maureen Cassidy Riski (1994)
• Perk Up Your Ears: Discover Your Sense of Hearing by Vicki Cobb (2001)
• A Place for Grace by Jean Davies Okimoto (1993)
With the help of a hearing-impaired man, a little dog finally manages to graduate from a training school for hearing dogs.
• Shhhh: a Book About Hearing by Dana Meachen Rau (2005)