Bibliography
The books listed below may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
Books for Browsing
- Bear's Busy Family
- Barefoot 1999 (24p)
- Bear uses his five senses to figure out what his family is busy preparing for.
- Mouse Paint
- Harcourt 1989 (32p)
- Three white mice experiment with jars of red, yellow, and blue paint.
- Art
- My Five Senses
- Aladdin 1994 (32p)
- From tasting watermelon to hearing a fire engine, five children explore what their senses allow them to do.
- Science
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
- Holt 1991 (32p)
- A series of zoo animals make their distinctive sounds in this patterned story.
- Mice Squeak, We Speak
- Putnam 2000 (32p)
- Three children describe a menagerie of animals and the sounds they make.
- Lunch
- Holt 1992 (32p)
- A hungry mouse nibbles and crunches his way through a feast of colorful fruits and vegetables.
- Black and White Rabbit's ABC
- Kingfisher 1999 (24p)
- The letters of the alphabet are presented as Rabbit paints a picture of an apple.
- All Sorts of Noises
- Picture Window 2005 (24p)
- Beth hears noises everywhere in this story about sound.
Books for Teacher Read Aloud
- We All Go Traveling By
- Barefoot Books 2003 (32p)
- A playful “I Spy” song introduces children to varying modes of transportation.
- Music
- What Does Bunny See? A Book of Colors and Flowers
- Clarion 2005 (32p)
- A rabbit explores a colorful garden before hopping home for a nap.
- The Sound of Day, the Sound of Night
- Farrar 2003 (32p)
- From clattering dishes to a cricket's chirps, two poems present some of the sounds a family hears during the day and evening.
- I Stink!
- Harper 2002 (32p)
- An odiferous garbage truck describes his job with gusto.
- The Wolf's Chicken Stew
- Paperstar 1989 (32p)
- In an effort to fatten up Mrs. Chicken for a delicious stew, Wolf unwittingly makes some new friends.
- What Color Is Nature?
- Boyds Mills 2002 (32p)
- Beautiful photos and brief text feature colors that are found in flowers, animals, vegetables, and other natural objects.
- Science
- Me and My Five Senses
- Dragonfly 2003 (32p)
- A girl introduces readers to the five senses and how they work.
- Science
- I Can Tell by Touching
- Harper 1994 (32p)
- Clear, simple text explains how the sense of touch helps us identify everyday objects and surroundings.
- Science
- Our Senses
- Compass Point 2003 (24p)
- Brief text explains how the senses help us to find out about the world.
- Science
- Black All Around!
- Lee & Low 2003 (32p)
- A girl discovers some of the wonderful things around her that are black, including cats, beetles, and licorice.
- Sniff, Sniff: A Book About Smell
- Picture Window 2005 (32p)
- This book explains the nose and its function in a simple way.
- Science
- Tasting
- Children's Press 2001 (32p)
- Brief text and photographs introduce children to the sense of taste.
- Science
Classics Corner
- Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
- Random 1970 (36p)
- Mr. Brown imitates the sounds of everything from the sizzle of frying eggs to the klopp klopp of horses' feet.
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- North-South 2001 (32p)
- A girl makes herself comfortable in a house belonging to three bears.
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
- Holt 1996 (32p)
- In this rhyming, patterned story, questions invite readers to predict what animal will appear next.
- The Very Quiet Cricket
- Philomel 1990 (24p)
- A cricket who can't make any sound at all is finally able to chirp when he finds a beautiful mate.
- Science
- Bread and Jam for Frances
- Harper 1993 (32p)
- Frances the badger loves nothing more than the taste of bread and jam, so her mother gives it to her for every meal.