Cold, Crunchy, Colorful: Using Our Senses (Jane Brocket's Clever Concepts)

Brocket, Jane

ISBN 10: 1467702331 ISBN 13: 9781467702331

Publisher: Millbrook Press ™, 2014

Synopsis

Seeing brightly colored flowers, hearing nuts go "crunch," and feeling cold ice cream on your tongue―we use our senses to explore the world. How many ways to use your senses can you find in this book?

About this title

About the Author

Jane Brocket is the author of The Gentle Art of Domesticity (2007) and The Gentle Art of Quiltmaking (2010) and of two books based on the wonderful things characters eat and do in classic children’s books: Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer (2008) and Ripping Things to Do (2009)―a selection of the pieces in these two books has been collected into one volume for the US as Turkish Delight and Treasure Hunts (Perigee, 2010). She is currently writing a series of four Clever Concepts books for Millbrook Press. She has a knitting book to be published in 2011 and two more craft books in the pipeline.

Jane enjoys knitting, quilting, sewing, baking, growing flowers, and taking photographs of the things she makes as well as details of the world around her. She loves color, pattern, texture, shapes, and objects. And, above all, she love books and reading.

Jane Brocket is the author of The Gentle Art of Domesticity (2007) and The Gentle Art of Quiltmaking (2010) and of two books based on the wonderful things characters eat and do in classic children’s books: Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer (2008) and Ripping Things to Do (2009)―a selection of the pieces in these two books has been collected into one volume for the US as Turkish Delight and Treasure Hunts (Perigee, 2010). She is currently writing a series of four Clever Concepts books for Millbrook Press. She has a knitting book to be published in 2011 and two more craft books in the pipeline.

Jane enjoys knitting, quilting, sewing, baking, growing flowers, and taking photographs of the things she makes as well as details of the world around her. She loves color, pattern, texture, shapes, and objects. And, above all, she love books and reading.

Review

"From the cover's richly colored photographs and the alliterative sound of the title, Brocket invites children to explore the world with their five senses. One at a time, each sense is examined, partnering those eye-popping pictures with simple declaratory text. First, our eyes: they see the world around us, including patterns, colors, and shapes. Second, our ears hear loud sounds and quiet sounds. Third, our hands, feet, and skin feel rough, smooth, wet, cold, grainy, and warm. Fourth, our noses smell fragrant, pungent, ripe, and rotten. And finally, our tongues taste sweet, sour, and salty, and can distinguish between flavors. After these great examples of visual learning, readers are given the opportunity to choose which senses they use in different settings. For example: 'Can you say which senses we use when we . . . take a walk outside?' This is just one entry in the Jane Brocket's Clever Concepts series, all of which share the same snazzy appeal." ―Booklist

(Journal)

"Brocket's latest in the Clever Concepts series uses photographs to explore the five senses.
The text explains the five senses in a way even the youngest of readers can understand, and it's paired with simple photos that highlight just what the text is mentioning but that are also full of patterns, shapes, colors and textures. They highlight everyday sights and objects with new angles and perspectives that will have kids looking around on walks in the neighborhood―plants, architectural details, rocks and flowers are prominently featured. We use our eyes to see colors, read books, discern patterns; our ears to hear; we feel with our hands, our feet, our skin; our noses smell things that are nice but also things that are not so nice―garbage, for instance. 'We use our tongues to taste.... // We can taste many flavors. Juicy cherries, spicy chilies, and jammy cookies. / Oily, salty fish. Fluffy vanilla frosting. Cool, minty toothpaste.' Brocket concludes by pointing out that we often use more than one sense at a time―eating a crunchy pretzel twist uses all five senses at once―and two pages of photo collages challenge readers to name which senses are in use in each.
Teachers and parents eager for their children to experience the world in a different way will be thrilled." ―Kirkus Reviews

(Journal)

"Once again, Brocket has created a rich, sensory treat that young children will thoroughly enjoy. Using her signature photography brimming with color and detail, she invites her audience to use all five senses to soak up the world around them. Thanks to spectacular tight shots, youngsters can almost hear the splashing of a waterfall, smell freshly baked bread, taste the crunchy edges of a fried egg, and feel the velvety covering of a budding flower. The text is minimal but packs a descriptive punch, and it's presented in a fun font against neutral, textured rectangles. The concluding spread asks readers to name all five senses again and think about which ones they're using in that moment. This selection would be a wonderful tool for heightening a child's awareness of all the sensory experiences afforded by an outing to the park or any other venue or for a fun sensory-based scavenger hunt at home on a dreary day. In any case, it's a book that will be pored over again and again, thanks to photography that absolutely pops." ―School Library Journal

(Journal)

Edition details

• Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1467702331
• ISBN 13: 9781467702331
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32