Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won't explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal,...

Children explore their five senses, learning what they can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste.

Describes the purpose of smell in your body and how your nose is involved. Discusses how your nose hairs clean the air and keep dust and dirt away from your lungs. Explains how nerve cells send a message to your brain to let you know what you are smelling and how smell keeps you safe from fires and toxins. Also includes fun facts and a diagram of your nose.

Simple text describes how noses smell, how smell and taste work together, and how our sense of smell keeps us safe. Includes color photographs, a glossary, critical thinking questions, and further resources.

"Mary Murphy has created a little dog who will become a big friend. In this charming book, small children can experience the world as sensed by this delightful character, from the first taste of breakfast milk to the feel of a big, warm, hug and finally, the sound of a bedtime story"--Back cover.

Jimmy Sniffles fights an evil twin who was created by Dr. Von Snotenstein and who has more super powers than Jimmy does.

"A rich, engrossing, and deeply intelligent story….This is a book I won't soon forget." -Molly Wizenberg, bestselling author of A Homemade Life "Fresh, smart, and consistently surprising. If this beautifully written book were a smell, it would be a crisp green apple." -Claire Dederer, bestselling author of Poser Season to Taste is an aspiring chef's moving account of finding her way-in the kitchen and beyond-after a tragic accident destroys...

"Arfy wants to prove just how good he is at smelling by tracking down the stinky smell going through his neighborhood"--

"Smell is such a powerful and revealing sense because it detects actual little pieces of things in the world. It gives us direct evidence of what those things are made of-unlike the indirectness of vision or hearing, which register light waves and air movements. Those little pieces are volatile molecules, so little that they're able to break away from their source and fly invisibly through the air to reach our nose. To begin to understand a thing's...

"Ted, a dog who gets his news each day by smelling out The Daily Sniff, investigates when his town is overcome by an usual odor, which turns out to be a skunk family." -- Provided by publisher.