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My Five Senses Big Book

My Five Senses Big Book( )
Author: Aliki,
Illustrator: Aliki,
Series title:Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1 Ser.
ISBN:978-0-06-020050-3
Publication Date:Mar 1991
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperFestival
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.99
Book Description:

Read and find out about your five senses in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

This oversize edition--perfect for sharing in a library or classroom--invites young readers to use each of their five senses to explore the world around them.

Sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch--our five senses teach us about our world. Beloved author-illustrator Aliki's simple, engaging text and colorful artwork show young readers how they use their senses to smell a...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / Senses & Sensation
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):18.5 x 15 x 0.13 Inches
Book Weight:1.115 Pounds
Author Biography
Aliki (Author)
Aliki was born Aliki was born on September 3, 1929 in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from the Philadelphia Museum College of Art in 1951. After college, she worked in the display department at J. C. Penney Co. in New York for a year and then as a free-lance artist and art teacher in Philadelphia. In 1956 she spent several months traveling, painting, and sketching in Europe.

In 1957, Aliki married Franz Brandenberg, also a writer, and they settled in Switzerland, where she worked as a free-lance artist. In 1960 the Brandenbergs moved to New York City. Aliki continued to write and illustrate children's books, both fiction and nonfiction. As well as illustrating her own works, she has also illustrated over fifty books for others, including those of her husband Franz, Joanna Cole and Paul Showers.

Aliki and her family moved to England in 1977 where she continues to write and illustrate. She has been the recipient of many honours including the New York Academy of Sciences Children's Book Award and the Prix du Livre pour Enfants (Geneva). She received the New Jersey Institute of Technology Award for The Listening Walk in 1961 and for Bees and Beelines in 1964, the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award for Three Gold Pieces: A Greek Folk Tale in 1968, and the Children's Book Showcase for At Mary Bloom's in 1977. She also won the New York Academy of Sciences (younger) Award for Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians in 1977 and the Garden State Children's Book Award (younger nonfiction) for Mummies Made In Egypt in 1982.

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