Review by Booklist Review
This welcome addition to George's series of concept books about the senses examines sight by naming some of the most ordinary, and the most beautiful, things in the world: a bright light, a mouse, a reflection, and more. It is also about perspective about seeing up here and down there, near and far, and upside down. And then there are the things we aren't sure we are seeing, like nothing or shapes in sky. The simple, elegant illustrations use bright colors and minimal detail to guide the reader to appreciate the concepts of relative size and distance (a hawk sees a rabbit in a hole a long way away), of magnification (a beetle through a hand lens), and of misperception (a monster is really the shadow of a teddy bear). All the while, there is a pair of eyes on every page, maybe seeing what the reader sees or maybe not? This is full of little surprises that should delight and amuse readers, and nonreaders, of any age.--Chaudhri, Amina Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
In this sight-themed offering from this U.K.-based husband-and-wife design team, brief phrases continue the trailing sentence begun by the book's title, accompanied by bold, graphic imagery. A black-on-red silhouette of a hand grasping a magnifying glass enlarges one of a dozen beetles ("...bigger through this"), while a transparent insert moves a pair of glasses from atop a small girl's head to an older gentleman's face ("And I can see... your smile!"). Visual cleverness is evident throughout (bats and clouds form an Escher-like pattern; a pair of "dark tunnels" resemble a face, complete with mischievous eyelashes), making this a delightful introduction to one of the five senses. Simultaneously available: I Smell..., I Taste..., I Hear..., I Touch... Ages 3-5. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Each title in this lively series focuses on one specific sense within a repetitive format. A first-person description starts the interactions; for example, I Hear. "...a bee buzzing/...a bird singing/...thunder crashing/...drums banging," etc. A transparent page inserted within the book contains one reversible object and influences both sides of the illustration. In I See., a plane on the page "far" appears in a window from a distance as a child looks on; to exemplify the term "near," the plane rests on a person's hand. Thick black lines enhance blocky shapes against bold, stark backgrounds with quite clever visual results. In the third book, the words, "I smell." begin the text while succinct phrases are used to describe familiar aromas, ".cakes baking/.dinner burning!" While some items convey pleasing scents, other examples elicit not so favorable responses. The picture of the skunk provides this disclaimer: "...awful. Keep away!" A disgruntled bear with an image of a person on its snout accompanies the caption, ".YOU from far, far away!" All in all, these are bright graphic introductions.-Meg Smith, Cumberland County Public Library, Fayetteville, NC (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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