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perception

Books about perception for readers of all ages.

Cover of This is my eye

This is my eye

Neela Vaswani

Ages 4–8perceptionobservation

Cover of 101 amazing optical illusions

101 amazing optical illusions

Terry J. Jennings

Ages 8–12perceptionvisual thinking

Cover of The other ducks

The other ducks

Ellen Yeomans

Ages 3–7friendshipreflection

Cover of Inside the Illusion

Inside the Illusion

Katherine Applegate

Ages 10–14reality vs illusionmetamorphosis

Cover of Paper Seafarer Displ

Paper Seafarer Displ

Seafarer

Ages 5–10friendshipperception

Cover of Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters

Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters

Bruce Coville

Ages 8–12aliensshapeshifting

Cover of The lion looking in a distorting mirror

The lion looking in a distorting mirror

Bingzi.

Ages 4–8self-discoveryperception

Cover of What Do You Hear? (Teach Me Books)

What Do You Hear? (Teach Me Books)

Dorothea Ackroyd, Gisela Fischer

Ages 0–3sensessound

Cover of Little Mouse's painting

Little Mouse's painting

Diane Wolkstein

Ages 3–8creativityself-expression

Cover of It looked like spilt milk

It looked like spilt milk

Charles Green Shaw

Ages 3–7imaginationperception

Cover of Sizes

Sizes

Jan Pienkowski

Ages 2–6size and scaleperception

Cover of Fog in the meadow

Fog in the meadow

Joanne Ryder, Gail Owens

Ages 3–7natureanimals

Cover of Throwing shadows

Throwing shadows

E. L. Konigsburg

Ages 10–14identityself-discovery

Cover of Sight

Sight

Louise Spilsbury

Ages 6–12visionsenses

Cover of Zeely

Zeely

Virginia Hamilton

Ages 9–14identityfriendship

Cover of Who took the farmer's hat?

Who took the farmer's hat?

Joan M. Lexau

Ages 3–7mysteryobservation

Cover of Through Grandpa's Eyes

Through Grandpa's Eyes

Patricia MacLachlan

Ages 5–8familydisability

Cover of Truth in sight

Truth in sight

Cori Doerrfeld, Tyler Page

Ages 6–10magicwonder

Cover of Prairie chicken little

Prairie chicken little

Jackie Hopkins

Ages 4–8folklore retellingcourage

Cover of Searching for David's Heart

Searching for David's Heart

Cherie Bennett

Ages 10–16sibling relationshipsself-discovery

Cover of Eyes

Eyes

Cynthia Fitterer Klingel, Robert B. Noyed

Ages 3–7sensesbody awareness

Cover of The boy with 17 senses

The boy with 17 senses

Sheila Grau

Ages 8–12self-discoveryindividuality

Cover of Where is the rocket?

Where is the rocket?

Harriet Ziefert

Ages 3–7observationspace exploration

Cover of Sees Behind Trees

Sees Behind Trees

Michael Dorris

Ages 9–13self-discoverydisability