touch

Examines touch as one of the five senses, looks at skin and its role in touch, and explains how the skin, nerves, and brain work together to allow people to feel.

An introduction to the sense of touch that describes how nerves under the skin help people feel different things.

Presents an introduction to the five senses, focusing on touch, explaining how the skin functions, looking at how it works together with the brain to provide information about the world, discussing different kinds of touches, and offering advice on how to protect the skin.

Presents an introduction the sense of touch, in simple text with illustrations, explaining how the skin and nerves work, how certain things have different textures, and how the sense touch helps people and animals navigate the world.

Presents an introduction the sense of touch, in simple text with illustrations, explaining how the skin and nerves work, how certain things have different textures, and how the sense touch helps people and animals navigate the world.

Raised black line drawings on black pages encourage people to use their other senses to experience art, helping them understand what it is like to be blind.

Labeled pictures depict things one can touch that are wet, rough, soft, smooth, furry, prickly, squishy, and sticky.

Text and photographs introduce sensations of touch such as soft, cold, or wet.

Explains how our skin can have many kinds of feeling -- hot and cold, itches and tickles, and pain.