Senses in the City (Shelley Rotner's Early Childhood Library)

ROTNER

Shelley Rotner’s vivid photographs help you see, smell, taste,

Senses in the City

A walk in the city becomes a workout for your senses, as

hear, and touch all the wonderful things a big city has to offer.

MILLBROOK

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s e s n Se in t he

City Shelley Rotner

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To Jean, with gratitude for having the vision to see my books through as I would. Text and photographs copyright © 2008 Shelley Rotner All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Millbrook Press A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN U.S.A. 55401 Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rotner, Shelley. Senses in the city / by Shelley Rotner. p. cm. — (Shelley Rotner's early childhood library) ISBN 978–0–8225–7502–3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Senses and sensation—Juvenile literature. 2. Cities and towns— Juvenile literature. I. Title. QP434.R66 2008 612.8—dc22 2007021887 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – DP – 13 12 11 10 09 08

eISBN-13: 978-0-7613-4041-6

See

the ci ty

skylin e and

the b ridge .

Touch the elevator button

. . . and the escalator railing.

Smell the flowers at a corner store.

Taste a giant, warm pretzel.

Touch the pole in the subway car.

Hear a train passing by.

Taste special foods from all over the world.

Smell the ripe fruit at a street stand.

See

the tall buildings.

Hear the musicians playing to a crowd.

Taste a cookie from a neighborhood bakery.

Smell the fish at the local market.

See the dolphins at the science museum . . .

Touch the metal parking meter.

Smell the garbage on pickup day.

Hear the jackhammer at a construction site.

Taste sweet treats from the candy store.

Touch hands to cross a busy street.

See

the city lights at night.

In the city, there’s so much to

see,

hear, smell, taste, touch.

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ROTNER

Shelley Rotner’s vivid photographs help you see, smell, taste,

Senses in the City

A walk in the city becomes a workout for your senses, as

hear, and touch all the wonderful things a big city has to offer.

MILLBROOK

J

s e s n Se in t he

City Shelley Rotner