Hear This (Let's Start Science) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is part of a series on the senses and it is great for the younger crowd of emerging scientists. Sally Hewitt uses photographs of real kids to get the readers excited as well as simple observations and experiments.

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The Ear and the Voice Review

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(More customer reviews)As a close collaborator of Dr. Alfred Tomatis for more than 30 years, I am in a good position to know how difficult it is to present his work in English in a way which is both easy to read and truthful to his thinking.

The writing of Tomatis needs more than a translator; it needs a total rewriting by people who are familiar with his work. This is what Roberta Prada and her collaborators have been able to accomplish and they have done it with great talent. Bravo!

The Ear and The Voice offers precious insights and practical tips to singers, teachers in singing and other voice professionals. But it is not just another book on vocal technique. It sheds an entirely new light on many important subjects such as listening, language, learning and communication. If you've never heard of or read Tomatis' work, be ready for a drastically new experience!
Paul Madaule, Director of The Listening Centre, Toronto, Canada and author of When Listening Comes Alive.


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This book reveals the benefits of Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis's revolutionary listening training techniques. Tomatis's training is directed primarily at singers and artists, though it has been seen to have profoundly theraputic effects on those who suffer from hearing loss and psychological problems. The translation and adaptations provided by the editors of this first English version of Tomatis's work make the content easily accessible to a broad audience, and each of the book's three Parts can be read fruitfully seperately, or together, and in any order. The book will appeal to everyone who wants to understand and experience the benefits of conscious listening.

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Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Language Review

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(More customer reviews)For any Speech Pathology grad students reading this, get this book! Yeah, it's a bit old (as evidenced by the "diskette" it comes with), but the anatomy and physiology are the same. It's very clear and easy to understand. The diagrams are an extra bonus, as is the VCR tape (again, a bit dated), but I can't say enough. I will be keeping this book as a reference tool for years to come!
If any of your speech courses require you to learn anatomy & physiology, buy it. You won't be sorry :-D

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Taste (The Five Senses) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is another of the five books published in 1985 by Maria Rius and illustrated by J.M. Parramon and J.J. Puig which is an ideal teaching aide and is thoroughly enjoyed by the little ones. It is geared for the preschool through first grade crowd and could quite well act as a beginning reader as well as a wonderful tool to teach the sense of taste.
The text consists of short simple sentences such as "Pastries taste good to me. So does Chocolate. Oranges are delicious. And milk is yummy." Each declarative sentence is accompanied by a wonderful color (water color) painting which illustrates the statement perfectly.
The art in this work, as with the other books in this series, have a sort of old European flavor to them. Not ancient, but the clothing the children wear and the background harkens to an earlier era...yet at the same time the two artists have added a certain contemporary look. This may seem odd, but in this case it works. Be that as it my, the painting are quite good, colorful and lively.
The author has included an illustration, anatomically correct, of the mouth, palate, throat, and taste buds along with a text of one page explaining the sense of taste in an adult mode for the use of the teacher or parent.
Not only does this work address the subject of physical taste, if flirts with the concept of exploring new tastes, evaluating taste and appreciating it. This is a wonderful little book that the teacher or parent can glean much information from in leading a discussion on the sense of taste. It is a fantastic learning tool.
I do think that the most captivating aspect of this work are the illustration which are actually as good in teaching about taste as the text, which is quite good also.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks


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Do you remember your first realization of any of your five senses? Prolific children's author J. M. Parramn successfully tackles these tough concepts in words that 3-5 year olds can comprehend. These five colorful books awaken young minds to the wonders of the senses: the taste of oranges, the aroma of fresh-baked bread, and other sensations that give us delight in being alive. Educational, yet fun to read, this clever series is clearly written and cheerfully illustrated in flowing colors throughout. Each book includes a special "scientific" section to help parents answer their children's questions about the senses.

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Hearing (Rookie Read-About Health) Review

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(More customer reviews)The Five Senses - Hearing, is one of five in a series by Maria Rius, J.M. Parramon and J.J. Puig which were first published in 1985 and offer information that is rather timeless. With this work, and the others in the series, you sort of get more than you paid for in that not only do you receive a wonderful little book to introduce the little ones to the sense of hearing, but you also receive a fine little beginning reader along with some wonderful art work that should and will stimulate other senses in addition to hearing.
The art work in this little book has an earlier European flavor to it that is charming in everyway, from color selection is execution of the various characters. The text consists of short declarative sentences such as "Listen to the bells ringing. Listen to the children singing...And the sound of music." The text goes perfectly with the illustrations.
The authors and illustrators have included a wonderful anatomically correct illustration of both the outer and inner ear and all of their parts along with an explanation for the adult reader to use is furthering the discussion on this particular sense.
This is a fine teaching tool and the children love it. It is best used as a discussion helper, but it certainly doubles as a read along book as well. It would be difficult to find anything to criticize concerning this particular work and I do highly recommend it. It may be getting up their in years, but the information here is good and quite workable.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks


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The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.

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Hear Your Heart (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has captivated my 4 1/2 year old son. (My 8 year old daughter likes it, too) My son actually stood up in preschool yesterday (he is normally quiet) and taught the class details of how the heart works and the parts of the heart. His teacher's were amazed that he was sharing something, so they let him teach. We have to read this book over and over again.

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