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The concepts of "same" and "different" are important for early learners to understand, and they are the focal point of this fun and helpful book. Bright cartoon dinosaurs can be found on each page, alongside easy-to-follow text asking readers to question which dinosaur is different from the others and explaining why. The strong correlation between illustrations and text allows for the development of vocabulary skills. This book presents young readers...
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This book introduces readers to interesting artistic concepts as well as how the human brain perceives them. Readers draw connections between scientific theory, art, and their own experiences looking at the many optical illusions found in each chapter. This book is a mind-bending adventure.
5) Eye teasers
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Those studying art spend a long time learning about how to create the right perspective. Depending on what's around a tree or animal, the main part of the image can look different, bigger, smaller, closer, or farther away. It's really just a trick. Readers learn how the brain is affected by these optical illusions through accessible content as well as many examples they'll have fun deciphering.
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"It's moving! Or is it? Optical illusions are tricks that our eyes and brain play on us to make us see things differently-like still images that appears to float, spin, or wiggle along. Explore magnificent moving illusions and learn the science behind what makes them work. Then, take a turn making your own optical illusion. Get ready to be eye-mazed!"--
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Something that's been printed on paper can't possibly be able to move, right? Because of how our brain works, though, it's possible to create images that seem to move or shake. On every page of this book, readers can test out different optical illusions while learning how they work. Facts boxes add mind-boggling details about how the human brain deals with certain kinds of art, images, and see the world around us to create optical illusions
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Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool optical illusion activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while...
10) Different? Same!
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"This clever picture book introduces the concept of animal characteristics by highlighting how there can be both differences and similarities within a group. For example, the zebra gallops, the bumblebee flies, the lemur leaps and the tiger prowls -- “But look closer now -- We all have STRIPES!” And so it goes. Again and again, readers will be surprised to find that a group of four seemingly different animals all have one trait in common, whiskers,...
12) Just look
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1995.
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The reader views photographs of familiar objects, first through cut-out holes, then in their entirety.
15) I am blop!
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2013.
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Children will discover the wonderful world of blops, a fun pictorial exploration of variations on a simple shape.
17) Eye benders
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2014.
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First edition for the United States, its territories and possessions, and Canada.
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Presents examples of optical illusions and discusses how they happen by looking at how the brain and the eyes work together.
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