El Jardín de Los Siete Sentidos (the Garden of Seven Senses)

Despiertan no solo cinco, sino los siete sentidos, en este exquisito libro ilustrado de la galardonada autora Margarita Engle, que sigue a una madre y su hija mientras exploran un jardín botánico. Cuando una niña curiosa entra a un jardín sensorial con su madre, experimenta los cinco sentidos más conocidos y dos sorpresas encantadoras. Después de ver las flores brillantes, escuchar el trino de las aves y el zumbido de las abejas, oler una lima y tocar etiquetas en braille junto a otra visitante del jardín, la pequeña exploradora pone a prueba su equilibrio en un columpio y siente su posición en el espacio mientras se balancea por encima del suelo. ¡Es un paseo inolvidable por las maravillas de la naturaleza y del cuerpo humano! Awaken not just five but all seven senses in this lush picture book by award-winning author Margarita Engle that follows a mother and daughter as they explore a botanical garden. When a curious child enters a sensory garden with her mother, she experiences the five best known senses plus two delightful surprises. After seeing the bright flowers, hearing birds sing and bees buzz, smelling a lime, and touching Braille labels with a fellow garden-goer, the little explorer tests her balance on a swing and feels her position in space while dangling above the ground. It’s an unforgettable jaunt through the wonders of nature and of the human body!

Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima’s Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; The Lightning Dreamer; and Wild Dreamers, a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.