How does sound travel through the air? How does your body interpret the sounds you hear? Why do we have two ears and what does it mean to be deaf? All these questions and more to help you really understand what the sense of hearing is all about.

The series, Senses, is an engaging exploration of the senses for young readers. A mixture of photographs and illustrations clearly and simply help children understand the five senses in a thought-provoking way.
Suitable for KS1.

This book features in the following series: Senses Series, The Senses .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's books, specializing in geography.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Hear, hear
• 1: What can you hear?
• 1: What are sounds?
• 1: How do you hear?
• 1: Inside your ears
• 1: Hearing messages
• 1: Two ears
• 1: In a spin
• 1: Being Deaf
• 1: Hearing facts
• 1: Useful words
• 1: Index