One of my favorite books that doubles as a sensory experience is Amina Cain’s short novel, Indelicacy. The protagonist, Vitória, is a museum cleaner with writerly aspirations.

Heidi Leung reads a book with daughter Maddy as part of the sensory storytime program. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG Heidi Leung and David Chong couldn’t thank the VPL enough.

Sensory play can be soothing for kids, and is often used in play therapy for this reason.” She said slime helps children get in touch with almost all their senses — they focus on how it feels ...

It is important to remember that these sensory-based object books are intended to be used for interactive or shared reading with the children. Children should be encouraged to participate actively by ...

W e use all our senses when we read and now sensory fiction is starting to take off in a big, sometimes slightly smelly, way. Talking books have a much longer history than most people imagine.