vision

Discusses the parts of the eye and how that organ works to give us our view of the world.

Provides comprehensive information on the role eyes and sight play in the body science of humans and animals.

Explains the physiology of the human eye, showing how it is used to perceive shapes, colors, shadows and reflections. Includes simple experiments.

The fate of Bartholomew Lampion, a gifted California child who loses his eyes to cancer at age three and miraculously regains his sight at thirteen, is entwined with the lives of a San Francisco girl born of rape and a man a thousand miles away who learns he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe what a child sees around the house and garden.

Text and photographs present the sense of sight and how it works.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text describe what a child sees around the house and garden.

Examines how our eyesight is passed on to us through our genes, and why some people can see better than others.

Provides facts about eyes, explaining why some creatures have good vision and see well while others are nearly blind.

Discusses the anatomy of the eye and how its sensory data is interpreted by the brain. Includes three-dimensional illustrations.