

Beyond the Five Senses
Informational (nonfiction) 515 words, Level N (Grade 2), Lexile 640L
Beyond the Five Senses explains that many animals possess more than the five basic senses of hearing, sight, smell, touch, and taste. Various animals possess special senses that are unique to their needs. Readers will learn about temperature sense, time sense, echolocation, bonus-color vision, whisker sense, and electric-field sense, among others.