Sunshine Makes the Seasons
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1974

Sunshine Makes the Seasons

By Franklyn M Branley, Michael Rex (Illustrator)

Discover how the sun's light changes Earth's seasons.

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40 pages
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Explore how the sun's journey around Earth transforms winter into spring, summer, and fall. This engaging book invites young readers to uncover the sun's role in shaping our seasons, complete with a hands-on experiment to create an orbiting model. Dive into the wonders of our solar system's only star and its impact on life on Earth. Perfect for curious minds eager to learn about the science behind the changing seasons.

From the publisher

Read and find out about how sunshine makes the seasons in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.The sun shines down on us, giving warmth and light. But did you know that the sun also makes the seasons? As the earth makes one complete rotation around the sun every year, the seasons on the earth change–from winter to spring to summer to fall and back to winter again. Find out how the light from the sun affects life on earth for all living things in this look at the only star in our solar system.This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, features fascinating sidebars and diagrams and clear text. It also includes a find out more section with a simple experiment that allows kids to make their own orbiting model with an orange and a pencil.This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visualacclaimed and trustedgreat for classroomsTop 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same timeHave appealing, child-centered topicsDevelopmentally appropriate for emerging readersFocused; answering questions instead of using survey approachEmploy engaging picture book quality illustrationsUse simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skillsFeature hands-on activities to engage young scientistsMeet national science education standardsWritten/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the fieldOver 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids’ scientific interestsBooks in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

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Format
Pages
40
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD510L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.6
F&P level
~N
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
13827
Publication
Published
February 2, 2016
First published
January 1, 1974
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062382092

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