What Makes Day and Night
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1961 · Est. 5 min read-aloud

What Makes Day and Night

By Dr. Franklyn M. Branley, Arthur Dorros (Illustrator)

Discover why Earth has day and night in just 24 hours.

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32 pages· 599 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary

Explore the mystery of Earth's day and night cycle in this engaging picture book. Through simple diagrams and a fun experiment, young readers learn how our planet's rotation creates day and night. With activities to track nocturnal animals and compare global time differences, this book invites curious minds to delve deeper into Earth's natural rhythms. Perfect for primary grade students, it combines education with hands-on learning, sparking a love for science and discovery. What secrets will you uncover about the world around you?

From the publisher

Read and find out about what makes day and night in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.This clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, uses simple, fun diagrams and a guided experiment to explain what makes day and night. This book also includes a find out more section with additional activities to track nocturnal animals and to compare different times of day around the world.If you lived on the moon, you would have two straight weeks of daylight and then two weeks of night! On earth, we have both day and night in just twenty-four hours, thanks to the quick rotation of our planet. Read and find out more in What Makes Day and Night!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.

At a glance
Format
Pages
32
Words
599
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Early Reader
Lexile
500L
Themes & topics
Books about timeBooks about physicsBooks about nightBooks about EarthBooks about science and nature
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.8
F&P level
~N
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
13834
Publication
Published
August 4, 2015
First published
January 1, 1961
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062381972

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