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What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees
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Here is a beautiful and unique picture book in turn-around format about the concept of day and night. Open the book, and the sun rises to reveal blue skies, crowded barnyards, and bustling streets. Turn the book over, and the moon comes up to the hush of night with its bright stars, hooting owls, and sleeping children. Young audiences will delight in the experience of goin
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Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 16th 1997
by Greenwillow Books
(first published January 1st 1997)
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What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees by author Nancy Tafuri is a children’s book intended for ages six to twelve years old. I read this book on my kindle app. This book is a great little book that shows day and night just by flipping the book over. I really enjoyed the beautiful imagery in the illustrations of this book that allows children on one side to see beautiful illustrations during the day of farms, busy towns and daylight skies. When you turn the book over you get to see views during d
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What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees, was such a cute book. I read this book to some Kindergarteners and they loved it! They thought it was so cool how at the middle of the book, you have to turn it upside down. They had me read it 3 or 4 times just because they liked it that much. They both said their favorite part was when the moon saw the bight starts. I highly recommend this book for young readers.
My kindergarteners loved this book. We were talking about the moon and the sun and what you see at night and what you might see during the day. This book led into a great writing lesson. I wrote about how and what you might see in our classroom during the day and then how it looks at night.
This book is big. It's got a sentence per two pages and works well for storytime sessions. the kids loved this book. I even had parents surprised by the pictures and they pointed out details to their children.
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good naptime story. I like that it talks about everything on earth and doesn't focus on one specific situation or animal to focus on.
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A lovely double feature that explores what is happening during the day versus what is happening at night.
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Shelves:
opposites,
sun,
moon,
acceptance,
nighttime,
farm,
children-s-books,
ece-and-under,
print-awareness,
dialogic-reading
This is a great book for ECE level readers who are learning about daytime and nighttime. It is very simple, but focuses on opposites. The text is large and the pictures are easy to see. Good for reading aloud.
This two books in one picture book features all the things outdoor and beyond that the sun touches during the day and then the book flips and shows all the things the moon sees at night. Simple and fast paced. Any age group.
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Que ve el sol/ que ve la luna
a book of the world during the day, and aat night. Super simple text. Book flips over between night and day. Suitable for Story Time.
Contrasts the world as viewed in sunlight with the quiet night world in moonlight.
good for prek-k
Tafuri's simple, one sentence per page stories with sweet illustrations make her a great go to for laptime
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Good big colorful pictures, Simple sentences
Both my kids enjoyed this. Probably more at Elise's level than Frank.
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Read for Mother Goose on the Loose but I think it would work better for a PS ST.
Enjoyable book with little text contasts day and night with large, bright illustrations. Good for 2s.
The large, colorful, simple illustrations are attractive as is the opportunity for kids to compare and contrast similar locations in the nighttime and the daytime.
The cycle of day and night is on display in this exquisite two-sided book by famed illustrator Nancy Tafuri. Begin with What the Sun Sees and midway through the book the sun begins to set ("And the sun watches until the moon comes up."). A note instructs us "Now turn the book around," and, this time starting with the back cover, we read What the Moon Sees until we reach the twin ending.
You'll quickly realize that turning the book around and around mirrors the rising and setting of the sun and mo ...more
You'll quickly realize that turning the book around and around mirrors the rising and setting of the sun and mo ...more
My kids and I liked how you flip the book over to read about the contrasting perspective (sun vs. moon).
Very interesting book concept and simple text/illustrations.
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