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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.

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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Dec 09, 2013
Mary
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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.

Read at family story time on 4/25/11: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
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Read at Toddler Lap Time on 10/25/12 and 10/26/12: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/... ...more

Contrasts the world as viewed in sunlight with the quiet night world in moonlight.

Tafuri's simple, one sentence per page stories with sweet illustrations make her a great go to for laptime
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Both my kids enjoyed this. Probably more at Elise's level than Frank.
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Oct 17, 2014
Michelle
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Read for Mother Goose on the Loose but I think it would work better for a PS ST.

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

Very interesting book concept and simple text/illustrations.
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Nancy Tafuri is probably best known as the creator of Have You Seen My Duckling?, a 1985 Caldecott Honor Book described by Parent’s Choice as “beautifully precise yet emotionally affecting.” Trained as a graphic designer, Tafuri has authored more than 45 books over 30 years for the very young.
When Tafuri first attempted picture book illustration in the late 1970’s picture books were aimed at five- ...more
When Tafuri first attempted picture book illustration in the late 1970’s picture books were aimed at five- ...more
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