Who Likes the Sun?

Exploring the Elements

by Etta Kaner, Marie Lafrance (Illustrator)

The sun -- it melts icicles, dries grass after a rain and turns grapes into raisins. But what is the sun? And how does it transform the world around us? This informational picture book and flap book in one invites children to explore their world with delight. Each spread poses a question about the sun that is answered under the flap, where young readers will find explanations about the science of the sun and related topics. They will discover how the sun makes shadows, why water sparkles in the sun, how the sun helps make rainbows and much more. Using simple concepts of science, the Exploring the Elements series answers children's questions about wind, sun, rain and snow, and encourages young readers to explore their surroundings anew. Worlds of knowledge are waiting under the flaps!

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 2007

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this without the flaps, and you have a great storytime book. Add in the flaps and you have a nice little nonfiction piece that answers tons of great "I wonder" questions.

[Alexis Smith-Gaddis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a non-fiction children's book available on TumbleBooks as an animated ebook. Etta Kaner does a great job at providing information about the science of the sun. I would use this non-fiction children's book in a first or second grade classroom to teach my students the basic science of the sun. This book provides facts on many aspects related to the sun, such as: how hot the sun is, how it makes shadows and how it melts frozen water (ice icicles). Also, I would use this book to teach my students how to identify a different way to ask questions, such as using the phrase “I wonder”, and as well to identify new vocabulary that can be found in the text (rays, icicles, reflect, atmosphere, etc.).

[Villa Park Public Library]

Do you want to learn more about weather and the sun? Who Likes the Sun? is an interactive book with a surprise waiting underneath each page! It is 93 million miles away, but it can still warm the earth. The sun can create icicles by melting snow. The snow turns into water, then the water freezes into ice as it drips down, creating an icicle. There is a lot the sun can do, from creating icicles to shadows, help plants grow and more. There is a lot to learn about the sun!

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[Lauren Owens · Rating 2 out of 5]

For lessons about the sun, this book would be a great addition. It teaches about the power, advantages and disadvantages of the sun. The layout of the book is also interesting because some of the pages flip open and have more information on the affects of the sun. The unflapped pages are very basic and can be read to a young audience. The flaps go more in depth and would benefit an older crowd more.
Recommended grade level: P-2

[Angela]

Grade: k-2
Topic: The sun, Day and night

This is a great book for lessons about the sun and its benefits, or day and night sky. This book gives students a chance to think about how important our sun is. After the book, I would love to ask the students why they like or dislike the sun.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

My boys loved this book because it had a simple concept to it but then under the flaps it dug deeper. Those deeper questions about how things work are the kinds of questions my boys ask every day :-)