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Synopsis
Simple text points out some of the special things about a sunny day.
Earlene Viano - Children's Literature
For early readers who want to understand the star that warms them and makes trees and flower grow, ABDO Publishing has developed the "SandCastle" (Beginning Reader) series on the weather. This volume, one of six, explains what the sun is and what it does. Each photograph chosen for the book is worth many more than a thousand words so much so that readers quickly lose themselves in its fascinating detail. The smiling faces of their peers in some of the images will automatically draw kids' attention to the instructional content. A fanciful representation of the sun appears on each page of text, along with a photograph, encouraging the youthful imagination to play its part in coming to a full understanding of that big, yellow ball. And the exceptionally clear photos bring something enormous and almost incomprehensible within the child's grasp by placing it in the context of everyday life. The author has hit on a fine balance for pre-school readers between knowledge and pure delight, so that young readers are both intrigued and informed. A picture index and word-match game, which end the volume, invite children to make the book their very own. It becomes easy to picture a circle of wide-eyed kids enjoying the whole series at, for instance, a lap-sit read offered by their parents or teachers. 2003, ABDO Publishing Company,
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Children's Literature
For early readers who want to understand the star that warms them and makes trees and flower grow, ABDO Publishing has developed the "SandCastle" (Beginning Reader) series on the weather. This volume, one of six, explains what the sun is and what it does. Each photograph chosen for the book is worth many more than a thousand words—so much so that readers quickly lose themselves in its fascinating detail. The smiling faces of their peers in some of the images will automatically draw kids' attention to the instructional content. A fanciful representation of the sun appears on each page of text, along with a photograph, encouraging the youthful imagination to play its part in coming to a full understanding of that big, yellow ball. And the exceptionally clear photos bring something enormous and almost incomprehensible within the child's grasp by placing it in the context of everyday life. The author has hit on a fine balance for pre-school readers between knowledge and pure delight, so that young readers are both intrigued and informed. A picture index and word-match game, which end the volume, invite children to make the book their very own. It becomes easy to picture a circle of wide-eyed kids enjoying the whole series at, for instance, a lap-sit read offered by their parents or teachers. 2003, ABDO Publishing Company,— Earlene Viano