Who Likes the Sun?

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!

Learn about the sun and all the ways it transforms our world in this engaging book from the Exploring the Elements series for young learners.

Children's Literature

Everyone knows that we on Earth need the sun to survive, yet is there a particular reason you enjoy the sun? The sun is responsible for some pretty amazing deeds. Did you know the sun turns grapes into raisins? This is just one of a dozen explanations given for the benefits we reap from the sun. Young climatologists will learn many incredible facts from this wonderful book. On the left side of the book, each character explains why he or she enjoys the sun. On the right side of the book, they pose a question about the climate. Flip the page open and a detailed explanation is provided. This book builds on simple scientific concepts about the sun and the world in which we live. This book is part of the "Exploring the Elements" series.

Award-winning author and teacher Etta Kaner enjoys writing nonfiction for both children and adults. Her books include Animals Migrating, Animal Talk , Animal Groups and other titles in the Animal Behavior series, as well as four titles in the Kids Can Read series. She is also author of the Exploring the Elements and Have You Ever Seen series. She lives in Toronto.

Marie Lafrance has been a more than full-time illustrator for most of her life, drawing pictures for magazines, newspapers, posters, billboards, boxes of jelly powder, board games, and the likes. She also illustrated tons of educational books, and eventually segued into what constitutes now the backdrop of her life, picture books. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her husband and three inspirational tools, daughter Béatrice, dog Lélé and cat Melou.