sun

Easy-to-read, rhyming text follows Mommy and Little Bear as they go out early one morning to see the day dawn and find other woodland creatures awakening as they pass by.

Illuminates the sun's relationship to the Earth, its people, plants, animals, and culture, discusses the history of beliefs about the life-giving star, and provides reports on the sun from locations around the world.

Discusses the characteristics of stars using the sun as an example, examining the composition of the sun, various theories about its energy production, differences among stars, and the birth and death of stars.

Lowly Worm talks with Huckle about x-rays, how bread is made, the dangers of sun exposure, and the importance of traffic safety.

Gives children a broad understanding of the Sun, the near-by star that is the center of our solar system and why it's so important to us on Earth.

Includes instructions for 16 solar experiments that reveal a variety of facts about the sun and the uses of solar energy.

Simple text and color photographs depict sun in several places; includes a picture glossary.

Alien space travelers Adi and Woops answer questions about the solar system, discussing what a light year is, why planets orbit the sun, how the sun was formed, and how the sun's rays travel through space.