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Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life (2009)

by Molly Bang(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0545044227 (ISBN13: 9780545044226)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

The Blue Sky Press

review 1: This is a visually beautiful book and a scientific gem. Readers will be able to comprehend the complicated process of photosynthesis and gain an appreciation for the importance of plants in our world.Of course, some parts of the explanation are overly simplified and thus not completely scientifically precise. I appreciated this, but my son who has a great mind, objected to this. I told him to read the end pages and then he felt better. The rest of us will appreciate the picture book format to understand a complex process.
review 2: Bang, Molly & Chisholm, Penny. (2009). Living Sunlight. New York: Blue Sky Press/Scholastic. 40 pp. ISBN 978-0-545-04422-6 (Hardcover); $16.99Folks who know me are aware of the fact that I lead a somewhat schizophrenic sort of l... moreife. During the day, I devote my life to raising future scholars, artists, and thinkers in my first grade classroom. My classroom library is large; books are essential to my teaching. I use thousands each year to help students investigate questions and become wonder struck. Consequently, when I come across a book like Living Sunlight that opens up avenues of exploration that are immediately understood by all, I feel like dancing. As adult readers should know, our life on Earth begins with the Sun. The very first words of the book provide this epiphany: “Listen to me. Do this one thing: Lay your hand over your heart, and feel. Feel your heart pump, pump, and pump. Feel how warm you are. That is my light, alive inside of you.” Explaining a concept as big and as important as the sun is so much easier when students have a way of feeling that concept within their own bodies with their own two hands! Nice! Bang’s lush artwork and this very lyrical text help young students understand a very big idea: photosynthesis! While the text and the format would lead one to place this book in an elementary school, the concepts are explained in ways that will serve as a valuable review for middle school students. English teachers and science teachers may also wish to use this excellent picture book as a model for expository writing at its finest! The endnotes include much more detailed information, which adds further incentive to see this book as one that is appropriate for much older students than my first graders who will soon be holding their hearts and thinking of the sun! I can’t wait! less

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