Orbiting the Sun in Our Backyard

Orbiting the Sun in Our Backyard - Secrets of the Seasons

Hardback (22 Apr 2014)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The family from Secrets of the Garden are back in a new book about backyard science that explains why the seasons change.

Alice and her friend Zack explore the reasons for the seasons. Alice's narrative is all about noticing the changes as fall turns into winter, spring, and then summer. She explains how the earth's yearlong journey around the sun, combined with the tilt in the earth's axis, makes the seasons happen.

Alice's text is clear and simple, and experiential. Two very helpful-and very funny-chickens give more science details and further explanation through charts, diagrams, and sidebars.

Packed with sensory details, humor, and solid science, this book makes a complicated concept completely clear for young readers-and also for the many parents who struggle to answer their kids' questions!

"Several adults of my acquaintance . . . would find Secrets of the Seasons to be an eye-popping revelation." -John Lithgow, The New York Times Book Review


From the Hardcover edition.

Book information

ISBN: 9780517709955
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 508
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 40
Weight: -1g