When you run, your shadow runs. But you can never catch it!
What makes a shadow? Where does it come from? When the sun is shining, everything has its own shadow -- trees, houses, cars, even clouds and planes way up in the sky. You have a shadow, too. As the sun sets, all shadows become part of a much larger one -- the night!

What makes a shadow? Where does it come from? When the sun is shining, everything has its own shadow -- trees, houses, cars, even clouds and planes way up in the sky. You have a shadow, too. As the sun sets, all shadows become part of a much larger one -- the night! With simple words, Clyde Robert Bulla and June Otani explain how shadows are produced. Young readers will discover what makes the shadows they see and will be introduced to the fun of making shadows of their own.

How are shadows made? Everything has a shadow.

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This book was written by Clyde Robert Bulla and illustrated by June Otani. This combination of words, information and illustrations is unbelievable! What a team these to made to put this book together. For each and every thing there is an illustration for it. The children will very easily be able to visualize what is going on and what is being explained. This book is all about how shadows are made and how the sun causes the shadows. One of the biggest misconceptions of shadows is that the sun shines through you and this book goes into enough detail to make it very clear that the sun does not shine through you but around you, forming the shadow.
This book is a very easy read for the children as well. Some pages are a little bit lengthy but for the most part there are only few words on each page and it is very easy to follow along. The book is written in a story form where the group of friends goes off into the day and finds the shadows. The book explains that almost everything has a shadow and illustrates examples of them. This book would be a very good introduction to a lesson of your own, having the children explore shadows for themselves. Overall I would definitely suggest this book to help tie a science lesson about shadows to weather and just an overall good enganging book for the children. ( )

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