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* The sun gets stern as it turns to modern-day fossil fuel consumption, explaining human contributions to global warming: Will you humans keep burning more and more fossil fuels...or will you work together? Extensive end notes provide a deeper explanation of the science of climate change - THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review

Praise for OCEAN SUNLIGHT: HOW TINY PLANTS FEED THE SEAS: A BOOKLIST Editor's Choice & Top 10 Book for YouthA Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice TitleA Kirkus Best Children's Book Title* This ambitious, beautifully illustrated book offers information seldom covered in science books for young children. --BOOKLIST, starred review* Bang creates dimension and visual drama with her use of gold, blues, and black, forming an ethereal habitat for phytoplankton, jellyfish, and bioluminescent creatures. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review* An awe-inspiring lesson in photosynthesis goes under the sea. . . . Readers will want to visit more than once to capture both the science and the abundant sense of celebration here. --KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review Praise for LIVING SUNLIGHT: HOW PLANTS BRING THE EARTH TO LIFE: * If a good picture book does what it sets out to do, a great one sets out to do something huge and succeeds. . . . An outstanding book to read and absorb. --BOOKLIST, starred review- Chisholm, a professor of ecology, expands on the theme [photosynthesis], while the intense greens of Bang's gouaches bring it vibrantly to life. --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW- LIVING SUNLIGHT is less a tutorial on photosynthesis than a magnificent celebration of life. --NATURAL HISTORY Praise for MY LIGHT: * A lovely and illuminating book that presents sound science while expressing the wonder of flipping a switch and flooding a room with light. --BOOKLIST, starred review- Bang's imagery and word choice provide a vivid text for her readers. And then there are the illustrations: phenomenal only begins to explain Bang's choices in her use of color and composition. . . . This is a picture book that should be found in all libraries. --CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Praise for OCEAN SUNLIGHT: HOW TINY PLANTS FEED THE SEAS: A BOOKLIST Editor's Choice & Top 10 Book for YouthA Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice TitleA Kirkus Best Children's Book Title* This ambitious, beautifully illustrated book offers information seldom covered in science books for young children.--BOOKLIST, starred review* Bang creates dimension and visual drama with her use of gold, blues, and black, forming an ethereal habitat for phytoplankton, jellyfish, and bioluminescent creatures.--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review* An awe-inspiring lesson in photosynthesis goes under the sea. . . . Readers will want to visit more than once to capture both the science and the abundant sense of celebration here.--KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred reviewPraise for LIVING SUNLIGHT: HOW PLANTS BRING THE EARTH TO LIFE: * If a good picture book does what it sets out to do, a great one sets out to do something huge and succeeds. . . . An outstanding book to read and absorb.--BOOKLIST, starred review - Chisholm, a professor of ecology, expands on the theme [photosynthesis], while the intense greens of Bang's gouaches bring it vibrantly to life.--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW- LIVING SUNLIGHT is less a tutorial on photosynthesis than a magnificent celebration of life.--NATURAL HISTORYPraise for MY LIGHT: * A lovely and illuminating book that presents sound science while expressing the wonder of flipping a switch and flooding a room with light.--BOOKLIST, starred review- Bang's imagery and word choice provide a vivid text for her readers. And then there are the illustrations: phenomenal only begins to explain Bang's choices in her use of color and composition. . . . This is a picture book that should be found in all libraries.--CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

* The sun gets stern as it turns to modern-day fossil fuel consumption, explaining human contributions to global warming: Will you humans keep burning more and more fossil fuels...or will you work together? Extensive end notes provide a deeper explanation of the science of climate change - THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review Praise for OCEAN SUNLIGHT: HOW TINY PLANTS FEED THE SEAS: A BOOKLIST Editor's Choice & Top 10 Book for Youth A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice Title A Kirkus Best Children's Book Title * This ambitious, beautifully illustrated book offers information seldom covered in science books for young children. --BOOKLIST, starred review * Bang creates dimension and visual drama with her use of gold, blues, and black, forming an ethereal habitat for phytoplankton, jellyfish, and bioluminescent creatures. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review * An awe-inspiring lesson in photosynthesis goes under the sea. . . . Readers will want to visit more than once to capture both the science and the abundant sense of celebration here. --KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review Praise for LIVING SUNLIGHT: HOW PLANTS BRING THE EARTH TO LIFE: * If a good picture book does what it sets out to do, a great one sets out to do something huge and succeeds. . . . An outstanding book to read and absorb. --BOOKLIST, starred review - Chisholm, a professor of ecology, expands on the theme [photosynthesis], while the intense greens of Bang's gouaches bring it vibrantly to life. --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW - LIVING SUNLIGHT is less a tutorial on photosynthesis than a magnificent celebration of life. --NATURAL HISTORY Praise for MY LIGHT: * A lovely and illuminating book that presents sound science while expressing the wonder of flipping a switch and flooding a room with light. --BOOKLIST, starred review - Bang's imagery and word choice provide a vivid text for her readers. And then there are the illustrations: phenomenal only begins to explain Bang's choices in her use of color and composition. . . . This is a picture book that should be found in all libraries. --CHILDREN'S LITERATURE * Combining an amiable voice with unusual breadth of vision, depth of knowledge, and subtlety of presentation, this is a masterful book in a highly original science series - Booklist, starred review

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Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... ; Ten, Nine, Eight; and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California. Penny Chisholm is a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013.

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