Sun in My Tummy

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The cooking of a healthy breakfast moves from parent-child bonding to an eloquent conversation about energy, the growth of plants, and the miraculous ways the sun' s light nourishes us all. It began with the sun, Who showers the earth With heat and light- Tiny packets of energy. How does a home-cooked breakfast give a little girl the energy she needs for a brand-new day? In gently expressive language, her mother takes readers on a journey into the earth where sleepy seeds are tickled awake and grow into golden oats; into blueberry patches, where green leaves break apart water and air to build sweet sugar; and into a pasture where sun becomes grass, becomes cow, becomes milk. Author Laura Alary' s free verse breaks big ideas into child-sized pieces, making Sun in My Tummy an accessible introduction to the concepts of matter and energy, and how the sun' s light becomes fuel for our bodies through the food we eat. Andrea Blinick' s mixed-media illustrations pair the cozy and homelike with the glowing and dramatic as she takes readers from the kitchen to the farm field and to the sky and back. A concluding Author' s Note shares further information about photosynthesis for young readers. "This book is as essential as sunshine; the absolutely beautiful STEM story is as absorbing as photosynthesis itself. "-School Library Journal Starred Review"Toronto author Laura Alary' s poetic rumination about howthe sun nourishes us all offers food for thought. The sunny and brightmixed-media illustrations from Andrea Blinick are inviting. "-Quill &Quire Starred Review