Explore Your World By Day And By Night

Do fish sleep? How do cats see in the dark? Day and night are two different worlds to a child and this book explains both of them with lively text, colorful illustrations and imaginative activities. Included are: Earth's rotation and the time of day What the Earth would look like if it didn't rotate 24 hours of activity around the globe Nocturnal animals and night vision People at work at night. About the series: Explore Your World -- a captivating interactive series for young explorers. This new series covers a wide variety of science, nature and technology topics in an innovative and interactive way. The books make use of a profusion of engaging line drawings and colorful illustrations along with delightful pullouts, pop-ups, fold-outs, transparency overlays, reveal wheels, books-within-books and more. Each page offers a surprise for young, curious readers. Lively captions featuring non-technical explanations accompany all the illustrations. Editorial Reviews Review Rarely do you happen across books with such wide appeal.... Jam-packed with facts relevant to [readers'] immediate lives and curiosities. For both young and old these books pack a wallop of 'coolness' value! ... The reader feels a sense of discovery as each book is explored in depth. The illustrations are bright, bold and colourful. (Kelley McGuire Resource Links vol 12 no 4) [review of Explore Your Word series] Incredible series... chock full of information -- but fun, too, with non-technical jargon. (Pamela Fieber Montreal Gazette 2007-02-10) About the Author Author Val̩rie Guidoux, illustrators R̩gis Faller, Philippe Mignon, Olivier Nadel and Charlotte Roederer, and translator Anthea Bell live in France.