Explore the daily lives of Children Around the World through the solstice--the Longest day and night of the year .
Plus, illustrators for each location represent their home countries with authority and beauty.. in the Chinese entry we learn that pandas need to play or else they get sad).
A global event needs a global perspective: non-traditional families, interesting facts that crop up in each account (e.g.
Enhancing the text and illustrations are fascinating infographics about geography, hours of sunlight, sunrise and sunset times, and how the Earth\'s tilt creates solstices and seasons.
It is a browsable nonfiction appealing to informationally minded thinkers aged 7-11.
Solstice imparts scientific and cultural information using the global Experience of a Solstice as its scientific core, and the descriptions of children\'s lives at each latitude as the cultural narrative.
They knew that the length of daylight changes in a regular way, and celebrated the Solstice as a signal of changing seasons.
Since ancient times, people have used the Sun as a timekeeper.
Just two times each year - at an event called the Solstice - Earth leans closest to our home star, the Sun.
Explore the daily lives of Children Around the World through the solstice--the Longest day and night of the year
