Let yourself be dazzled by creatures around the world in this brilliant nonfiction picture book about iridescence.
Key Text Features author\'s note bibliography definitions diagrams explanation facts further information illustrations.
An author\'s note provides additional information about the science of iridescence.
Light seems to dance off of the book\'s vibrant pages, with illustrations that bring us up close and personal with Animals both exotic and familiar to young readers.
A secondary level of prose text on each spread gives further context for each animal\'s particular environment and adaptation.
In playful rhyming couplets, Time to Shine takes a closer look at these creatures and their sparkly clothes, from the mallard duck\'s shining green flying cap, which allows the birds to coordinate flight movements, to the reed frog\'s heat reflecting vest, to the hummingbird\'s sequinned costume, which helps to attract a mate.
Have you ever noticed the rainbow-like shimmer on certain bird feathers, insect bodies and animal scales? This effect, called iridescence, changes depending on the angle from which its viewed, and Animals across the globe use the effect to both blend in and stand out.
Let yourself be dazzled by creatures around the world in this brilliant nonfiction picture book about iridescence
