The series is meant to stand the test of time by explaining fundamental processes, but that doesn’t stop Chisholm and Bang from briefly acknowledging humans' uncertain impact on the environment by touching on topics such as climate change and fossil fuels. They don’t remember it because it’s too weird to think of plants and life coming from the air and from the sun,” Chisholm said.

“This is fundamental information about how the Earth works that nobody understands, even educated people who have taken classes on these topics. The latest in the series, “Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water around the Earth,” explains the global water cycle.Īt first, the Sunlight Series wasn’t written with a specific audience in mind it was just to make this critical information available in an easy-to-understand way. The pair has since created the “Sunlight Series,” a collection of children’s books written about different environmental topics from the point of view of the sun. In response, Chisholm partnered with her longtime friend, award winning children’s book author and illustrator Molly Bang, to write a series of children’s books explaining these fundamental environmental processes in an approachable way. As a professor of 7.014 (Introductory Biology) for undergraduate students at MIT, Institute Professor Sallie (Penny) Chisholm recognizes that photosynthesis and other natural processes don’t sink in for a lot of people. These are seemingly elementary questions, but many people - young and old - struggle to answer them.

B26 2009 Literary form non fiction Reading level 3.How do plants bring the Earth to life? How does the sun move water around the Earth? Language eng Summary Demonstrates how sunlight plays a part in giving energy and life to plants and how through the process of photosynthesis life is made possible for other living things on Earth Cataloging source DLC Bang, Molly Dewey number 572/.46 Illustrations illustrations Index no index present Intended audience AD 610 Intended audience source Lexile Interest level LG LC call number QK882 LC item number. Label Living sunlight : how plants bring the Earth to life Title Living sunlight Title remainder how plants bring the Earth to life Statement of responsibility by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm illustrated by Molly Bang Creator

Living sunlight by molly bang