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Getting ready for summer (solstice), and two books about animals and their homes are my latest non-fiction. All will be interesting to read for learning about their various topics.
Summer
Solstice – written by Ellen Jackson and illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis
This book is filled with information from the
origins of celebrating the summer solstice to today’s celebrations all over the
world. For young students who are interested in how people make sense of their
world as they observe it, this would be a fascinating read. It begins with Lithuanian
villagers rolling a flaming tire down a hill, shows the beginnings and reasons
for sun worship, and includes both discoveries made by ancient peoples and how
they observed the actual solstice, to someone who just wishes to discover what’s
happening today. Illustrations show the details that are described in the text.