![]() ![]() When the phytoplankton are displayed, Chisholm shows them up close in all of their wonderful detail. ![]() Everywhere, even in the darkness, you can see the energy of the sun. It is a celebration of the sun and of the oceans themselves too.Ĭhisholm’s art ranges from the glow of the yellow sun to the black deep of the ocean. ![]() The book is written from the point of view of the sun itself and how its energy reaches everywhere on earth. Her tone is inviting, inquisitive and filled with wonder at the amazing things that happen due to our sun. It is beautiful science.īang successfully combines poetry and science in this enticing picture book. The food chain is shown and the book then turns to the darkness of the deep and how the food chain works even in blackness. ![]() Then she shows the tiny phytoplankton that make up the plants of the sea. Bang asks where the green plants in the ocean are except for the seaweed. The story starts with photosynthesis and food chains on dry land, then moves to the water. Here, the focus is on the ocean and the role that sunlight plays even in the darkest depths of the sea. Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholmįollowing her Living Sunlight book, this continues the story of how the sun makes life on earth possible. ![]()
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