The cooking of a healthy breakfast moves from parent-child bonding to
an eloquent conversation about energy, the growth of plants, and the
miraculous ways the sun's light nourishes us all.
It began with the sun,
Who showers the earth
With heat and light--
Tiny packets of energy.
How does a home-cooked breakfast give a little girl the energy she needs
for a brand-new day? In gently expressive language, her mother takes
readers on a journey into the earth where sleepy seeds are tickled awake
and grow into golden oats; into blueberry patches, where green leaves
break apart water and air to build sweet sugar; and into a pasture where
sun becomes grass, becomes cow, becomes milk.
Author Laura Alary's free verse breaks big ideas into child-sized
pieces, making Sun in My Tummy an accessible introduction to the
concepts of matter and energy, and how the sun's light becomes fuel for
our bodies through the food we eat. Andrea Blinick's mixed-media
illustrations pair the cozy and homelike with the glowing and dramatic
as she takes readers from the kitchen to the farm field and to the sky
and back. A concluding Author's Note shares further information about
photosynthesis for young readers.
"This book is as essential as sunshine; the absolutely beautiful STEM
story is as absorbing as photosynthesis itself."--School Library
Journal ★ ** Starred Review**
"Toronto author Laura Alary's poetic rumination about how
the sun nourishes us all offers food for thought. The sunny and bright
mixed-media illustrations from Andrea Blinick are inviting."*--Quill &
Quire★ Starred Review***
