Morning, Sunshine!

(Hardback)

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Kids who are up early in the morning can learn about predawn animal activities in rural, suburban, and urban settings with haiku, informative text, and a glossary! From predawn to sunrise, environments everywhere bustle with life. From the hop of a robin, to the scurry of a beetle, and the hum of a bee, nature is all around. A series of haiku take the reader on a close-up, observational look at the amazing abundance of nature, right outside our rural, suburban, and urban homes. Each stanza focuses on an aspect of the natural world or a creature going about their daily business as the world wakes up. Alongside, informative text goes into more depth on each subject. Instructions to help kids create their own haiku poems, a unique form of poetry from Japan, are included, as is a glossary and a resource list, adding value as a STEAM and Core Curriculum book for use both in the classroom and at home.

Reviews

Haiku and fun facts!Delightful illustrations!This book is a gem.
Tim McCanna,author of Watersong and In a Garden

From the first thread of daylight to a full burst of sun,children will enjoy stepping through morning dewdropsby way of joyful illustrations and artful haiku.
Meg Fleming,author of Here Comes Ocean and Sometimes Rain

Morning, Sunshine!is both beautiful and educational.I pored over Parracks haiku and all the fascinating factsabout our natural world. This book is an inspiration for all.
Cindy Derby,author of How to Walk an Ant

"This collection of nature haiku is a warm, tidy package of words and images that will brighten your day."
Sue Fliess, author ofFlash and Gleam: Light in Our WorldandThe Princess and the Petri Dish

Author Bio

KEELY PARRACK came from the UK to the USA for fun twenty years ago, and liked it so much she's still here, doing what she loves best- writing poetry, picture books, and young adult novels, and motivating kids to love reading and to be confident creative writers. As a freelance writer her work has been published in The Christian Science Monitor, The Contra Costa Times, Patch, Spider Magazine, and Mothering.com, and her short story "Listening to the Leaves" appears in the anthology, Simple Pleasures of Friendship- Celebrating the Ones We Love, Conari Press, 2003, (under the pen name Keely James). Previously she's been a science and language arts specialist and class teacher at an elementary school in inner city Nottingham, UK, a Child Center Director in San Francisco, and the Co-Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, San Francisco North & East Bay. Parrack now fills her time working for her local indie bookstore, tutoring kids in creative writing, and designing haiku cards for her friends and family. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband, son, and a very demanding cat. JOHN BAJET is currently a designer on the Cartoon Network Show, Tom & Jerry, and Art Directing at Renegade Animation, as well as the illustrator for Baby Shark, Planting Seeds of Kindness, If We Can Do What Animals Do, and Bigger Than Baseball.