Light Is All Around Us

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Just stop and take a look-light is all around you! It comes in many forms. Do you know the speed of light or how to measure its brightness And how does light help you see Read and find out about the many ways that light brightens our world!

Can you imagine our world without light From sunlight to firelight to electric light, it brightens our world. Do you know the speed of light or how to measure its brightness And how exactly does light help you see This latest Lets-Read-and-Find-Out title encourages kids to learn about the physics of light. Our bestselling and established contributors Wendy Pfeffer and Paul Meisel shed light on this very important topic!

With over 100 LRFO titles in print, our acclaimed science series has been going strong for over 50 years! Perfect for Common Core, LRFO offers diverse subjects so that children may build knowledge and broaden their perspectives using observation and experimentation. The Find-Out-More section includes interactive experiments that kids can try at school and home; one experiment proves that plants need light, another explains how light makes shadows, introducing kids to fun research and encouraging curiosity and a hands-on approach.

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"Meisel's amiable ink drawings, brightened with colorful washes, help make the concepts accessible to a young audience... An attractive addition to the dependable Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series." -- Booklist

Author Bio

Wendy Pfeffer is the author of several titles in the Let's Read and Find Out Science series, including From Tadpole to Frog, What's It Like to Be a Fish, From Seed to Pumpkin, Sounds All Around, Light is All Around You, Wiggling Worms at Work, Dolphin Talk, and Life in a Coral Reef. She lives in Pennington. NJ and enjoys making author visits to schools. You can visit her online at www.author-illustrator-source.com/wendy-pfeffer.html.