The main character in this books notices that shadows are all around us. He notices that every object has a shadow when light is blocked from reaching the surface, and how the direction of the light affects the direction of the shadow.. He and his friends discuss the use shadows in art, shadows in the different phases of the moon, eclipses, and how shadows are used in x-ray machines. The friends perform a couple shadow activities with flashlights that could easily be replicated in a classroom setting. I see how this would be a very informative science book for younger students. This book would be a good supplement for a science lesson on light, or one could lead an art lesson with this book and create shadow puppets. ( )

What a great way to introduce shadows and how they are made! children will enjoy a great story while learning how and why shadows are made. There's also some really cool activities to try!

Whenever light shines upon an object, that object has a shadow. If the light changes an angle, the shadow also changes. This book explains how a gigantic shadow is what gives us day and night and the children in the book experiment on how this works by shining a flashlight on a ball in a dark room! This would be an excellent example when teaching the Earth's rotation. The book covers all kinds of shadows from a light source, drawing shadows, playing shadow games, puppet show shadows, eclipses, x-rays, and sonograms. ( )

This was a cute book that talks about shadows and how everything has a shadow. I would use this book to help my students with development skills. The book had a cute way of explaining the concept of shadows and I like the technique it used. ( )

This book introduces the topic of shadows and how they work. THey start off with talking about making shadows with light and objects, then it starts to discuss eclipses and how different phases of the moon work. ( )