Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life

This book is apparently recommended for children in grades 1 through 4, and even for pre-schoolers, but listen up everyone! I'm 69 and well-versed in science, ecology, nature, environmentalism, and biology, and I think the age focus for this book should be from age 10 through age 99!It is a gorgeous piece of literature and art, and I learned some basic things from it, but it is not likely to be appreciated by most children under age 9 or 10, no matter who is mentoring/teaching them. I actually hope I am wrong (and that this book will be valuable for younger children), but on the other hand, any book that's attractive for humans from age 10 through 99 (and beyond, perhaps) is still a winner. Smile....

I got this and a companion book as gifts for my grade-school grandkids - this for the third grader. It is a sophisticated yet still easy to read book that kept him engaged.

Very complex text for my first graders, but it is a beautiful book. Makes a good demonstration of 3 Ways to Read a Book- we can look at pictures to tell the story.

I loved this book. I came away so struck by the miracle of the balance of nature. The material was very well presented and the illustrations are outstanding. I found myself buying copies for others.

This book is of the type that are truly rare. The artwork is frameable. The text is engaging and well-explained without being overblown. I'm seriously impressed, and can't wait to read it again to my almost-6 year old. I wouldn't recommend for very much younger, as it's got some concepts that can be difficult to process.

For some reason a professor of science education had all of us elementary education majors buy this book. EVERYONE thought it was really terrible! While the pictures are nice, the text is absurd! It starts off sounding like a young children's book... after a few pages it starts babbling about science concepts and terms that are very abstract and way over children's heads, especially delivered in this form. The information given would be appropriate for older children but the pictures and style seem like it is aimed at a younger group; thus, the book is very bizarrely in-congruent. Then again, some information seems to be simplified in a way that is misleading and inaccurate. It is PAINFULLY boring and I really don't think any child could enjoy this book. They would just tune out. I am going to throw my copy away because I would feel bad giving it away.

Excellent book. Big picture, important facts for young people. Written by MIT faculty who really know, but done with pictures and language for everyone. We'll read it to our (somewhat precocious) six-year old.

I love this book! It is good sharing with children and adults.As you read it, you feel a bigtime sense of gratitude to The Source of our Life.Thankl you.

a great help when teaching about photosynthesis and how important light is for live on earth. The pictures are very basic and some 10-year-olds might underestimate the book at the beginning but it's a really clever way of explaining complicated processes. A rich section with additional information will satisfy anyone hungry for more knowledge.