Full name: Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth

Author: Molly Bang Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Non Fiction, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780545577854 0545577853

Acclaimed Caldecott Artist Molly Bang teams up with award-winning M.I.T. professor Penny Chisholm to present the fascinating, timely story of fossil fuels. What are fossil fuels, and how did they come to exist? This engaging, stunning book explains how coal, oil, and gas are really "buried sunlight," trapped beneath the surface of our planet for millions and millions of years. Now, in a very short time, we are digging them up and burning them, changing the carbon balance of our planet's air and water. What does this mean, and what should we do about it? Using simple language and breathtaking paintings, Bang and Chisholm present a clear, concise explanation of the fossil-fuel energy cycle that began with the sun and now runs most of our transportation and energy use in our world. Readers will be mesmerized by this engaging fourth book in the award-winning Sunlight Series by Bang and Chisholm. Similar books: Living Sunlight by Molly Bang Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang Rivers of Sunlight by Molly Bang Grand Canyon by Jason Chin A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston Baby Loves Quarks! by Ruth Spiro Redwoods by Jason Chin Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons Optical Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie The Secret Life of a Snowflake by Kenneth Libbrecht Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons The Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E. Wells What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? by Robert E. Wells Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa