Why Is It Winter?

Why Do We Have Seasons?

by Sara Latta

This book explains why we have seasons and when winter begins. It also suggests winter activities that people do as well as what animals may do during this season. There is an easy experiment relating to winter included in the back of the book. Author Sara L. Latta creates a fun learning environment about science for new readers.

26 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Sara Latta is the author of seventeen books for children and young adults on topics that include dark matter, the secret life of microbes, DNA, bones, and forensic science. She also has a masters degree in immunology. She does have a bit of a phobia about heights, as she discovered when faced with having to climb down from a pyramid in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Reviews

[Dorian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A non-fiction book about the scientific parts of winter, but put in words that young children can understand. The pictures are very accurate and make it easier for children to understand what the text is telling them.

[Victoria Chafin · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty informative. might be more fit for a 2nd grader but was in our preschool.