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Sun Up, Sun Down

The Story of Day and Night
By Jacqui Bailey
Series: Science Works
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The Science Works series use cartoon-style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science accessible and engaging. Without the Sun, there would be no good days or bad days, or even birthdays. There would be no days at all – just one dark,... Read More
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This bright, funny book tells the story of the sun from dawn to dusk. The Science Works series use cartoon style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science accessible and engaging.

This bright, funny book tells the story of the sun from dawn to dusk. The Science Works series use cartoon style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science accessible and engaging.

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The Science Works series use cartoon-style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science accessible and engaging.

Without the Sun, there would be no good days or bad days, or even birthdays. There would be no days at all – just one dark, endless night.

In this revised edition from Jacqui Bailey, we follow the story of the path of the sun from dawn to dusk. We learn how light rays travel out from the sun, how shadows are formed, how the moon lights up the night sky, and how the earth orbits the sun once every year. This book also contains an experiment, more great facts to know, useful websites, and an index.

Ideal for readers age 6+.

Series: Science Works

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    The Science Works series uses cartoon-style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science both accessible and engaging. Two legs, four legs, 100 legs or none – every animal needs food to keep it alive, and all of our food comes from other living things. In this revised edition from Jacqui Bailey, we follow the story of...
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  • Sun Up, Sun Down
    The Science Works series use cartoon-style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science accessible and engaging. Without the Sun, there would be no good days or bad days, or even birthdays. There would be no days at all – just one dark, endless night. In this revised edition from Jacqui Bailey, we follow the story of...
    By Jacqui Bailey
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  • Down to Earth
    Down to Earth
    The Science Works series uses cartoon-style illustrations and lively narrative text to make key topics in science both accessible and engaging. Have you ever thought about what keeps your feet on the ground? Or why things always fall downwards? The answer is a mysterious force called gravity. In this revised edition from Jacqui Bailey, we follow the story of an...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801996495

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Education

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Matthew Lilly

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 226.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 128g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Jacqui Bailey Science & Nature Series: Science Works

About the Author

Jacqui Bailey has spent a lot of her adult life working with children's books. She has been an editor and publisher of everything from picture books to encyclopaedias, but mostly enjoys finding out amazing bits of information and then writing about them. She is an award-winning author with more than 20 children's information books to her name, including A Cartoon History of the Earth series.

Matthew Lilly is an illustrator with over 40 years of experience in children's publishing. He has designed and illustrated a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles for several publishers and organisations including Walker books, Hachette and A & C Black.

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