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Feeney, Stephanie., Sun and Rain: Exploring Seasons in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008. 42p., ISBN: 978-0-8248-3088-5 (hc). $13.95. Illus. Acid-Free.
Sun and Rain explores the dry season and the wet season in Hawaii and explains how children can tell which season it is from observing the world around them. The author, Dr. Stephanie Feeney, has written three other books about Hawaii that are for children; A is for Aloha, Hawaii is a Rainbow, and Sand to Sea. She has also written about early childhood education and is Professor of Education Emerita at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Feeney engages children with Sun and Rain’s large and easy-to-read text. Alternating pages are dedicated to a particular season. Warm orange pages are about the dry season while sage green pages discuss the wet season, effectively capturing the essence of each season.
At the beginning of the book, Feeney concentrates on explaining what the wet and dry seasons are and what activities people like to do in each season and what people wear and eat in each season. She continues by explaining how to recognize the seasons by observing ocean wave activity, the trees’ flowers and fruit, along with the rest of the surrounding foliage. A small section is devoted to the migration of humpback whales and the Pacific golden plover bird, as well as in which season the green sea turtle lays eggs. Feeney also includes a page spread on the different constellations that are in the sky depending on the season. She also discusses several major holidays celebrated within Hawaii’s diverse culture, from Fourth of July to Chinese New Years, and which season the holiday is in. Feeney personalizes the holidays by explaining that each child has their own special holiday, their birthday, and asks which season the reader’s birthday is in. Feeney ends the book with a list of the months of the year divided by wet season, on a sage green page and dry season, on a warm orange page. The last pages of the book are reserved for older readers. They include a page about why there are seasons and a page for how to share this book with children, an excellent source for parents and teachers to gain ideas for teaching children.
Throughout the book brilliant color photographs enhance the text on every page. Children are the center of most of the photographs and their activities help explain the text alongside the photo. This is an excellent purchase idea for any children’s section wishing to provide a look at Hawaii through weather and the culture and nature surrounding it.
Sun and Rain explores the dry season and the wet season in Hawaii and explains how children can tell which season it is from observing the world around them. The author, Dr. Stephanie Feeney, has written three other books about Hawaii that are for children; A is for Aloha, Hawaii is a Rainbow, and Sand to Sea. She has also written about early childhood education and is Professor of Education Emerita at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Feeney engages children with Sun and Rain’s large and easy-to-read text. Alternating pages are dedicated to a particular season. Warm orange pages are about the dry season while sage green pages discuss the wet season, effectively capturing the essence of each season.
At the beginning of the book, Feeney concentrates on explaining what the wet and dry seasons are and what activities people like to do in each season and what people wear and eat in each season. She continues by explaining how to recognize the seasons by observing ocean wave activity, the trees’ flowers and fruit, along with the rest of the surrounding foliage. A small section is devoted to the migration of humpback whales and the Pacific golden plover bird, as well as in which season the green sea turtle lays eggs. Feeney also includes a page spread on the different constellations that are in the sky depending on the season. She also discusses several major holidays celebrated within Hawaii’s diverse culture, from Fourth of July to Chinese New Years, and which season the holiday is in. Feeney personalizes the holidays by explaining that each child has their own special holiday, their birthday, and asks which season the reader’s birthday is in. Feeney ends the book with a list of the months of the year divided by wet season, on a sage green page and dry season, on a warm orange page. The last pages of the book are reserved for older readers. They include a page about why there are seasons and a page for how to share this book with children, an excellent source for parents and teachers to gain ideas for teaching children.
Throughout the book brilliant color photographs enhance the text on every page. Children are the center of most of the photographs and their activities help explain the text alongside the photo. This is an excellent purchase idea for any children’s section wishing to provide a look at Hawaii through weather and the culture and nature surrounding it.
Submitted in April 2008 by Sara Strickland, LIS Student, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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