First Step Nonfiction Discovering Nature’s Cycles Day and Night Earth’s Water Cycle Hibernation Migration The Night Sky Seasons by Robin Nelson Nelson Lerner Seasons THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK by Robin Nelson aLerner Publications Company · Minneapolis Winter becomes spring. 2 Summer follows spring and turns into fall. 3 4 The seasons are a cycle. 5 We have seasons because Earth is tilted. Earth 6 During cool seasons, Earth is tilted away from the Sun. 7 During warm seasons, Earth is tilted toward the Sun. 8 Winter brings the coldest weather. [...]... Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nelson, Robin, 1971– Seasons / by Robin Nelson p cm — (First step nonfiction Discovering nature’s cycles) Includes index ISBN 978–0–7613–4578–7 (lib bdg : alk paper) 1 Seasons Juvenile literature 2 Earth—Orbit—Juvenile literature I Title QB637.4.N45 2011 508.2—dc22 20090206113 Manufactured... Manufactured in the United States of America 1 – DP – 7/15/10 eISBN: 978-0-7613-6263-0 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Nelson Discovering Nature’s Cycles Day and Night Earth’s Water Cycle Migration The Night Sky Seasons Hibernation Seasons First Step Nonfiction Lerner by Robin Nelson ... Every summer, the Sun shines strongly 13 In the fall, leaves change color 14 Every fall, the weather gets cool 15 After fall, winter comes again 16 Seasons change over and over every year 17 Earth’s Seasons summer fall sun winter 18 spring Learn More about the Seasons Earth is tilted At different times during the year, Earth’s tilt puts some parts of Earth closer to the Sun’s rays than other parts When... rays are weaker It is winter there 19 Seasons Facts When it is summer on the top half of Earth, it is winter on the bottom half At the North Pole and the South Pole, the Sun does not shine at all in the winter It is dark all day In the summer, the Sun shines all day and night Near the middle of Earth, it is warm all year 20 Some places in the world only have two seasons a dry season and a rainy season... something that happens over and over again over time Earth – the planet we live on seasons – four parts of the year tilted – tipped 22 Index Earth – 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20 fall – 3, 14, 15, 16, 18 spring – 2, 10, 11, 18 summer – 3, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21 sun – 6, 7, 18, 19, 20 winter – 2, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 23 Copyright © 2011 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc All rights reserved International copyright... Copyright © 2011 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged . Night Earth’s Water Cycle Hibernation Migration The Night Sky Seasons by Robin Nelson Nelson Lerner Seasons THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK by Robin Nelson aLerner Publications Company · Minneapolis Winter. turns into fall. 3 4 The seasons are a cycle. 5 We have seasons because Earth is tilted. Earth 6 During cool seasons, Earth is tilted away from the Sun. 7 During warm seasons, Earth is tilted. weather gets cool. 16 After fall, winter comes again. 17 Seasons change over and over every year. 18 fall summer winter spring sun Earth’s Seasons