When The Suns Goes Dark

This full-colour, illustrated book introduces young astronomers to the extraordinary science behind eclipses. It tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two hula hoops and table tennis balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family learns about safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponders phenomena from sunspots to phases of the Moon.

When the Sun Goes Dark gives children and adults vivid examples of hands-on techniques to learn about the marvels of the universe.