Ruth Owen has written more than 400 children's books. She writes on many subjects but her favourite topics are science and nature to research and make accessible for young readers.
This title supports the following learning objectives for Key Stage 2 science: Recognise that light is needed in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light; Notice that light is reflected from surfaces; Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines; Explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into our eyes; Recognise that shadows are formed when light is blocked by an opaque object; Explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them and find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change.