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New Children’s Book Explains How Some Fireflies Blink in Sync
A new picture book, Blink, Blink, Blink in Sync: Silent Fireworks by Sharon CassanoLochman is a sweet story of a young child’s first experience with fireflies. Told from the child’s point of view, she is excited for a special surprise, but worried she won’t be able to use her indoor voice while she is outside. The family sets off down a wooded trail with a group of people and the girl gets nervous as darkness falls. Then someone points out a flash of light, then another as thousands of fireflies light up the night like fireworks. The reader learns along with the narrator that these fireflies are special: they all…