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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the intricate nature of the world around us, as well as the personal relationship we all have to the weather, a National Book Award finalist and visionary writer combining personal stories with history, interviews, scientific research and full-color photos explores the transformative power of weather. --Publisher.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This exciting introduction to Earth is brimming with explosive volcanoes, incredible habitats, and world-saving ideas. From Earth's inner core to the thinnest air at the edge of the atmosphere, get ready for a round-the-world adventure... Dig down and learn exactly what is under our feet. Investigate the workings of earthquakes and volcanoes. Learn how mountains are made and how rivers form. Find out about wind, rain, and extreme weather on Earth's...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This easy-to-use field guide provides the resources to understand the meteorological events that affect us every day. With illustrations and graphics for every topic, this is the go-to book for answers about weather reports and conditions on our increasingly turbulent planet"--
46) Windy days
Author
Series
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming couplets celebrate windy weather, the sensory experience of wind, and the activities it makes possible from a preschooler's perspective. Mixed-media collage art shows young children engaging in outdoor activities, including scattering milkweed seeds, spinning pinwheels, flying kites, and struggling against a strong wind. A final page includes age-appropriate STEM activities related to wind."--
47) To catch a cloud
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An epic story, full of danger wrapped up as a sea shanty from enormously talented poet Elena de Roo and rising star illustrator Hannah Peck. A boy and a dog follow a cloud out to sea, but as the weather worsens he relies on the whales and waves to bear him home."-- Amazon.
52) Spark
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Naturally quiet since birth, Mina and her stormbeast, Pixit, lead others like themselves in defying authority and attempting to spread the truth that Alorria's idyllic weather comes at a steep cost.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring the Weather Girls are ready for whatever the seasons might bring! Follow these busy girls as they climb mountains, fly hot-air balloons, and soak in a rainbow-sky sunset. Charming rhyming verse and adorable art make this picture book irresistible and perfect for sharing!
58) Poco loco
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Poco Loco. He's a very unusual ratón. He likes to invent wacky things. When Poco Loco's Waffle Iron-Weather Forecaster predicts mal tiempo, Poco Loco runs to tell his barnyard friends. But it's still sunny out, and the other animals don't believe him. Then a roar of wind whips through their picnic, and Poco Loco and his friends fly up, up, and away. But never fear! Poco Loco will use his wits (and one crazy invention) to save the day!"--P....
59) Stormchasers
Series
Publisher
Thinkeroo
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Helps children understand the relationship between water, air and heat and how they interact to make weather happen. Children also learn how to build their own homemade weather station.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kane Press, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A magical umbrella takes Heather and her team to experience a superstorm and help someone in need. Weather terms, information about ways people can mitigate the effects of climate change, and weather experiments supplement the story"--
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