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Weather / written and edited by Lorrie Mack.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Eye wonderPublisher: New York : DK Publishing, 2016Edition: Revised edition, American editionDescription: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1465444726
  • 9781465444721
Subject(s):
Contents:
What's weather? -- The seasons -- The power of the Sun -- Clouds in the sky -- Cloud gallery -- Living in a cloud -- Rain, rain -- White skies -- Icy showers -- Dew and frost -- Blowing in the wind -- Electric skies -- Terrible twisters -- Deadly storms -- Tricks of the light -- All at sea -- Desert worlds -- Weird weather -- Weather forecasting -- Changing climates -- Harnessing weather -- True or false? -- Which way? -- What's this? -- Balloon race.
Summary: Discusses the importance and causes of various kinds of weather, how it can change and be predicted, and how weather is different in different places.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 551.6 M153 Available 33111008151181
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 551.6 M153 Checked out 07/18/2024 33111008378982
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The weird and wonderful weather of our planet is brought to life in Eye Wonder: Weather . This updated and revised edition is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of weather, from rain, sun, and wind to hurricanes, snow storms, and twisters, and also gives the facts about climate change, how we predict the weather, the differences in clouds, and why we have changing seasons.

A precursor to DK's award-winning Eyewitness series, Eye Wonder was specially developed for children aged 5+, featuring astonishing photography exhibiting subjects within their natural setting and offering a whole new level of information through powerful images.

Learn about science, history, and the natural world through beautiful photography and lively, age-appropriate text. The Eye Wonder series organizes information in a way that's easy to search, easy to read, and easy to learn.

"Open your eyes to a world of discovery"--Cover.

"Includes fun activities"--Cover.

Includes index.

What's weather? -- The seasons -- The power of the Sun -- Clouds in the sky -- Cloud gallery -- Living in a cloud -- Rain, rain -- White skies -- Icy showers -- Dew and frost -- Blowing in the wind -- Electric skies -- Terrible twisters -- Deadly storms -- Tricks of the light -- All at sea -- Desert worlds -- Weird weather -- Weather forecasting -- Changing climates -- Harnessing weather -- True or false? -- Which way? -- What's this? -- Balloon race.

Discusses the importance and causes of various kinds of weather, how it can change and be predicted, and how weather is different in different places.

Ages 5-9.

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