| All about the Weather Contributor(s): LaFontaine, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486430367 ISBN-13: 9780486430362 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 Annotation: Fun-to-color pictures and detailed captions introduce school-age youngsters to tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and other atmospheric conditions. Carefully researched illustrations and accompanying text depict and explain cloud types, thunderstorm formation, global wind patterns and ocean currents, radar weather instruments, and other phenomena. 44 black-and-white illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Weather - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General |
| Dewey: NA |
| Series: Dover Pictorial Archives |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 7.9" W x 10.64" (0.39 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fun-to-color pictures make this introduction to weather ideal for school-age youngsters curious about tornadoes, hurricanes, fog, blizzards, and other atmospheric conditions. Forty-four carefully researched illustrations and extensive text describe these phenomena as well as cloud types, thunderstorm formation, and global wind patterns and ocean currents. Also discussed are the causes and effects of lightning and rainbows, natural weather predictors, radar weather instruments, TV and newspaper weather maps, the aurora borealis, global warming, and other climatic- and weather-related phenomena. Enlightening, entertaining, and well-illustrated, this information-packed coloring book will fascinate anyone eager to learn about meteorological phenomena. |