Weather category: 468 books

Is it possible to stand in a cloud? How big is a water-drop inside a cloud? Can we predict the weather by looking at clouds? Whether viewed from the ground or from a plane flying high above Earth's surface, clouds give us a lot to think about! In this book, the questions that kids have about clouds...

What are fog and mist made of? If they’re made of water droplets, how did all that water get into the air? What makes up haze? How is it different from fog and mist, and what does it have to do with pollution? Young readers will find out as they learn all about these weather phenomena that can sometimes...

Our culture is addicted to weather: hourly forecasts, apps, radio, TV channels, alerts, warnings, and watches. And understandably—our food, clothing, livelihoods, and, increasingly, safety are tied directly to the weather and climate change. In The Big Cloud, photographer Camille Seaman stands in...

The first comprehensive look at nature’s role on military history from the author of A Pestilence on Pennsylvania Avenue. Halley’s Comet helped to announce the fall of the Shang Dynasty in China, a solar eclipse frightened the Macedonian army enough at Pydna in 168 BC to ensure victory...

The weather affects our daily decisions from what to wear, how to travel and when to leave the washing out. We know that blue skies bode well but why is the sky blue, does every cloud have a silver lining and is climate change an act of god or manmade? 30-Second Meteorology features 50 of the...

Is it true that no two snowflakes are ever alike? How many Christmases have actually been white? Do the Inuit have dozens of words for snow? Can it ever be too cold to snow? Our memories and imagination are buried in snow. It's the weather of play, joyful abandon and mischievous games – of...

Snow falls when it is cold. Find out all the different ways snow can fall during cold weather. Paired to the fiction title Building a Snowman.

Allow your child to discover the similarities and differences of weather disturbances like hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes. This highly informative book is not just about texts but it’s more on pictures and colors. This lean towards images calls the attention and ensures understanding of concepts presented. Your child needs this copy so buy one today!

See how people collect data as part of their jobs! Collecting data is very important for weather predictions, the U.S. government census, emergency rescue workers, and more! This Spanish-translated title teaches readers about multidigit number data collection, introducing concepts like approximation...

The true story of an incredible disaster and heroic rescue at sea told by two masterful storytellers. In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril. In...

Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. ** ** It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's *Rain begins four billion years ago with...

Like the deadly tornadoes it documents, this potent combination of high adventure and hard science is terrifyingly timely in our era of global warming and climate change. The Weather Channel, now America's most watched programming, has in recent years shown us a relentless series of hurricanes, tsunamis,...

The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England’s most damaging weather event ever. To call it “New England’s Katrina” might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people...

In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin retraces America's fascination and unique relationship to tornadoes and the weather. From Ben Franklin's early experiments, to "the great storm debates" of the nineteenth century, to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin shows how tornado chasing...