Author: Christiane Dorion
Illustrator: Beverly Young
Reading level: Ages 8-12
Summary:
This study guides focus solely on weather. It touches on basic explanations of complicated meteoroligical concepts. It has sturdy pop-up illustrations, flaps to open, tabs to pull, wheels to turn and cardboard pop-up models that include a stunning 3-D hurricane. It explains to young readers about extreme weather and climate change. However, it doesn’t offer easy superficial solutions.
Review:
Once you've read this book you'll have a basic understanding of how the greenhouse effect works, what conditions affect climate, how a hurricane is formed, and why high and low pressure are so important in forecasting the weather.
Each section is so full of material that it is almost too busy. There's a lot to take in and it is easy to miss a pull a tab or wheel. There's more depth in this book than in similar guides of this nature and although it is aimed at youngsters seven and older, I think it would appeal to a younger child who has shown curiosity about the weather.
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