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Ever wonder what makes the wind blow? Or where clouds come from, or rain? Every day you experience weather, but why do you experience the weather you do? Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon and the Smithsonian Institution have come together to bring you this new edition of one of the most popular books on weather, a subject that changes every day.

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Pub. Date: May 2006
Age Range: 5 to 9Explores the causes, changing patterns, and forecasting of weather.

Boston Globe

Seymour Simon has the uncanny knack of making complex scientific concepts understandable and interesting. Children will be drawn into every aspect of this fine book.

Children's Literature

This interesting book, aimed at the elementary student, explains how general weather conditions are formed. Using a simple but well researched text, the author gives a concise explanation of the forces in nature which creates various weather conditions. Using simple but realistic drawings and color photographs, the author helps the reader visualize the effects of the earth's spin, irregular surfaces, and varying amounts of moisture on winds that produce our weather. Various weather conditions, such as warm and cold fronts, rain, hail, snow, and a considerable discussion about the variety of clouds are included. Weather prognostication and the influence of pollution on our weather are also mentioned. It would have been a plus to have a glossary for the weather terms used in the text, however, this is a fine introduction. 2000 (orig. 1993), HarperTrophy, Ages 5 to 9, $15.95 and $6.95. Reviewer: Meredith Kiger�Children's Literature

School Library Journal

Gr 4-7-As with Simon's previous titles on the individual planets (Morrow), this book is a perfect marriage of words and pictures. Each high-quality, full-color photograph or diagram is truly a work of art, suitable for framing. The large-print text, sometimes superimposed on the illustrations, is easy to read. Beginning with the general effects of the sun and the Earth's rotation, continuing with wind patterns, temperature, clouds, and precipitation, and concluding with smog and the greenhouse effect, the author lucidly discusses all of the terms and elements that constitute tropospheric weather. Instruments and the possible affects of human activity on the atmosphere are touched upon. Unfortunately, the full-page diagrams that demonstrate the way the sun warms the Earth and the speed of its rotation do not clearly explain those phenomena. Gail Gibbons's Weather Words and What They Mean (Holiday, 1990) covers much of the same information, but has a cartoon format. Martyn Bramwell's Weather (Watts, 1988; o.p.) is for older readers.-Meryl Silverstein, American Museum of Natural History, New York City

BookList

In this well-designed "photo-book," Simon takes a careful look at the weather--what it is, what causes it, and what affects it. Simple, direct explanations of the atmosphere, cold and warm fronts, and the formation of snow and hail are beautifully complemented by full- and half-page color photographs and diagrams. Simon defines the different types of clouds and what they mean and includes a brief description of how humankind studies and affects the weather. Solid, useful, and accessible, this is a very valuable 40 pages.

Seymour Simon has been called "the dean of the [children's science book] field" by the New York Times. He has written more than 200 books for young readers and is the recipient of the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, and the Educational Paperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award. Mr. Simon lives in Great Neck, New York, with his wife.