Customer Reviews

Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll (Lets Read and Find Out)

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My two boys, now aged 3 and almost 5, have asked for this constantly over a period of two years. They put it in the top five the top of their favorite books list and we have a LOT of outstanding books. My older boy has wowed several adults with his lectures on how lightening and thunder work. I highly recommend the book/cassette combination. My husband and I also enjoy listening to it after many, many hearings. It is entertaining, soothing, interesting, and educational.

This book is designed to provide beginning readers with information about thunderstorms, and safety. It includes information on how to make a cloud, rain gauge and web sites. Very good reading for grade levels 1-3.

This book gives a great description that EVERYONE can understand about rain, thunder and lightning. We have tried in so many different ways to teach our daughter about this phenomena and when we read the book she realized that we were telling the truth!

This book isn't exactly for younger kids -- it's far too scary for little ones, and doesn't really give them any context.

It "warns" kids of the danger of lightning by saying that it can start your house on fire, and that it kills cows and horses and people. And that if there is a storm, they should stay away from TVs, bathtubs, sinks, phones, wires, and pipes, because they all carry lightning into the house. And the way it's presented, it makes it seem like those things are all pretty much guaranteed during a storm (but also tells kids to get inside immediately during a storm, because otherwise they're at risk of getting struck by lightning).

So, if you want your youngster to be terrified of lightning, by all means, read this book to them. I'd probably skip this one.

I cannot say how many, many times I read this book to my children and then found them reading it to themselves! Storms are a scary thing to children, and I think the way this book explains what happens takes some of the mystery out of it making it a little less scary. As usual with the read and find out series, there is usually a bit that the parent learns as well! A great homeschool book.

Since we have moved to the South from California, my 5 year old has been a little frightened of thunder and lightning. This book explains what creates thunder and lightning in language a child of her age can understand. I highly recommend any book in this series.

My 5 year old son loves it. It explains how rain is 'made',about thunderclouds, thunder. They even tell you how to calculate the distance of the storm from you by listening to the thunder. We all love this book.

My son likes this book quite a bit. It's pretty informative and the illustrations are good. He knew most of the information already but the illustrations and the couple of new bits of information held his interest.

I bought this book hoping to shed some light on storms for my daughter. It is very informative without being too scientific. However, it does get detailed to a frightening reality (for 5 year olds) that animals and people can die from lightning strikes which is perhaps a bit too much for a 5 year old. It does not reassure AT ALL that that chance is one in a million.

I'd recommend this book for older kids or maybe skip reading the part about farm animals and people getting struck by lightning. Or better yet, find another book.

This is a great book for teaching about weather. Specifically it teaches about thunder and lightning which may puzzle many students and teachers alike. My students enjoyed listening to this story and hearing new things about thunder and lightning.