It's Raining Cats and Dogs: All Kinds of Weather, and Why We Have It [Hardcover]

Franklyn M Branley (Author), True Kelley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 1987 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Discusses weather phenomena with a collection of facts and folklore, experiments, and weather events.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-7 A most engaging book about the weather. In his usual readable style, Branley intersperses factual information about clouds, precipitation, and winds with interesting anecdotes and easy experiments. The amusing black-and-gray wash illustrations are helpful in setting up the experiments. Included are tidbits about pink and green snow and a formula for computing the number of snowflakes in a snowstorm. This is an excellent addition to the weather book collection in any library. It is comparable to Nature ' s Weather Forecasters (Lodestar, 1978) by Helen Sattler and Understanding Weather (Macmillan, 1970; o.p.) by Harry Milgrom, and, for older readers, Weather Facts & Feats (Guinness, 1977; o.p.) by Ingrid Holford. Kathleen M. Hall, Las Virgenes Unified School District, Westlake Village, Calif.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Weather has never been such fun; young readers will find the book appealing to dip into, while teachers will find it a good source for ideas to spark up classroom studies." Booklist, ALA

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (April 27, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039533070X
• ISBN-13: 978-0395330708
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,403,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Franklyn Branley was Astronomer Emeritus and former Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planeterium. In 1960, he originated the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, dedicated to explaining science to young children and encouraging them to explore their world. Dr. Branley is the author of over 150 science books for children.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Reading, April 15, 2000

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This review is from: It's Raining Cats and Dogs: All Kinds of Weather, and Why We Have It (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed reading this book. It helped me understand about the weather. It explained many things and gave a lot of fun experiments to do and charts to look at. The information was shocking (lightning, get it?)! I truly loved this book. I am 11 years old.