Wild Weather: Blizzards! (Hello Reader! (DO NOT USE, please choose level and binding)) [Paperback]

Lorraine Jean Hopping (Author), Jody Wheeler (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Series: Hello Reader! (DO NOT USE, please choose level and binding)

Describes the incredible power of blizzards, from the blizzard of 1888 to blizzards in 1997, tells what makes a blizzard and how scientists try to forecast them.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-3-Combining actual incidents (e.g., teachers rescuing their classes during the storm of 1888, and deer in a Buffalo zoo escaping over snowdrifts in 1977) and scientific weather data in an easy-reader format makes this title a sure choice for whole-language science curricula. Included are windchill tables; a page of "Blizzard Tips"; information on the formation of winter weather patterns; and a look at the meteorologist's task of sifting through incoming data, computer projections, and personal experience to predict the onset of severe storms. Pastel-toned illustrations, diagrams, and maps round out the package. This title is not as scientifically focused as Arlene Erlbach's Blizzards (Childrens, 1995), but is still a tidy introduction to a fearsome weather phenomena (with a nice lacing of history to boot).
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Hopping does a very good job with this entry in the Hello Reader! Science series. She grabs readers' interest by first dramatically describing several blizzards in which lives were put in peril. She then goes on to describe the weather conditions that bring a blizzard into being. The watercolor artwork that accompanies the text is effective, and the whole package is one that will inform new readers, challenge their reading skills, and pique their interest in nonfiction. A list of "blizzard tips" rounds out the package. Ilene Cooper

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel Books (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590397303
• ISBN-13: 978-0590397308
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #860,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lorraine Jean Hopping grew up in a small town in Michigan, went to a small college in Michigan (Kalamazoo College), and then began to dream big. At the age of 21, she moved to New York City to launch a career in publishing as a writer and editor.

Her mantra is "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten." In other words, Lorraine thrives on the new, the different, the unknowns in life.

A combination of curiosity and fear of boredom have led her into the worlds of magazines, books, radio, software, board games, toys, websites, and . . . what next? She has enthusiastically tackled an ever-expanding range of topics with special passions for languages, international cultures, science, math, and technology.

Today, Lorraine still dreams big as she creates out of a cozy home office in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Learn more about her and her game development company--Hopping Fun Creations--at lorrainejeanhopping.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My students got 'chills' reading this book., September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wild Weather: Blizzards! (Hello Reader! (DO NOT USE, please choose level and binding)) (Paperback)

Blizzards really motivated my kids to go beyond our science class and learn more about weather.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely well written book about a difficult subject., October 9, 1999

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This review is from: Wild Weather: Blizzards! (Hello Reader! (DO NOT USE, please choose level and binding)) (Paperback)

Lorraine Hopping's Blizzard book described a difficult subject in a captivating manner.I read it to my grandchildren who have not experienced such a weather phenomena in Dallas but were able to understand the concept of a blizzard and its effects on the body.