Wind and Weather: Climates, Clouds, Snow, Tornadoes, and How Weather Is Predicted (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery. Natural History) [Hardcover]

Liane Onish (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1995 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Scholastic Voyages of Discovery. Natural History (Book 11)

A series of interactive spreads features three-dimensional glasses that can be used to make a cloud scene come to life, a perspective study of Monet's haystacks, an acetate page that demonstrates fog, and a die-cut page of a tornado.

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Grade 4-6?A flashy, colorful set of books with numerous die-cut pages, transparencies, fold-outs, and reusable stickers. All of the titles feature short text, lots of full-color illustrations, informative captions, and sidebars. The spiral bindings are enclosed in a standard spine, making the books easy to label and attractive to shelve. Architecture begins with simple shelters, progresses to the classical world's constructions, medieval castles and cathedrals, Japanese paper houses, bridges, London's Crystal Palace, skyscrapers, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Moviemaking covers the development of motion pictures from stills, the invention of talkies and technicolor, Hollywood, competition from television, special effects and animation, and notable people, such as Chaplin and Eisenstein. Flight starts with the dream of flight and flying animals and continues with kites, gliders, balloons and dirigibles, the invention of airplanes, the Wright Brothers, early flying aces, warplanes, and how navigational systems work. Wind discusses the atmosphere, clouds, different kinds of precipitation, rainbows and mirages, weather systems and storms, climates, and forecasting the weather. None of the books goes into great depth, but all have small, useful tidbits of information scattered throughout. Occasionally, simplification of the topics results in some strange wording: e.g., drag is explained by saying that "air tries to pull the plane backward," and light is compared to "millions of tiny balls," which may be misleading to beginners. Nonetheless, due to their format, style, and appealing topics, these books are sure to be popular.?Jeffrey A. French, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 45 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Trade (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590476467
• ISBN-13: 978-0590476461
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,175,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Supplemental Resource, April 4, 2001

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This review is from: Wind and Weather: Climates, Clouds, Snow, Tornadoes, and How Weather Is Predicted (Scholastic Voyages of Discovery. Natural History) (Hardcover)

Scholastic's "Wind and Weather" is an excellent resource for a weather unit. It has many short, fact filled, interesting articles that students enjoy. The innovative design makes it accessible and fun to use for students. Students will have problems if they intend to read the book straight through and write a report on it. It is best used as supplemental reading in a reading center.