Description

Fun-to-color pictures make this introduction to weather ideal for school-age youngsters curious about tornadoes, hurricanes, fog, blizzards, and other atmospheric conditions. Forty-four carefully researched illustrations and extensive text describe these phenomena as well as cloud types, thunderstorm formation, and global wind patterns and ocean currents. Also discussed are the causes and effects of lightning and rainbows, natural weather predictors, radar weather instruments, TV and newspaper weather maps, the aurora borealis, global warming, and other climatic- and weather-related phenomena. Enlightening, entertaining, and well-illustrated, this information-packed coloring book will fascinate anyone eager to learn about meteorological phenomena.