Look at the Weather

When you stop to think about it, weather is incredible: it's whimsical, varied, ever-present, sometimes destructive and other times, beautiful. This immersive illustrated nonfiction book is an invitation for readers to ponder weather and approach it with a newfound sense of understanding, awe, and wonder.

Through four chapters--sun, rain, ice and snow, and extreme weather--this book explores different weather phenomena, from rainbows and sunsets to clouds, frost, and rainstorms. Moments of distress and destruction are offset by the calm after a storm or the peaceful feeling of a blanket of fresh snow.

Evocative paintings convey the sheer power of weather, while lyrical text captures the richness of our natural environment. The book takes an inspiring tone rather than an exhaustive, factual one. The book explicitly makes the links between extreme weather, climate change, and human activity, and poses questions often, inviting young readers to observe and inquire about their own environment or to imagine other ones.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Owlkids
Published: 04/15/2018
ISBN: 9781771472869
Pages: 152
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 11.10h x 7.90w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/29/2018
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2018 pg. 137
Booklist 03/01/2018 pg. 42
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 140
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2018 pg. 199
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 151 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style