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Books in Amazing Science: Weather series

  • Water: Up, Down, and All Around

    Natalie Myra Rosinsky, Matthew John

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Introduce young scientists to the basics of the water cycle! Through full-color photos and simple, easy-to-follow text, this nonfiction book introduces emergent readers to the importance of water, explaining evaporation and condensation, dew and frost, and the three states of water. Alongside charming illustrations, award-winning author Natalie M. Rosinsky delivers fun, fact-filled text for an engaging read-aloud or beginning read-alone. Includes hands-on experiments!
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  • Light: Shadows, Mirrors, and Rainbows

    Natalie Myra Rosinsky, Sheree Boyd

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Learn about the importance of light in our every day lives. Discover how to make reflections, shadows, and rainbows. This is a great nonfiction read aloud book with places to stop to do activities together. If you are looking for clear, concise science books for kids, this is a perfect start!
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  • Energy: Heat, Light, and Fuel

    Darlene Ruth Stille, Sheree Boyd

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Discover the powerful world of energy! This nonfiction picture book introduces budding scientists to the different types of energy, including chemical energy, kinetic energy, and solar energy. Alongside charming illustrations, author Darlene R. Stille delivers a fun, engaging read-aloud or beginning read-alone. Includes hands-on experiments!
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  • Gusts and Gales: A Book About Wind

    Josepha Sherman, Omarr Wesley

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Find out about the different types of winds, including global winds, trade winds, local winds, and breezes. Learn about extreme wind weather like hurricanes and tornadoes.
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  • Matter: See It, Touch It, Taste It, Smell It

    Darlene Ruth Stille, Sheree Boyd

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2004)
    The states of matter (solids, liquids, and gases) are explained and demonstrated. Includes an experiment to try.
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  • Sizzle!: A Book About Heat Waves

    Rick Thomas, Denise Shea

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Describes what a heat wave is, and how it affects both city life and country life.
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  • Air: Outside, Inside, and All Around

    Darlene Ruth Stille, Sheree Boyd

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Learn about the air around you, and find out about oxygen, the atmosphere, gases, and pollution.
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  • Rumble, Boom!: A Book About Thunderstorms

    Rick Thomas, Denise Shea

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Describes the process of how thunderstorms can form. Also includes explanations of downdrafts, storm cells, supercells, electric energy, thunder, lightning, squall lines, hail, and wind bursts.
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  • Sunshine: A Book About Sunlight

    Josepha Sherman, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Sunrises, sunsets, rainbows - all these things come from the sun. Sunshine also gives us light, warmth, food, and creates all of our weather.
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  • Flakes and Flurries: A Book About Snow

    Josepha Sherman, Jeffrey Joseph Yesh

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Learn about snow and snow crystals. How water turns into snow is the focus of this book, with a discussion of blizzards and other extreme conditions.
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  • Rising Waters: A Book About Floods

    Rick Thomas, Denise Shea

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Describes the causes and the effects of flooding.
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  • Nature's Fireworks: A Book About Lightning

    Josepha Sherman, Omarr Wesley

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Learn what makes lightning flash across the sky, and the different ways lightning is created in thunderstorms.
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