Books in Amazing Science: Weather series

Presents information about rainy days to beginning readers, including high-impact photos, close photo-to-text match, a picture glossary, and a comprehension question. F&P Text Level Gradient: Level A.

Describes the earth's polar regions and the animals that live there, including the seal, penguin, musk ox, and polar bear

Discusses how snow is formed in the atmosphere, the various forms it takes when falling to earth, the conditions snow creates on the earth, and its effect on plants and animals.

Surveys the exotic species of plants and animals that live in the world's rain forests.

Which pole is north? Which pole is south? It's hard to tell on the sideways planet of Uranus. Explore the gas giant's strange position, its rings, moons, and more in this book about Uranus.

This fascinating new book introduces children to the concepts of solid, liquid, and gas, as well as to the different kinds of materials that things are made from. Colorful photographs help show how things can change shape, which materials are natural and which are man-made, and which kind of materials can be recycled and why.

Named for the god of war because of its blood red color, Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system. Explore its cold canyons, ice caps, and more in this book about Mars.

Presents "astonishing" features of our planet such as geysers, caves, salt lakes, peat bogs, carnivorous plants, creeping swamps, and autumn colors.

Discusses how people cope with, use, and control ice, exploring its effects on clothing, housing, and traveling.

Explains how droughts affect people, and describes how people adjust to hot and dry climates by dressing cool, channeling solar energy, protecting their skin, and growing crops that require little water.

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Introduces natural and artificial light, shadow, and the human eye, and discusses rainbows, color, and reflection.