Hot Days

Children's Literature

The Welcome Books are a collection of nonfiction series designed for new or emergent readers. The "Weather Report" series briefly discusses activities that kids might undertake given the weather conditions. There is a very brief eXplanation of the weather phenomenon. On a hot day, the sun shines and this little girl and her mother head for the beach. She also keeps cool by running under the sprinkler and staying in her air conditioned home. We see plenty of her and her activities but little of the weather in question. Fullpage, fullcolor photographs appear on the right hand page with a simple two or three sentence teXt on the left. Bolded words are defined in a section entitled "New Words," and it should be noted that the definitions are specific to the teXt. There is a page that lists books and web sites to help kids find out more (note that no dates are given for the books cited). There is an indeX and a brief mention of the author and the consultants on the final page, and there is an opening table of contents page. 2000, Grolier, $13.50 and $4.95. Ages 4 to 7. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot <%ISBN%> 0516231197