Overview
Clouds drift and float. They move above Earth. Sometimes they are white and puffy. Sometimes they are dark and cover the sky. What happens when the weather is cloudy? Read this book to find out! Learn all about kinds of weather in the What's the Weather Like? series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books bring nonfiction topics to life!
Synopsis
Clouds drift and float. They move above Earth. Sometimes they are white and puffy. Sometimes they are dark and cover the sky. What happens when the weather is cloudy? Read this book to find out! Learn all about kinds of weather in the What's the Weather Like? series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!
Children's Literature
Some science and some imaginative fun combine to present information about clouds in this title which is generously illustrated with color photographs. The layouts that describe the different types of clouds present a simile of the cloud on the left side and the actual clouds on the right. For instance, the cirrus clouds are compared with the look of a feather and the cumulus clouds to the puffy, cotton balls. Unfortunately, the simile of the dusty books does not quite measure up in comparison with the stratus clouds. Furthermore, the nimbus cloud was not included in the chapter, although it is briefly mentioned in the chapter "Did You Know?" which is about Luke Howard who named the different types of clouds. The next chapter briefly touches on what clouds are and how meteorologists examine clouds. On the lighter side is the fun of looking at cloud shapes with an imaginative eye. There is a list of additional resources including some websites where there is more information about clouds and weather. This book is part of the "What's the Weather Like?" series. Reviewer: Carrie Hane Hung