Books

Dewey Numbers 551.5-551.63
 * Nonfiction **

551.5 BUR Burby, Liza N. Heat waves and droughts. 1st ed. New York : PowerKids Press, 1999. What is a heat wave? -- What is a drought? -- When and where do they happen? -- How do they start? -- Heat waves can be dangerous -- Drought can be harmful -- Preventing drought -- Heat waves and drought in history -- The Dustbowl -- Heat waves, drought, and the future. Explains what heat waves and droughts are, where and when they happen, and what their effects can be.

551.5 Cos Cosgrove, Brian. Weather. New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000. Photographs and text depict different aspects of weather and how it is forecast.

551.5 Est Estigarribia, Diana. Learning about weather with graphic organizers. New York : Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press, 2005. This book describes how scientists learn about weather, the natural conditions that happen in Earth's atmosphere, and how information about weather is organized into charts.

551.5 Far Farndon, John. Weather. New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1998, c1992. Discusses such elements of weather as clouds, wet air, frost, ice, wind, and air pressure.

551.5 Sau Saunders-Smith, Gail. Sunshine. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 1998. Describes the effects of light from the sun on earth and how it causes temperature changes, the seasons, winds, and clouds.

551.5 Sim Simon, Seymour. Storms. New York : Mulberry Books, 1992, c1989. Describes the atmospheric conditions which create thunderstorms, hailstorms, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes and how violent weather affects the environment and people.

551.51 Fro Frost, Helen, 1949-. Wind. Mankato, Minn. : Pebble, c2004. Simple text and photographs present wind, how it is formed, and how it affects the Earth and people. 551.51 Sie Sievert, Terri. Wind. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 2005. Discusses wind and how it affects the weather.

551.55 BUR Burby, Liza N. Tornadoes. 1st ed. New York : PowerKids Press, 1999. What is a tornado? -- Where and when do they happen? -- How do they start? -- How do tornadoes act? -- A water tornado -- Tornadoes do strange things -- The worst tornadoes -- How do you know if it's coming? -- Safety during a tornado. An introduction to the storms sometimes known as twisters, including how and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst tornadoes in recorded history.

551.55 BUR Burby, Liza N. Tropical storms and hurricanes. 1st ed. New York : PowerKids Press, 1999. What are tropical storms and hurricanes? -- Where and when do they happen? -- How do they start? -- How do these storms act? -- Why are they dangerous? -- Strange things they can do -- Naming tropical storms and hurricanes -- Predicting these storms -- Safety during a tropical storm or hurricane -- Tropical storms and hurricanes can be helpful. An introduction to tropical storms and hurricanes with information on how they begin, when and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst storms of this century.

551.55 Cha Challoner, Jack. Hurricane & tornado. New York : Dorling Kindersley, c2000. Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.

551.55 Osb Osborne, Will. Twisters and other terrible storms : a nonfiction companion to Twister on Tuesday. New York : Random House, c2003. Describes the changing nature of weather and the study and prediction of storms.

551.56 Sau Saunders-Smith, Gail. Lightning. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 1998. Simple text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.

551.563 Her Herriges, Ann. Lightning. Minneapolis, Minn. : Bellwether Media, c2007. What is lightning? -- Lightning in the clouds -- Lightning on the ground -- Thunder -- Staying safe. Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of lightning.

551.57 Gre Gregoire, Maryellen. Clouds. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 2005. Describes clouds, how they form, and how they affect the weather.

551.57 Sau Saunders-Smith, Gail. Clouds. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 1998. Describes different kinds of clouds--cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus--and the types of weather they indicate.

551.57 Sau Saunders-Smith, Gail. Rain. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 1998. Simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.

551.6 DeW DeWitt, Lynda. What will the weather be? New York : HarperTrophy, 1993, c1991. Explains the basic characteristics of weather and how meteorologists gather data for their forecasts.

551.6 GIB Gibbons, Gail. Weather words and what they mean. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c1990. Introduces basic weather terms and concepts.

551.6 KOH Kohler, Pierre, astronome. Weather. 1st English language ed. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, 1988. Introduces such aspects of our weather as meteorological instruments, forecasting, and weather changes over the years.

551.6 TOR Tordjman, Nathalie. Climates : past, present, and future = original French title, Histoire et géographie des climats. 1st English language ed. Hauppage, N.Y. : Barron's Educational Series, 1988, c1986. Describes the causes and effects of the various climates found on the earth.

551.6 Wal Wallace, Karen. Whatever the weather. New York : DK Publishing, c1999. Text, illustrations, and photographs of a boy looking out the window introduce different kinds of weather as it changes from day to day.

551.602 Mah Mahaney, Ian F. Weather maps. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press, 2007. This book explains how to read and understand weather maps, maps that show different weather conditions by using symbols.

551.602 Mah Mahaney, Ian F. Climate maps. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press, 2007. This book explains how to read and understand climate maps, maps that show weather features, such as precipitation or temperature or humidity.

551.63 Sie Sievert, Terri. Weather forecasting. Mankato, MN : Capstone, 2005. Discusses the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

E W Wyler, Rose. Raindrops and rainbows. [New York] : Julian Messner, c1989. Simple text and experiments illustrate why it rains, how clouds and rainbows form, and why lightning and thunder occurs.

** Fiction ** Dewey Numbers 551.55 551.55 Col Cole, Joanna. The magic school bus inside a hurricane. New York
 * Scholastic, c1995. Ms. Frizzle introduces her class to

weather projects and takes them on a hot air balloon ride into a hurricane.

E B Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1988. Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn.

E B Barrett, Judi. Pickles to Pittsburgh : the Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000. Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches.

E B Bauer, Marion Dane. If frogs made the weather. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2005. A young child ruminates on the favorite weather of ten different animals.

E BAL Balian, Lorna. A garden for a ground hog. Nashville : Abingdon Press, c1985. Mr. O'Leary appreciates his groundhog's help in predicting the weather on Groundhog Day but tries to come up with a plan to keep him from eating all the vegetables in his garden.

E C Crews, Donald. Cloudy day sunny day. Orlando : Harcourt, c1999. Whether the day is cloudy or sunny, it provides lots of opportunities for fun and entertainment.

E K Koscielniak, Bruce. Geoffrey Groundhog predicts the weather. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995. When Geoffrey Groundhog pops out of his hole to predict the weather, he is blinded by television cameras and lights and is unable to see if he has a shadow. No one in town knows how to proceed, so Geoffrey needs help fast.

E M Murphy, Mary, 1961-. Some things change. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2000. A little penguin finds that everything, from weather to water to feelings, can often change.

E N Nash, Margaret. The bossy rooster. Minneapolis, MN : Picture Window, 2003. The barnyard hens laugh when the bossy rooster meets his match in the weather vane rooster.

E V Van Laan, Nancy. Rainbow crow : a Lenape tale. New York : Knopf, c1989. When the weather changes and the ever-falling snow threatens to engulf all the animals, it is Crow who flies up to receive the gift of fire from the Great Sky Spirit.