S'COOL-Books on Clouds and Weather that we like

2008

Author	Title	Year	Comments
Allaby, Michael	How the Weather Works: 100 Ways Parents and Kids Can Share the Secrets of the Atmosphere	1999	Very accessible. Lots of activities.
Bohren, Craig F.	Clouds in a Glass of Beer		A professor at Penn State with great physical insight - more suited to teacher audience than to kids.
Day, John	Peterson Field Guide: The Atmosphere	1999
Day, John	Peterson Field Guide: The First Guide to Clouds and Weather	1997	Helpful for teachers.
Day, John	The Book of Clouds	2002
de Paola, Tomie	The Cloud Book	1984	Suitable for young students.
Kirkland, Jane	Take a Cloud Walk	No Student Left Indoors series
Kolbert, Elizabeth	The Climate of Man	2005	3-part series in the New Yorker
LeMone, Margaret	The Stories Clouds Tell	2008	Recently updated. Learn how clouds help you read the sky. Beautiful photos.
Locker, Thomas	Cloud Dance	2000	Recommended by a middle school teacher Beautiful illustrations with resource material at the back
Locker, Thomas	Water Dance	1997	Recommended by a middle school teacher Beautiful illustrations with resource material at the back
Mandell, Muriel	Simple Weather Experiments with Everyday Materials
McMillan, Bruce	The Weather Sky	1996	Suitable for upper elementary students.
National Audubon Society	Clouds & Storms
Parkinson, Claire	Earth From Above
Rubin & Duncan	The Weather Wizards Cloud Book
Sussman, Art	Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth: For Earthlings Ages 12 to 20		Focus on Earth as a system.
Tannehill, Ivan R.	All About the Weather
Trueit, Trudi Strain	Clouds	2002	Recommended by a 5th grade teacher.
Williams, Jack (USA Today)	The Weather Book	1997	Includes some ERBE data.

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