Features
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Library Binding: 40 pages
- Published by: Albert Whitman & Company
- Edition: 1st Edition September 30, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0807549746
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0807549742
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Book Dimensions:
10.1 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 6.4 ounces
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4–Readers will learn quite a bit about the ten classifications of clouds from this picture-book biography of 18th-century English meteorologist Luke Howard. Historical portraits and reproductions of his original painted cloud studies are mixed in with Billin-Frye's attractive ink-and-watercolor cartoons. The text also contains entries in a weather journal created by a present-day student doing a science project, which interrupts the narrative flow of the biography and cloud information. Weather jokes at the bottom of the entries are distracting and seem out of place. Overall, though, this book can be used to supplement materials on cloud classification or to introduce a little-known scientist.
–Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. Born in England in 1772, Luke Howard began keeping a weather journal when he was ten years old. He maintained an interest in weather and clouds all his life, though he supported himself and his family as a chemist. In 1802, he proposed a system of classifying clouds into seven types, basing their names on the Latin words
cirrus,
cumulus, and
stratus. His system was adopted and, in adapted form, is still used today. This colorful book balances biographical and historical information with basic weather science, presented in the form of a modern child's monthly weather journal. The interspersed journal pages present information about weather, a simple project, and a few riddles. Artwork includes reproductions of a portrait of Howard and his own paintings of clouds, Billin-Frye's winsome illustrations, and photographs of the ten types of clouds recognized today. An attractive combination of biographical narrative and weather science. Bibliography appended.
Carolyn PhelanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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