Open Court

 

Grade 1

 

Weather

 

 

 

363.3 Hop                    

           Hopping, Lorraine Jean.  Wild weather : floods!  New York :

                Scholastic, c2000.  Describes the causes of floods, the

                devastation that they can cause, and ways to fight them.

 

398.2 Aar                    

           Aardema, Verna.  Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain : a Nandi

                tale.  New York : Puffin Books, 1983, c1981.  A cumulative

                rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the

                drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

 

525 Gib                      

           Gibbons, Gail.  The reasons for seasons.  1st ed.  New York :

                Holiday House, c1995.

 

551.5 Ard                    

           Ardley, Neil.  The Science Book of Weather.  1st U.S. ed.  San

                Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.  Simple experiments

                demonstrate the different forces that cause different kinds

                of weather.

 

551.5 Ber                     

           Berger, Melvin.  Can it rain cats and dogs? : questions and

                answers about weather.  New York, NY : Scholastic Reference,

                c1999.  Provides answers to such questions about the weather

                as "What makes the weather?", "Does air have weight?", "How

                big are hailstones?", and "What is El Niņo?".

 

551.5 Bra                    

           Branley, Franklyn Mansfield, 1915-.  It's raining cats and dogs :

                all kinds of weather and why we have it.  Boston : Houghton

                Mifflin, 1987.  Discusses various weather phenomena,

                including rain, hail, smog, snow, lightning, hurricanes, and

                tornadoes.

 

551.5 Bra                     

           Branley, Franklyn Mansfield, 1915-.  Snow is falling.  New York,

                : Crowell, [1963].  Describes the qualities of snow, its

                usefulness to plants and animals, and the hazards it can

                cause.

 

551.5 Bra                    

           Branley, Franklyn Mansfield, 1915-.  Snow is falling.  Rev. ed.

                New York : Crowell, c1986.  Describes the characteristics of

                snow, its usefulness to plants and animals, and the hazards

                it can cause.

 

551.5 Bra                    

           Branley, Franklyn Mansfield, 1915-.  Snow is falling.  Rev. ed.

                New York : HarperCollins, [2000].  Describes snow's physical

                qualities and how quantities of it can be fun as well as

                dangerous.

 

551.5 Col                    

           Cole, Joanna.  The magic school bus inside a hurricane.  New York

                : Scholastic Inc., c1995.

 

551.5 Pal                     

           Palmer, Joy.  Wind.  Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn

                Publishers, c1993.  An easy-to-read introduction to the

                moving air which affects weather and life worldwide.

 

551.57 Bra                    

           Branley, Franklyn Mansfield, 1915-.  Down comes the rain.  Newly

                illustrated ed.  New York : HarperCollins, 1997.  Explains

                how the water cycle leads to different types of weather

                patterns.

 

551.57 DeP                   

           De Paola, Tomie.  The cloud book.  New York : Holiday House,

                c1975.  Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the

                myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they

                indicate about the weather.

 

551.6 Dav                    

           Davies, Kay.  Weather.  Austin, TX : Steck Vaughn, 1992.  Text,

                illustrations, and suggested activities introduce weather,

                its effects on people and animals, and methods of observing

                and recording it.

 

551.6 Gib                    

           Gibbons, Gail.  Weather words and what they mean.  1st ed.  New

                York : Holiday House, c1990.  Introduces basic weather terms

                and concepts.

 

574.5 Pal                    

           Palmer, Joy.  Deserts.  Austin, TX : Raintree Steck-Vaughn,

                c1993.  Describes the world's deserts, discussing plant and

                animal life, resources, how people survive in the desert,

                and why desert lands are growing in size.

 

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 Bar                         

           Barrett, Judi.  Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.  New York :

                London : Aladdin Books ; Collier Macmillan, 1982, c1978.

                Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it

                rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows

                storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the

                worse.

 

PB e                         

           Hopping, Lorraine J.  Hurricanes!

 

PB e                          

           Canizares, Susan, 1960-.  Storms.  New York : Scholastic, c1998.

                Photographs and simple text describe what happens when there

                is too much rain, wind, or snow.

 

PB e                          

           Chanko, Pamela, 1968-.  Weather.  New York : Scholastic, c1998.

                Photographs and simple text describe some of the activities

                associated with various types of weather, from ice skating

                to going to the beach.

 

VC                           

           Animals in all kinds of weather.

 

VC                           

           Weather:a first look at rainbow.

 

VC                           

           Weather.