Navigators: Extreme Weather - Hardcover

Hynes, Margaret

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9780753465783: Navigators: Extreme Weather

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753465787 ISBN 13: 9780753465783

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2011

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Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics.

Kids love the excitement―and danger―of hurricanes and tornadoes. This book takes reader on a tour of the science behind the most awe-inspiring weather phenomena―such as lightning, hail, monsoons, and whiteouts. Hundreds of photographs and illustrations and include brief but informative explanations of an astonishing array of meteorological happenings. Detailed maps and diagrams further support understanding.

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About the Author:

Margaret Hynes has worked in publishing for around 15 years. She has written a number of children's titles on topics including English vocabulary, history, geography, poverty and population. Margaret has also edited an array of books for adults
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What do gladiators, bad weather, mammals, and pirates have in common? Not a lot subject-wise, but they’re consistently popular topics with kids. Visually reminiscent of DK books, although simpler, the Navigators series delves into the subject at hand with nuggets of easily digestible information in the form of text boxes, word definitions, engaging photographs and artwork, and labeled diagrams. Extreme Weather explores not only the science behind issues such as climate change but also natural disasters and their aftermath. Structurally consistent, and with an informative “Investigate” section in the back matter, which includes pertinent websites, books, and museum exhibition suggestions, this series offers the legions of pirate-, animal-, weather-, and ancient civilization–obsessed kids out there a solid resource for school or pleasure, and it should be particularly appealing to reluctant readers. Grades 3-6. --Ann Kelley

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