Technical, comprehensive entry in the Dangerous Weather series explores the mystery of rain and what happens when it does not come. Allaby first defines drought before discussing the reasons for and results of long periods without rain.

This poetic tribute invites readers to experience the blazing light, cutting wind, endless sky, piercing cold, and extraordinary beauty of the prairie. It's a land of extremes, as the lyrical text and illustrations make clear, that inspires extreme devotion from its hardy inhabitants.

An excellent resource for explaining the concept of seasons, using a pencil and orange and focusing on the sun-earth relationship.

When a tornado is sighted, a boy's family rushes to the storm cellar. Anxious about the father, who's still in the cornfield, they listen to the storm overhead and to the stories related by their farmhand, Pete, about Tornado, the dog he knew and loved as a boy.

Detailed, informative and lively discussion of flooding and drought, causes and effects, patterns and processes. Includes photos and diagrams.

Cloudette is just a small cloud, but she wants to make a brook babble, a waterfall fall and give some kids a day off from school. Her tale raises questions relevant to little children: "Is there anything good about being small?" "Will I ever be as good as the big kids?" "What do clouds do, anyway?"

"Some people say that I am one thing. Others say that I am many. Ever since the world began I have been moving in a circle...I am the rain." The book features a free-verse narrative illustrated by landscape and seascape paintings that show water in various forms.

Haiku poetry accompanies season-related questions and answers about weather, the natural world and the human body.

In the spring of 1999, hunger and thirst are constant companions to 11-year-old Stephen and his family and friends in southern Sudan as they struggle to keep their fields of sorghum and maize alive. When bombs explode in their small village, Stephen's mother tells him and his friends to quickly pack, and they run and hide, leaving with few possessions.

The winter room is where Eldon, his brother Wayne, old Uncle David, and the rest of the family gather on icy cold nights, sitting in front of the stove. There the boys listen eagerly to all of Uncle David's tales of superheroes. Then one night Uncle David tells the story, "The Woodcutter," and what happens next is terrible - then wonderful.

A book about the seasons and the different kinds of experiences and stories that each season brings. Consisting almost entirely of images, The River presents each of the four seasons as its own chapter and story. A few sentences at the start of each chapter set the stage and provide clues for following each story. Beginning in autumn and ending in summer, The River is about our connection to place, as well as about the connections between geography, setting, and the stories we tell.

Science facts combine with vivid poems about pond life through the seasons. Focusing on one pond creature or plant per spread, Sidman employs many poetic forms.