The Book of Clouds

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One reviewer said that their toddler was already bored with the book because each cloud illustration looked so similar. The book also helps you discover some different optical effects that you see unfold in the sky. You’ll see rainbows, coronas, halos, and different flashes. John has a way of bringing the magic of the universe into this book for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home. You’ll see images of phenomena that you may not have even known existed. For example, the sun pillar, or different shafts of bright light that stretch from the earth all the way up to the sky. You’ll also be privy to a cloud chart that explains how clouds form and gives you a glimpse into forecasting and even photographing clouds. These clouds form as a result of convection that starts due to extreme heat. For example, pyrocumulus clouds can form as a result of a volcanic eruption or wildfire.

If you have a curious kiddo between ages three and seven who is excited by clouds, Explore My World Clouds byMarfe Ferguson Delanois the best book for them. This book explains why clouds are in the sky, all the different types that they can explore, and provides kids with fun activities that help them enjoy and celebrate being outdoors. Your child gets to enjoy incredible photography, some simple stories, and lots of learning. The world is vast and when you’re a tiny tyke, it can feel overwhelming. With a book like this, you bring a little bit of the vastness of the universe into your home for their little minds to comprehend. Clouds are continually changing and appear in an infinite variety of forms. The classification of clouds is based on a book written by Luke Howard, a London pharmacist and amateur meteorologist, in 1803. His book, The Modifications of Clouds, named the various cloud structures he had studied. The terms he used were readily accepted by the meteorological community and are still used across the world today. Cloud types and groups For the most part, roll clouds are quite rare. But, they are known to occur in specific parts of the world, such as northern Australia. We listed the targeted age range for each of the titles in this review to help make selecting the right book for your kid easier. After all, there’s a huge difference between the interest, attention span, and reading (or listening) ability of a preschooler and a six-year-old. InterestThis book is rated 4.5 out of five stars. Customers warn that this book is not written for children — it’s more of a textbook about clouds with a wide array of magnificent photos. One customer says that it has very high-quality production with really accurate descriptions and wondrous imagery. Another customer says that it’s an easy-to-understand book with lots of pictures and explanations that land, even though she’s not well-versed when it comes to clouds. She uses it whenever she goes cloud-watching. History plays a big part in the book, and Tatiana works for an eldely man where she transcribes his work. My favourite and most interesting part, the descriptions of the abandoned underground stations of Berlin and the part in the underground bowling alley during a visit there at night!!!! Selina Walker, publisher, acquired British Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) from Jane Gregory.

A few reviewers didn’t like the author’s style. One said, “Unfortunately the prose style starts to become very annoying from quite early on, especially the childish anthropomorphism (this cloud is ‘the Darth Vader of clouds’, others are ‘lazy’ or like members of a street gang) and the lame jokes become very irritating. The overall effect is of one of those school science videos trying embarrassingly hard to make science ‘cool’ and ‘relevant’ but succeeds only in irritating its audience.” Pros and Cons of The Cloudspotter’s Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds byGavin Pretor-Pinney Pros

Without the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund, and Zach’s vision of developing a program focused on osteosarcoma, we would not have the core of researchers and scientists and dedicated effort that led literally in the last five years from an idea to a national clinical trial for patients with osteosarcoma,” said Brenda Weigel, MD, MSc, a clinician and cancer researcher at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Weigel was also Zach’s oncologist. One cool thing to remember with altostratus, though, is that these clouds often produce optical effects. Some of the more common optical effects that you might see with altostratus include cloud iridescence and coronas, so keep your eyes peeled if these clouds are in the sky. 3. High-Level Clouds

In fact, Tatiana tells us several times how, in Berlin, she has become “a professional in lost time.” It is “impossible to account for all the hours.” She spends most of her days and nights alone and finds herself “needing other people less and less.” Aside from her part-time job as a transcriber for the elderly historian, “every day weighed more or less the same.” Except for the particular “nagging pitch” of Sundays, when she is reminded that “there’s solitude and then there’s loneliness,” none of this seems to trouble her. It isn’t as though she left Mexico for Germany in the first place to pursue to some burning ambition: The author describes lots of references and metaphors to animals and birds which I enjoyed and many long descriptions of not much at all, but they added to the feeling of the book, a young woman on her own in Berlin, although she has no problems with being on her own, she does seek out occasionally some company. Known for their characteristic wispy formations, cirrus are gorgeous clouds that form at the highest altitudes in the troposphere. There was only one negative review, which read: “A useful book to help six year olds and above to think about death of a loved one. Sad to see grandparents not included in the list people who can provide a listening ear if needed. Personally, I found it less useful for under six year olds.” Pros and Cons of Lost in the Clouds by DK and Tom Tinn-Disbury Pros

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When arcus clouds move overhead, it can look like they’re literally rolling over the ground below. This can make them look quite dramatic, especially when the dark skies of a thunderstorm trail closely behind. Children of all ages can be interested in the sky and the great clouds uniquely displayed there. On car rides or barbeques, little ones will point and say look, that cloud looks like a horse or dragon. Their imaginations are more active than ours, which is a truly admirable trait. These cloud books are thoroughly reviewed to meet several criteria. Amy and Zach had been friends during high school, and started dating after Zach found out his cancer was terminal. If you have a kid that is often anxious or stressed about things, Greta and the Dark Cloud by Lana Simkins (author), Alina Shabelnyk (illustrator) can help them understand the benefits of working through complex emotions. It is a story about being afraid of thunderstorms, and the main character is Greta.

History plays a major role in the book, particularly the dark stories that lurk beneath the surface. There are plenty of those in Berlin, both from the Nazi and the Communist era, buildings in which people were imprisoned or tortured, now converted into schools, apartment buildings and water towers. Right at the beginning of the book, Tatiana sees what she believes is an aged Hitler dressed as a woman on an underground train. Then there’s the underground Gestapo bowling alley that Tatiana explores late at night and almost gets trapped inside when she runs away from her group to go and rub out the chalked scores from the board. There’s the upstairs part of her building, where nobody seems to live but from which strange noises appear. She goes up there, looking for ghosts perhaps, and finds a dark stain on the wall which reminds her of the scores she rubbed out:This is perfect for teaching kids how to deal with bad days and lets them feel normal, knowing they aren’t the only ones to feel that way. This book includes helpful facts and even a few fun activities to make learning about clouds even more eventful. First, we learn that Tatiana’s mother believes, “even the most impoverished of souls…have an inner landscape.” And Tatiana’s soul is far from impoverished. Her inner landscape is intricate and interesting. In Chloe Aridjis’ Book of Clouds, a Mexican Jewish woman, the daughter of a large family of Mexico City deli owners —writes in first person English about her life in Berlin. She’s probably in her mid-20s and it’s probably in the early 2000’s. For the most part, cap clouds are short-lived. They tend to form as a result of a very strong updraft and lots of moisture in the atmosphere. So, if you see these clouds, severe weather might be on its way to your location. Unlike all of the clouds that we’ve discussed so far, the clouds in this section don’t quite fit into any neat category. Many have unique shapes or odd formation patterns that make them difficult to categorize elsewhere.