Blizzards

by Patrick Merrick

Uses a question-and -answer format to provide information about the causes of blizzards, where they occur, their characteristics, and the effects they produce. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567664695
• ISBN13: 9781567664690
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Child's World
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Introducing youngsters to the blizzards of winter

"Blizzards" by Patrick Merrick is part of a series of books for young grade school students that explain about natural disasters from avalanches to volcanoes. Each full-page picture is explained in one or two paragraphs dealing with basic questions: What is a Blizzard? What Causes Blizzards? What Should You Do in a Blizzard? There is a lot of basic information included in this book, all of which is presented in a clear manner. The emphasis is as much on safety as it is on education. The glossary includes words such as evaporation, hypothermia and wind-chill which will help students learn more about weather and the seasons. They will even learn about the place where 76 inches of snow fell in one day, which will certainly amaze them. Whether young students live in a part of the country that gets blizzards or not, this book will help them better understand this phenomena of nature.