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42) Storm chasers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and text introduce children to the duties and experiences of professional storm chasers, describing their daily tasks, unique challenges, and the special tools and equipment they use on the job.
46) Blizzards
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for vocabulary words while learning simple facts about blizzards and how this winter snow storm forms"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Record heat. Record storms. Record drought, snow, rain, and ocean levels. What's going on? In a world of crazy weather exacerbated by climate change, knowing about tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, derachos, blizzards, and storms is more important than ever. This book, based on cutting-edge science and first-hand accounts, helps kids learn about what's going on and what to do about it"--Publisher.
48) Las ventiscas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"North American Spanish translation of Spot Blizzards. Excite early readers about science and weather with a low-level reader about blizzards. Using a search-and-find framework, emergent readers learn simple facts about blizzards, including snowflakes formation and whiteouts"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
We humans take our domination of the planet for granted, but sometimes nature reminds us that this is an illusion. Tectonics rip open the earth, vast waves sweep away coastal towns, magma spews from volcanoes and hurricanes lay waste to entire countries. This book explores nature at its most destructive. Clear, coherent explanations break down the science behind phenomena including hurricanes, tornadoes, avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes,...
Author
Series
Lightning strikes trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
c2015.
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Description
News photographer Alicia Monroe stumbles onto a mystery while out chasing storms one night.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Weather can take a turn for the worse with little to no warning. Following severe or extreme weather patterns has proven to be a great--albeit dangerous--way to study weather conditions. Some people even choose to chase extreme weather out of curiosity alone! This book provides information about different types of storm chasers, the technology they use, and the reasons they choose to put their lives in the path of danger. Primary sources and full-color...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"What exactly is a cloud made of? Water travels in a cycle. It evaporates from Earth's surface, rises into the atmosphere, cools and forms clouds , and falls back to Earth as precipitation in the form of rain or snow. In this educational text, readers will learn about the steps of the water cycle and how it works. By examining this essential topic in science curriculum, readers will glean a greater awareness of Earth's forces at work through relatable,...
53) The mist
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"The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jonasson's critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene. 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn't. The couple should never have let him in. But they did. An unexpected guest, a liar, a killer. Not all will survive the night. And Detective Hulda will be haunted forever"--...
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Little on earth can withstand the violent fury of an F5 tornado. A churning vortex with wind speeds over 300mph, these tornadoes create immense swaths of death and destruction in a matter of seconds. Today, experts are exploring the supertwister's complex inner workings in bold new ways in the hopes of one day being able to accurately predict the occurrences of tornadoes. Top scientists and meteorologists work within miles of these furocious twisters...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Readers will get an in-depth look at everything weather related in this encyclopedia. Alongside photos, readers will learn about weather basics and extreme storms including thunderstorms, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, hailstorms, blizzards, ice storms, droughts, wildfires and firestorms, dust storms, and heat waves. How climate change impacts extreme storms is covered"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Twelve-year-old Coral is excited to be going on an October elk hunt with her father in the Colorado mountains, but when he announces that he is getting remarried she is upset and angry with him--but when a big storm rolls in and her father is injured by his skittish horse she has to put aside her feelings and fears and concentrate on making it down the mountain safely.
58) Twister
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous.
59) Science kids: Hurricanes, tornadoes, bomb cyclones, atmospheric rivers, floods, and extreme weather
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about extreme weather. What are hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones? What is the Coriolis Effect? What are bomb cyclones, tornadoes, and atmospheric rivers? How is climate change leading to more flooding and other extreme weather? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with this exciting video and dynamic graphics that reinforce important concepts.
Examines various...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When a monster storm descends on Mount Denali in Alaska, several teams of climbers are trapped in the blizzard, and Lieutenant Jamal Jenkins and his squad of Pararescuemen are called on to locate and rescue them--if they can survive some of the harshest conditions on the planet.
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