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The Cloud Book (Reading Rainbow Book)

by Tomie dePaola

Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.

Little Cloud: A Draw-with-Chalk Book (The World of Eric Carle)

Little Cloud: A Draw-with-Chalk Book (The World of Eric Carle)

The clouds drift across the bright blue sky-all except one. Little Cloud trails behind. He is busy changing shapes to become a fluffy sheep, a zooming airplane, and even a clown with a funny hat. Eric Carle's trademark collages will make every reader want to run outside and discover their very own little cloud.

The Theory of Clouds

by Ste?phane Audeguy

**DEBUT FICTION** A kira Kumo, miraculous survivor of Hiroshima, reinvented himself as someone twenty years younger. Now an eccentric couturier and collector of all literature having to do with clouds and meteorology, he hires Virginie, a young librarian, to catalog his library. While she works, he tells her stories of those who have devoted their lives to clouds: the Quaker Luke Howard, contemporary of Napoleon... (more)

The Cloudspotter's Guide

by Gavin Pretor-Pinney

A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Journalist and lifelong sky watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals everything there is to know about clouds, from history and science to art and pop culture. Cumulus,... (more)

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

by Charles G. Shaw

The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page.Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending—and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.

Sector 7

by David Wiesner

Only the person who gave us Tuesday could have devised this fantastic tale, which begins with a school trip to the Empire State Building. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7 (the region that includes New York City). The clouds are bored with their everyday shapes, so the boy obligingly starts to sketch some new ones. . . . The... (more)

The Clouds (Aristophanes, A Modern Translation by William Arrowsmith)

The Clouds (Aristophanes, A Modern Translation by William Arrowsmith)

by Aristophanes

English translation. A delightful translation of a play long noted for its critique of philosophy, society and education. Includes essays on Old Comedy and the Theater of Dionysus, suggestions for further reading, notes on production, and map.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

If food dropped like rain from the sky, wouldn't it be marvelous! Or would it? It could, after all, be messy. And you'd have no choice. What if you didn't like what fell? Or what if too much came? Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be squashed flat by a pancake?

Nimby: An Extraordinary Cloud Who Meets a Remarkable Friend

Nimby: An Extraordinary Cloud Who Meets a Remarkable Friend

by Jasper Tomkins

A playful cloud finally meets a friend with whom he can be himself.

Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather

Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather

by John A. Day

This Peterson First guide contains easy-to-understand answers to questions about the weather, such as why the sky is blue, what makes it rain, and what causes rainbows. The book also features 116 color photographs that show how to identify clouds, with explanations of what each cloud type tells about the weather to come.

Clouds for Dinner

by Lynne Rae Perkins

It takes a visit to her aunt's house to make Janet appreciate her parents and their unusual way of looking at everything.

The Uninhabited Kind - The Buffalo Skin Hide - A treacherous Path

The Uninhabited Kind - The Buffalo Skin Hide - A treacherous Path

by H. Garni

Rescued from the clutches of certain death under one of Alaska s worst blizzard, an abandoned ten year old boy comes across an old chest relic that would change his life forever. Thrust into a world unbeknown to him as he gradually becomes aware of what he is destined to do and blessed with innate abilities to prove his worth, he must guide others through unforeseen darkness that looms ahead.

The Moon, Sun Showers, Rainbows and Whipped Cream Clouds

The Moon, Sun Showers, Rainbows and Whipped Cream Clouds

by Joan Cartwright

Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation

Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation

More than half the globe is covered by visible clouds. Clouds control major parts of the Earth's energy balance, influencing both incoming shortwave solar radiation and outgoing longwave thermal radiation. Latent heating and cooling related to cloud processes modify atmospheric circulation, and, by modulating sea surface temperatures, clouds affect the oceanic circulation. Clouds are also an essential component of... (more)

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