The Weather
Chris Oxlade(Author)
Hodder Children's Books (Publisher)
Published on 18. January 2001
Book
Hardback
48 pages
978-0-7500-2714-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is packed with stunning colour photographs and diagrams. Together with a detailed and expertly written text, it provides an accurate, comprehensive account of the topic of weather for key stage 3 students. Main text is supported by a series of fact files which provide information at a glance: history file, future file, test and fact files. The topics covered include: the sun and the atmosphere, clouds, rain snow and hail, wind, electric storms, weather patterns and climate, air masses, depressions and anti-cyclones, hurricanes and tornadoes, measuring and forecasting the weather, and coping with extremes of weather.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
60
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7500-2714-4 (9780750027144)
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Person
Chris Oxlade is an experienced author of information books for young people. He trained in civil engineering and has written more than sixty titles, mostly on science and technology subjects.