Blizzards and Ice Storms by The Weather Channel

Blizzards and ice storms is a excellent book! It has a couple of articles about children in the blizzard of 1888 and how to protect yourself when caught in a blizzard or an ice storm.

This book has a lot of information in it.

Review by Alexandra G.

Clouds by Suzanne Harper

Clouds are very fun to observe. The highest cloud we see is the cirrus cloud. It occurs at a range of 26,000 to 42,000 feet high.An cumulus cloud is very high too. Sometimes the tops are 75,000 feet in the air. The lowest cloud is a stratus cloud. Fog is actually a stratus cloud lying on the ground . Nimbo stratus (nimbo meaning thunder or rain) are the second lowest type of clouds.

One thing that made me want to read a science book like this one about clouds instead of chemistry is because I like clouds and learning about them. This was a good book because I really think that the author explained the different levels of clouds and how clouds predict the weather. I also like how the author gave a picture on the heights of different clouds.

Review by Lauren H.

Hurricanes and Tornadoes by Neil Morris

A hurricane is a large, powerful storm with very high winds. A hurricane starts over warm ocean waters in regions near the equator, as they are moving west with the trade winds. They usually turn north and die out before land. Hurricanes are very destructive. A tornado is a whirlwind that hangs down from a thunder cloud and touches land. Some tornadoes can be 10 feet wide to 100 times wider. Tornadoes form along an area called a front, where warm air rises then as more air rushes in to replace it, it starts to spin.

This book is good because it is very detailed and I like the new stuff that scientists are creating to see tornadoes and hurricanes before they hit. I think tornadoes and hurricanes are cool, until they kill someone.

Review by Caleb L.

Penguins by Merebeth Switzer

Penguin's color is camouflage so they can hide from preditors. Penguins run so fast seals and sea lions can't catch them. King penguins molt every year. Sometimes males look like they are wearing a tuxedo. Babies are a brown color.

Merebeth Switzer really knows penguins. The way they eat, walk, dive. If you love penguins, get this book. I really recommend it!

Review by Caitlyn A.

Pluto by Chris Hayhurst

Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system. Some people are even debating if Pluto should even be a planet because of its size and where it is and what it does. Interesting Facts: Pluto is our ninth planet except when it enters Neptues orbit. Pluto has an oval orbit and it takes 248 years to orbit the sun. Pluto's diameter is 1,484 miles and it weighs 27,600,000,000,000,000,000,000. Average temperature on Pluto--369 degrees F. There is no life of any kind on Pluto.

Pluto is a very far away plant making it very hard to learn about . I was questioning Pluto for awhile and this book cleared it up. I thought that explaining the past, present and future was cool, so you could know who founded Pluto, who is looking at Pluto now and what they are going to do to see Pluto in the present.

Review by Emily L.

The Sun by David Haugen

The sun was formed 4.5 trillion years ago. The sun is a big ball of gas. Scientists think the sun might blow up!.

This book tells you everything you need to know about the sun.

Review by Brad D.

The Zoo on You: Life on the Human Skin by Harry Breidahl

This book is about microscopic insects that live on your skin. For example there are mites that live and feed on eyebrows and eyelashes. There are also pictures of lice, they are blown up so big that they look like prehistoric creatures. This book gives you the chills but it is real life we just don't like to think about.

I like this book because it is interesting. I didn't like it because of the pictures, those were disgusting!

Review by Catherine W.