Storms by Seymour Simon


Storms
Title : Storms
Author :
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ISBN : 0688117082
ISBN-10 : 9780688117085
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 32
Publication : First published January 1, 1989

Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon in this picture book introduction to storms! With clear, simple text and stunning full-color photographs, readers will learn all about the fascinating phenomenon that is a storm in this informative picture book!   This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.

Sixteen million storms occur every year, all around the world. Some drop more than 125 million gallons of water in just twenty minutes. Others give off more electrical energy than a city uses in a week.

Perfect for young scientists’ school reports, this book supports the Common Core State Standards.

"A succinct, informative essay illuminated by magnificent photographs. The stunning visual portrayal of storms, accompanied by impressive factual data and clear explanations in crisp prose, is truly compelling." —Horn Book.

Check out these other Seymour Simon books about Weather:


Earthquakes
Global Warming
Hurricanes
Lightning
Tornadoes
Weather
Wildfires


Storms Reviews


  • Kathryn

    Reading rainbow book about storms. My son loves the real life photos. However at 4 years old, the detailed and rather dramatic descriptions of tornadoes, hurriances, and thunderstorms have been nightmare inducing. So we lightly skip paragraphs and focus more on less destructive aspect of storms.

  • Jessica

    Very nice resource for my weather unit!

    Q2021 book.

  • Christina Attaway

    I think that this book is a great book to read because it is telling you information about how storms work or how the diffrent types work or connect to each-other. I can connect this book with the world because in the world they are many things going on and they are saying how they are hurracanes,earthquakes,sunnamies,and lightfning hitting our states country's. I can connect to this book because for example, there was a huge earthquake in hadi and there was huge disasters and thfe people in hadi had to clean all the last bits of the peices that were left in hadi. I am really sorry for the big eathquake that hadi had in there county I am hoping that this disaster doesn't happen to New York City because a lot of people live in New York City especially people thfat are in my family and generation so I hope that there is no connection to hadi to New York City. In my intrest I can say that the book "STORMS" is a great book to me well that is my opinion and other people have other thought's about the book called "STORMS" I really hope that people agree but they should also have there own opinion and disagree to. I am in the sixth grade and I have enjoyed the book called "STORMS". My ELA teacher is Jermy Daneil if you have heard of him and my home-room teacher is Blaise Russo if you had heard of him. My name is Christina Attaway and I am an M.S.328 student in the sixth grade and I have enjoyed the book called "STORMS".

  • Dolly

    We've read several nonfiction books by
    Seymour Simon. His books are very informative and usually have a lot of interesting color photographs. I like that the books are educational, but not overwhelming with details or boring.

    This book about storms offers a look at thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes as well as the damaging effects from these types of storms. The narrative is fairly short and while it's informative, we didn't really learn anything new. Still, it serves as a good reminder as to the seriousness of these kinds of natural phenomena and the photographs are big and colorful. We enjoyed reading this book together. We will certainly look for more of Mr. Simon's books at our local library.

  • Theresa

    a good children's resource
    good pictures and wow appeal for kids

  • Stephanie

    Good book.

  • Tammie

    Beautiful photos. My kids enjoyed it.

  • Austin

    Thunderstorms are very scrary. They produce rain, lightning, wind, and even tornadoes.

  • Lisa

    This book is a nonfiction book that discusses all types of different storms throughout the world. If a child is interested in storms they would find this book fascinating and wonderful to read.

  • Nick Shaffer

    A great book for children interested in nonfiction. Great for teaching about different types of storms.

  • Alyssa

    very informational

  • Delila Orlowski

    This interesting book talks about Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes. We learn how the storm forms and ends, temperatures, and what one can do to stay safe from a storm.

    I would do this lesson when we are talking about different kinds of storms. A lesson idea that I have is bringing a guest in to talk about safety when caught in a storm.