You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Extreme Weather! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…)

by Roger Canavan, Mark Bergin (Illustrations), David Salariya

What if there were no hurricanes or tornoadoes? It's a nuisance when it rains on a picnic. It's a tragedy when a tornado destroys a neighborhood. But our planet would be a very different place if it did not have extremes of weather. Some plants can grow only in hot, dry conditions; others require cold temperatures at certain times of year. And if the Arctic and Antarctic were less cold, melting ice would raise sea levels around the world and cause widespread flooding. This entertaining book in the You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series looks at how weather has shaped the world we live in.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens, Picture Books, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2015

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm really loving the new entries in this series. Other titles are about clean water, cell phones, antibiotics, and one of my favorites You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Books.

A lot of good information in this book. It talks about too much and too little water, wind, how these things change landscapes. The difference between climate and weather. It has a different illustrator but Mark Bergin does a great job.

[Kelly Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was more informational and straight forward than many of the books in the same series. Extreme weather could be a very exciting topic to read about, however, this book is more about the science behind the weather.

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

We've read many of the books in the You Wouldn't Want To... series. I like that they tackle serious scientific topics in a somewhat humorous and tongue-in-cheek way.

The book discusses the science of extreme weather - different kinds of weather events and the way they affect the global environment, along with a few different ways they are measured and evaluated.

I thought the title of this book was a bit less obvious than other books in the series. Extreme weather sounds like a bad thing and many times it is.

But humans have been able to adapt to and even benefit from some extreme climatological changes, such as monsoon rains and flooding.

I really enjoyed reading this book and will look for more of the books in this series at our local library.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent overview, but living in an area where weather generally isn’t that extreme, I don’t think the kids were convinced. And it didn’t hold their interest as well as other books in the series have so far.

[Sue · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nope. Examples of weather, but certainly did not cover the title's topic.

[Evelyn Yao · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about Extreme Weather. I learned that extreme weathers are not always bad, for example
some sports NEED to have strong winds and very VERY cold weather like when the lake is FROZEN , and this is kind of a Fun Fact.
Here is some kind of Extreme Weather:
1.Tyfoon 2.Flood 3.Drought 4.Sand storm 5.Snow storm
6.Volcano erupting 7.Tornado 8.Waterspouts 9.Mistral 10.Jet stream
11.Nor'easter 12.Water plus snow rain 哈哈哈
The Extreme Weathers that I know are 1 to 7, and the rest is the weathers that I copy from the book.

[Kristie J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…" is a fun concept for a series of children's books. As an adult, I read this book because I was intrigued by the title and I was curious as to what they would say about Extreme Weather. It is basically a lot of random, but fun facts about the weather, cold temperatures, hot temperatures, drought, wind, rain, etc. All with beautiful, fun illustrations and large writing suitable for children. I imagine it could get children interested in science, the weather, and nature.