Exploring the Sky by Day: The Equinox Guide to Weather and the Atmosphere

by Terence Dickinson, John Bianchi (Illustrator)

Winner of the Children's Roundtable Literature Information Book Award . Ideal for children, Exploring the Sky by Day offers fascinating insight into such phenomena as lightning, the 10 types of clouds, storms, solar haloes, sundogs, and sunsets. Brought to life with dozens of photographs and the color illustrations of John Bianchi the book provides an excellent introduction to weather and the atmosphere.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

72 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Terence Dickinson is a prolific science writer specializing in astronomy. More than one million copies of his 14 books are in print in five languages. His best-known book, NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, is widely regarded as the essential guidebook for beginning stargazers. NightWatch, first published in 1983, now has over 600,000 copies in print, making it the top-selling stargazing guide in the world during the past 20 years. Each new edition has outsold the previous one because of extensive revisions and the addition of new material.

Reviews

[Mike]

Excellent book! Every parent and child should read. Answers a lot of questions kids (and adults) ask about weather...why is the sky blue?

[Denise]

A good introductory book to learning about the sky and weather. Covers a lot of different aspects of science.

[Sandie Graham]

I liked this books question answer format, it was very informational… a little outdated but good 😉

[Sally]

Saw this at the planetarium.