Little Genius Books Weather

I do love the concept and the perspective this author takes on the topic along with the use of rhyming and the 'fun fact' boxes, which are bolstered by the cute illustrations. I agree however with another reviewer about the words used in this book. I was going to return it because there are several negative words used to describe the weather such as "miserable" for rain and wind, "jealous" for clouds, "bummer" and "droop" for humidity, “messing up” for wind and “blame” for sun. This would leave your LO with quite a negative impression of those weather conditions. It seemed the author was trying too hard with some of the rhymes and settling on inappropriate words just to get it to rhyme. In general, the negative tone of the book is not what I wish to pass onto my child. However, I’ve decided to keep it and use labelling tape to cover over those words with my own interpretation that still fit into the context and rhyme. For example: • make us sort of miserable. —> to give us different experiences. • it’s sure to make you jealous —> it’s sure to make you zealous • and it makes you sweat and droop —> and it makes you sweat and recoup. • which can really be a bummer. —> which can make you want to slumber. • What’s that messing up your hair —> What’s that flying your kite • If it’s windy, blame the sun! —> If it’s windy, probe the sun! • you can state with pride —> you can use it as a guide There are a few other words I’m changing, but the ones above are the main concerns. Also it’s worth knowing for every country aside from America that the book uses miles and Fahrenheit instead of km and celcius. The author also uses the American word Hurricane instead of the universally correct scientific word “cyclone.” I’d also bought "World Atlas" and "Solar System" from this series, which have slightly better writing and don't have the negative tone of this book, but they're writing still isn't to a suitable standard and will also be set upon with my label gun! Therefore, I don’t recommend this book as it is, unless like me, you’re willing to make your own changes. In which case becomes a fun creative project for the parent!

My 17 month old loves these books

I love this book! It is for my granddaughter. Book is as described and delivery was prompt. Will shop again

I love reading this with my kids, the illustrations are so bright and colorful and it’s helping them learn about the weather

As a weather enthusiast, I had to get this book for my infant. Yes, he’s too young to understand everything, but the bright colors and cute illustrations attract his attention. It’s quite informative and good as an introduction to meteorology so it will be a book with which he can grow up. That said, I felt that the topic of clouds and the depiction of cumulonimbus clouds in particular to be overly simplified. The book doesn’t mention that the different types of clouds signal different weather conditions. Cumulonimbi aren’t shown to be the towering clouds that they are or even in the distinctive anvil shape. They aren’t even mentioned to be thunderstorms - they’re just dark and heavy with rain, according to this book. I thus recommend supplementing this book with a more thorough weather book once the child is older.