Weather Fiction

Explore the effects of wind on leaves, sailboats, umbrellas, and kites. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, A Windy Day.

Reformed cat burglar Nyssa Glass wants to lead an honest life as an electrician's apprentice. Instead, she's on the run with her new friend, Ellis, implicated in a crime she didn't commit. The pair ends up stowing away on a zeppelin and meeting Renard and Amara, two teens running away to be married. But the mysterious couple is hiding something - and it might get Nyssa and Ellis killed.

Fall brings cooler weather and in autumn there are shorter days. The leaves change from green to orange, red, and purple, until they start falling to the ground.

Winter, spring, summer, and fall - the seasons are one of nature's most familiar cycles. But why does the weather change? Learn why weather patterns change over the seasons.

Reformed cat burglar Nyssa Glass and her boyfriend, inventor Ellis Dalhart, are ready to settle into happily ever after. However, fate throws another wrench in the clockwork, forcing them apart and leaving Nyssa fighting for her life and freedom once more. Shanghaied from her island sanctuary, Nyssa finds herself in the clutches of the mastermind who framed her for murder: the wealthy and powerful Marcus Rivera...Back in San Azula, Ellis scrambles to find out what has happened to the love of his life...will he get to Nyssa before it is too late?

A young woman stuck in a rut. A mage caught between dimensions. A hardcore gamer and merciless raid leader. Piper’s life is full of stress and misery. She cannot envision any kind of future beyond the same dreariness she trudges through each day, but when a transparent stranger in a top hat and cape appears in her living room one day, her life is turned even more upside down than it was already.

Nyssa Glass is a reformed cat burglar turned electrician's apprentice, settled into a life repairing videophones and radio-sets. However, when her past comes calling, she finds herself forced into one last job. No one has entered Professor Dalhart's secluded mansion in almost a decade, at least not and returned to tell the tale. If Nyssa wants to ensure her freedom, she'll brave the booby trapped halls and mechanized maids.

A snowstorm is coming to Jeremy Cooper's little town. As mayor, he decides to gather everybody together to make sure everybody is safe. But when one member of the community is overlooked, Jeremy has to decide what to do about the legendary Ugly Trudy Pitter. Also includes an author's note.

This is an educational book about the weather.

Small talk is a staple of conversation. We say "How are you?", but we may not really want to know. We remark about the weather, but it’s usually just a way to feel less awkward. Classic storyteller O. Henry introduces us to Bud on a trip to New York. In Bud's world if you bring up the subject of weather you'd better be willing to carry on a meaningful conversation.

Big raindrops were pattering on the dark windows. It was one of .those disgusting summer holiday rains which, when they have begun, last a long time - for weeks, till the frozen holiday maker grows used to it and sinks into complete apathy. It was cold; there was a feeling of raw, unpleasant dampness. The mother-in-law of a lawyer, called Kvashin, and his wife, Nadyezhda Filippovna, dressed in waterproofs and shawls, were sitting over the dinner table in the dining room.

Reformed cat burglar and orphan Nyssa Glass doesn't have many fond memories of Christmas. Her boyfriend Ellis, however, is determined to make their first holiday together a celebration of a lifetime. Nyssa can't let him down. Overwhelmed by decorations and shopping, Nyssa sets out to find the perfect present for Ellis. However, when a charming dance instructor decides Nyssa is what he wants for Christmas, Ellis' only gift might be a dose of holiday heartbreak.

Catching Tigers in Red Weather, winner of the Three Candles Press Open Book Award (selected by Joan Larkin), is a collection of poems by a new voice that combines montage cut-ups with an informing dialectic that gives us a wide array of contemporary American viewpoints. By turns playful and serious, the poet deftly embraces and criticizes a popular culture that is too complicated to dismiss with swift and simple comments. It is a book of rich rewards.

How can you describe clouds? This book examines different types of clouds - noticing color, size, and thickness. Pair this nonfiction title with its companion fiction book, Into the Clouds.

What do you see when it rains? You might notice clouds, umbrellas, puddles, mud, and maybe even a rainbow. Pair this nonfiction book with its fiction companion, Duck Sees the Rain.

Acurrúcate en un día lluvioso a leer y explorar los ecosistemas de la pradera través de su clima y los cambios por los que atraviesa. En cada mes se destaca una tomenta típica de la estación y un animal de la pradera, que debe buscar refugio, esconderse, escapar o aguantar esas tormentas. Narrada en prosa lírica, esta historia es una celebración de las praderas que dominan el centro del territorio americano y de los animales que viven ahí.

This might sound funny to you right now, but what if it happens? You would be glad you have listened to this book. Plus, it is possible for you to use some ideas here for real emergencies, like typhoons, tsunami or earthquake. How Zombies Come into Being. You must have seen at least a dozen films depicting zombies eating flesh and taking over an entire metropolis, but, hey, where do zombies originate and why do they enjoy eating brains that much?

What heats our planet? What also helps plants and animals to live and grow? Sunlight! Listeners will learn the ins and outs of what sunlight does in this book. Accessible text shows how sunlight affects Earth and encourages listeners to think about how sunlight affects their own environment.

What does it mean to forecast the weather? How do weather forecasters do their jobs? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of weather forecasting in this book. Accessible text describes forecasters at work and encourages students to think about how forecasting works and what weather forecasts mean to them.

Why is it hot in one part of the world and chilly in another? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of climate in this book. Accessible text shows different climate conditions and encourages students to think about and engage with the idea of climate and what kind of climate exists where they live.