STORMS

Narrator Dion Graham's steady, precise voice enables the information in this book about storms to take center stage. With even volume and pacing, Graham highlights the myriad weather patterns that "cool and heat our planet so it is just right for life." Thunder and lightning, blizzards and tornados, sandstorms and monsoons are explained for young learners as well as the adaptations animals and humans have carried out for living in various weather conditions. Interspersed with the weather facts are jokes, which Graham presents in a deadpan tone: "What did one lightning bolt say to the other? You are shocking." But listeners will surely chuckle. With book in hand, young listeners will pore over the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC photographs, and learn. A.R. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2016]