Clive Gifford

A Question of Geography: How Can it Rain Fish?

and other questions about weather

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Produktbeschreibung

Uncover the mysteries of weather in this fun, lighthearted geography series

Produktdetails

• A Question of Geography
• Verlag: Hachette Children's Group
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 218mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781526325914
• ISBN-10: 1526325918
• Artikelnr.: 70373722

Autorenporträt

Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk

Inhaltsangabe

1: What's the weather?
2: Why's building snowmen at the Equator so hard?
3: How do winds feel the pressure?
4: Where do weather forecasters hang their socks?
5: Can a cloud weigh more than 300 hippos?
6: How does it rain?
7: Why isn't snow white?
9: Can it rain fish?
10: Can lightning really strike twice?
11: When is a hurricane NOT a hurricane?
12: Can a jumper save the planet?
13: Quick-fire questions
14: Glossary
15: Find out more
16: Index