"Did you know that sharks can tell when hurricanes are coming? Or that you can tell when it's about to rain when sheep start huddling together after they sense a storm on the wind? These animals are real-life weather predictors! With simple language and vivid photographs, this book is perfect for emerging readers curious about the natural world and the fascinating abilities of the animals that live within it"--

In Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famous explorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwater, then explode. Rooms warmed by crackling fires fill with scents of cinnamon, cloves, and pine. Skis carve into powdery slopes, and iceboats traverse glacial lakes. This lovingly illustrated meditation on winter entwines the...

Describes and presents color photos of the different signs in nature used to predict weather, including the groundhog's shadow predicting more winter and dew on the grass predicting no rain for the day. Also provides a glossary and a list of further resources.

A collection of North American Indian legends about the origins of thunder, tornados, and other weather phenomena.

A Mexican folk tale which explains why the weather vane has a little rooster on one end that spins around to let us know which way the wind is blowing.