Booklist: Toad Fall
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett (3-7).
Dinner falls from the sky in the town of Chewandswallow, but a change in the weather brings more than residents can digest. Fiction.
100 Questions About Extreme Weather, by Peter Pauper Press (6-10).
Wild weather facts delivered in a question-and-answer format with jokes and puns throughout. Nonfiction.
Earth Shattering Events: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters, by Robin Jacobs and Sophie Williams (6-10).
Nature’s power is on full display in this atlas of extreme geological events and weather. Nonfiction.
My First Guide to Weather, by Camille de la Bedoyere and Cinyee Chiu (6-10).
Explore the scientific basis for basic weather phenomena like snow and rainbows, and get an explanation for why frogs sometimes fall from the sky! Nonfiction.
Basher Science Mini: Extreme Weather: It’s Really Wild!, by Simon Basher and Tom Jackson (8+).
Learn about the extreme weather produced by climate change in this chatty scientific guide with cartoonish illustrations. Nonfiction.
Extreme Weather: Surviving Tornadoes, Sandstorms, Hailstorms, Blizzards, Hurricanes, and More! (National Geographic Kids), by Thomas Kostigen.
Released in conjunction with a similar guide for adults, this offers weather tidbits alongside high-interest color photos to educate kids about climate change and survival tips. Nonfiction.