Publisher's synopsis
Did you know that, in 2009, a massive dust storm in Australia blew red dust and sand all the way to New Zealand, where it turned the glaciers pink? That, in 1899, Cyclone Mahina plucked dolphins out of the ocean in Far North Queensland and deposited them on cliff tops? That it snowed at Uluru in 1997?
In Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather, readers are introduced to the wide range of weather in Australia, with bite-size pieces of information presented alongside graphic illustrations to entice young readers. Older readers will enjoy the detailed explanations about everything weather, from what causes certain phenomena to reading weather maps, exploring the climate of the past and preparing for the climate of the future.
With sections about Australia’s extreme weather and the effects of climate change, Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather gently introduces young readers to the challenges of a warming planet and encourages them to be mindful of impact their actions have on the environment.
A resource section and glossary of weather words at the back of the book enable a parent, teacher or older reader to satisfy the deeper interest in weather that the book is sure to stimulate.
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Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder is a children’s author with an abiding love of books, art and history. Before becoming a full-time author, Stephanie worked as a secondary school teacher, a librarian, a university lecturer and a Hansard Editor at Federal Parliament. She lives in Canberra, Australia, is the mother of three adult children, including twins, and the grandmother of two grandsons and one grand-daughter, all of whom inspire her writing.
Stephanie was the recipient of the Laurie Coping Award for Distinguished Service to Children’s Literature in the ACT in 2019 and she is an Ambassador for the ACT Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge.
Full bio from Stephanie Owen Reeder | Photo courtesy of Stephanie Owen Reeder
Tania McCartney is a book creator. She has made over 60 books for children and adults, and has illustrated, edited and designed many of them, too. Her works have shortlisted and won an array of awards, and have reached the hands of children in more than 20 countries around the globe. A children’s literacy ambassador and the founder of Kids’ Book Review and The Happy Book podcast, Tania is also the author/illustrator of the Plume travel series and I Heart the World. She has lived in London, Paris and Beijing, and now writes and draws from her studio in Canberra, Australia. One day, she hopes to visit Antarctica. She’ll travel, of course, on Plume’s Albatross Express.
Photo by Maree Azzopardi, courtesy of Hardie Grant Explore
