{"id":7095,"date":"2014-01-27T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T21:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=7095"},"modified":"2021-08-15T10:37:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T14:37:29","slug":"clouds-and-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Clouds, Rain, and Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If into each life some rain must fall, we might as well have some fun with it. Try making a cloud in a bottle or baking a thunder cake. See below for fiction and nonfiction books, poems, projects, experiments, recipes, and arts and crafts, all having to do with clouds and rain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9d54b982d0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9d54b982d0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/#CLOUD_AND_RAIN_STORIES\" >CLOUD AND RAIN STORIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/2\/#THE_SCIENCE_AND_HISTORY_OF_CLOUDS_AND_RAIN\" >THE SCIENCE AND HISTORY OF CLOUDS AND RAIN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/2\/#APPRECIATING_CLOUDSCLASSIFYING_CLOUDS\" >APPRECIATING CLOUDS\/CLASSIFYING CLOUDS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/3\/#PROJECTS_AND_ACTIVITIES\" >PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/4\/#STORM_STORIES\" >STORM STORIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/5\/#STORM_SCIENCE\" >STORM SCIENCE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/6\/#POETRY\" >POETRY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/6\/#RAIN_OR_REIGN\" >RAIN? OR REIGN?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/clouds-and-rain\/6\/#CLOUDS_RAIN_AND_ART\" >CLOUDS, RAIN, AND ART<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CLOUD_AND_RAIN_STORIES\"><\/span><b>CLOUD AND RAIN STORIES<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-kalan-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-kalan-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-kalan.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Robert Kalan\u2019s <i>Rain<\/i> (Greenwillow Books, 1991) is as much about colors as rain, beginning with \u201cBlue sky,\u201d \u201cYellow sun,\u201d and \u201cWhite clouds.\u201d Then the sky turns gray and rain falls \u2013 and finally there\u2019s a wonderful multicolored rainbow. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/colors\/\">Colors<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/little-cloud.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Eric Carle\u2019s <i>Little Cloud<\/i> (Philomel, 1996), Little Cloud changes itself into a handful of different shapes \u2013 a sheep, a tree, a bunny, an airplane \u2013 before joining in with the other clouds to make a rainstorm. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-1536x1525.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-stojic-2048x2033.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Manya Stojic\u2019s <i>Rai<\/i>n (Dragonfly Books, 2009), rain finally comes to the hot dry African savanna. The porcupine smells it first, and runs to tell the zebras, who see distant lightning. They rush to tell the baboons, who hear thunder; then the rhinoceros feels the first falling drops. Both a rain story and an exploration of the five senses for ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-book-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-book-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-book.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Charlotte Zolotow\u2019s <i>The Storm Book<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1989) \u2013 a Caldecott Honor book \u2013 it\u2019s a hot summer day in the country when a storm sweeps in, and then retreats, leaving behind a beautiful rainbow. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/looked-like-spilt-milk-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/looked-like-spilt-milk-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/looked-like-spilt-milk-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/looked-like-spilt-milk.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Charles Shaw\u2019s <i>It Looked Like Spilt Milk<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1988) is a collection of splotchy white shapes on a dark blue background, with an attention-grabbing refrain: \u201cSometimes it looked like a Rabbit. But it wasn\u2019t a Rabbit.\/Sometimes it looked like a Bird. But it wasn\u2019t a Bird.\u201d) On the last page, readers find out just was it is: a floating white cloud. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-came-down-shannon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-came-down-shannon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-came-down-shannon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-came-down-shannon.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In David Shannon\u2019s <i>The Rain Came Down<\/i> (Blue Sky Press), the rain makes everybody cross. The chickens squawk, the cat yowls, the dog barks, people yell, and in no time the entire neighborhood is squabbling \u2013 all to the refrain of \u201cthe rain came down.\u201d Then (!) the rain stops, the sun comes out, and soon all problems are magically resolved. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-ashman-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-ashman-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-ashman-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-ashman-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-ashman-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-by-ashman.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Linda Ashman\u2019s picture book <i>Rain!<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) combines two very different takes on the weather \u2013 that of a disgruntled old man (\u201cNasty galoshes!\u201d \u201cDang puddles!\u201d) and that of an exuberant little kid pretending to be a frog. A charmer for ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sector-7-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sector-7-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sector-7.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In David Wiesner&#8217;s <em>Sector 7<\/em> (Clarion Books, 1999) &#8211; a Caldecott Honor Book &#8211; a little boy on a visit to the Empire State Building befriends a cloud and is carried off to the Cloud Dispatch Center in the sky, responsible for Sector 7 which encompasses New York City. There he discovers that the clouds are unhappy with their strictly regulated shapes and sizes, and so sets out to remedy the matter, turning them into a marvelous variety of fantastic shapes. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-tales-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-tales-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mouse-tales.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In \u201cClouds\u201d \u2013 one of the short clever stories in Arnold Lobel\u2019s <i>Mouse Tales<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1978) \u2013 a little mouse enjoys watching the changing shapes of clouds until, to his horror, a cloud takes the shape of an enormous cat. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/nice-mice-and-awesome-rats\/\">Nice Mice and Awesome Rats<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-rain-rivers-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-rain-rivers-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-rain-rivers-1024x953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-rain-rivers-768x715.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-rain-rivers.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Uri Shulevitch\u2019s <i>Rain Rain Rivers<\/i> (Square Fish, 2006) is a lyrical celebration of rain, beginning with a little girl sitting in her attic bedroom listening to rain on the roof. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-is-a-pain-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-is-a-pain-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-is-a-pain-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-is-a-pain-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-is-a-pain.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Rob Scotton\u2019s <i>The Rain is a Pain<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2012), Splat the Cat is happily trying out his new purple rollerskates when a determined and annoying cloud moves in. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>For more cat resources (all kinds), see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/millions-of-cats-billions-of-cats\/\">Cats<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudette-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudette-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudette-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudette-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudette-1536x1383.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudette-2048x1844.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Tom Lichtenheld\u2019s <i>Cloudette<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2011), the title character is a very small and adorable cloud. Being small has many advantages, but Cloudette sees how bigger clouds behave, watering crops and filling waterfalls and rivers, and she wants to make a difference too. And finally she does, for one small unhappy frog. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/we-hate-rain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"201\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In James Stevenson\u2019s <em>We<\/em><i>\u00a0Hate Rain!<\/i> (Greenwillow Books, 1988), Louie and Mary Ann are fretting because it has rained for two days straight, so Grandpa tells a tale from his youth when he, his brother Wainey, and family were deluged in a truly spectacular rain that filled their Victorian house to the roof. Like all Stevenson books, it\u2019s clever and hilarious. It\u2019s also infuriatingly out of print; check your local library. It\u2019s also available from used-book suppliers. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudy-with-chance-of-meatballs-book-cover-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudy-with-chance-of-meatballs-book-cover-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudy-with-chance-of-meatballs-book-cover.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Judi Barrett\u2019s <i>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs<\/i> (Atheneum, 1978), the village of Chewandswallow gets its food three times a day from the weather \u2013 it rains, snows, and blows orange juice, mashed potatoes, and hamburgers. Then, suddenly, the food-bearing weather turns vicious. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Also see the sequel, <em>Pickles to Pittsburgh<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudy-with-meatballs-movie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudy-with-meatballs-movie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudy-with-meatballs-movie.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The film version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0844471\/\">Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs<\/a> is 90 minutes long and rated PG.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bartholomew-and-oobleck-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bartholomew-and-oobleck-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bartholomew-and-oobleck.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Dr. Seuss\u2019s <i>Bartholomew and the Oobleck<\/i> (Random House, 1949), King Derwin is bored with rain, snow, and fog, and so demands that the royal magicians (\u201cmystic men who eat boiled owls\u201d) create something new and different to fall from the sky. They produce a disastrous storm of gooey green oobleck, and it\u2019s up to the king\u2019s commonsensical page boy, Bartholomew, to solve the problem. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From Scientific American, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=oobleck-bring-science-home\">It\u2019s a Solid\u2026It\u2019s a Liquid\u2026It\u2019s Oobleck!<\/a> has a recipe for making your own oobleck and an explanation of why it behaves the way it does.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-spinner-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-spinner-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-spinner-913x1024.jpg 913w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-spinner-768x861.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-spinner.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Michael Catchpool\u2019s <i>The Cloud Spinner<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012), a young boy can weave beautiful cloth from clouds: \u201cgold in the morning with the rising sun, white in the afternoon, and crimson in the evening\u201d and \u201csoft as a mouse\u2019s touch and warm as roasted chestnuts,\u201d He\u2019s always careful, though, never to weave too much, having been taught by his mother that \u201cenough is enough, and not one stitch more.\u201d Then the king discovers the wonderful cloth and demands more and more of it \u2013 until the kingdom is at risk of losing its clouds, with awful consequences for all. Luckily the wise young princess intervenes. A lovely ecological tale for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12951 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-player-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-player-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-player.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In David Wisniewski\u2019s <i>Rain Player<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995), the land is threatened with a drought, so Pik, a young Mayan boy, challenges Chac, the rain god, to a game of ball. With wonderful Mayan-style cut-paper illustrations. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>THE SCIENCE AND HISTORY OF CLOUDS AND RAIN<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/down-comes-rain-branley-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/down-comes-rain-branley-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/down-comes-rain-branley-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/down-comes-rain-branley.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Franklyn M. Branley\u2019s <i>Down Comes the Rain<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1997), one of the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, is an appealing picture-book overview of the water cycle. Readers learn all about evaporation, condensation, cloud formation, and precipitation. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-rockwell-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-rockwell-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-rockwell.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Anne Rockwell\u2019s <i>Clouds<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2008), one of the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, is a simple introduction to the different kinds of clouds and how they help us predict the weather. Included are instructions for making a cloud in a jar. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-book-depaola-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-book-depaola-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-book-depaola-768x890.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-book-depaola.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Tomie dePaola\u2019s <i>The Cloud Book<\/i> (Holiday House, 1984) covers ten different kinds of clouds (\u201cCumulus clouds are puffy and look like cauliflowers\u201d), cloud mythology and traditional sayings, and ends with a short and silly cloud story. The illustrations are delightful. For ages 4-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Scholastic\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/lesson-plan\/cloud-book-teaching-plan\">The Cloud Book Teaching Plan<\/a> has several science activities to accompany de Paola\u2019s <i>The Cloud Book<\/i>, among them making a cloud in a jar and a model water cycle, collecting and graphing rainfall data, and measuring the size of raindrops.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-rain-clouds-again-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-rain-clouds-again-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-rain-clouds-again.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Lawrence Lowery\u2019s <i>Cloud, Rain, Clouds Again<\/i> (NSTA Press, 2013), one of the I Wonder Why series, is a picture-book introduction to the water cycle with an included activity handbook. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-it-rain-cats-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-it-rain-cats-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-it-rain-cats-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-it-rain-cats-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/can-it-rain-cats.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger\u2019s <i>Can It Rain Cats and Dogs?<\/i> (Scholastic, 1999), written in interactive question-and-answer format, is an overview of weather divided into three main sections: Sun, Air, and Wind; Rain, Snow, and Hail; and Wild Weather. An interesting interactive read for ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-by-simon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-by-simon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-by-simon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-by-simon.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Seymour Simon\u2019s <i>Weather<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2006), illustrated with gorgeous full-page color photographs, is an overview of the causes and effects of the world\u2019s weather for ages 6-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storms-by-simon-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storms-by-simon-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storms-by-simon.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Seymour Simon has several other excellent weather-related books in the same format, among them <i>Storms<\/i>, <i>Hurricanes<\/i>, <i>Tornadoes<\/i>, and <i>Lightning<\/i>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blame-it-on-the-rain-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blame-it-on-the-rain-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blame-it-on-the-rain-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blame-it-on-the-rain-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/blame-it-on-the-rain.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Laura Lee\u2019s <i>Blame It on the Rain: How the Weather Has Changed History<\/i> (William Morrow, 2006) is a fascinating and reader-friendly overview of the historical impact of weather, with such chapters as &#8220;Greenland&#8217;s Vikings,&#8221; &#8220;Gee, It&#8217;s Cold in Russia,&#8221; &#8220;Washington and Weather,&#8221; and &#8220;Rain Ruins Robespierre.&#8221; For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/invention-of-clouds.jpg 1532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Richard Hamblyn\u2019s <i>The Invention of Clouds<\/i> (Picador, 2002) is the story of Luke Howard, the early-19<sup>th<\/sup>-century amateur meteorologist who came up with the cloud classification and naming system that we still use today. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>APPRECIATING CLOUDS\/CLASSIFYING CLOUDS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 2488px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-and-weather-peterson-154x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-and-weather-peterson-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-and-weather-peterson.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">By John A. Day and Vincent J. Schaefer, the 128-page <i>Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin, 1991) includes basic weather info and 116 helpful color photos for cloud spotters. For ages 6 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/natl-audubon-weather-guide-155x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/natl-audubon-weather-guide-155x300.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/natl-audubon-weather-guide-530x1024.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/natl-audubon-weather-guide.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Other field guides for weather watchers include David Ludlum\u2019s <i>National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather<\/i> (Knopf, 1991).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide-768x1201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide-982x1536.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide-1309x2048.jpg 1309w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloudspotters-guide.jpg 1532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">Gavin Pretor-Pinney\u2019s <i>The Cloudspotter\u2019s Guide<\/i> (Perigee, 2007) is a 330+-page account of the science, history and culture of clouds, filled with fascinating facts and helpful illustrated cloud-spotting charts.\u00a0 Also by Pretor-Pinney, see <i>The Cloud Collector\u2019s Handbook<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 2011) which is part cloud identification manual, part journal for recording your cloud sightings. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-wizards-cloud-bk-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-wizards-cloud-bk-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weather-wizards-cloud-bk.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">By Louis D. Rubin and Jim Duncan, <i>The Weather Wizard\u2019s Cloud Book<\/i> (Algonquin Books, 1989) describes a \u201cunique way to predict the weather\u201d by reading the clouds. An appendix explains how to set up a home weather station. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 267px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 267px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-clouds-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-clouds-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/extraordinary-clouds.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 267px;\">Richard Hamblyn\u2019s 144-page <i>Extraordinary Clouds<\/i> (David &amp; Charles, 2009) is a collection of gorgeous color photographs of truly extraordinary clouds, each with accompanying explanation. Arranged in five sections: Clouds from the Air, Strange Shapes, Optical Effects, Theatrical Skies, and Man-made Clouds. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-appreciation-society-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-appreciation-society-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-appreciation-society-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-appreciation-society-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-appreciation-society.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">Are you a cloud lover? Join the <a href=\"http:\/\/cloudappreciationsociety.org\/\">Cloud Appreciation Society<\/a> and fight blue-sky thinking!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 58px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 58px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 58px;\">Listen to Cloud Appreciation Society founder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/data\/2.0\/video\/living\/2013\/10\/25\/ted-gavin-pretor-pinney.ted.html\">Gavin Pretor-Pinney\u2019s TED talk<\/a> on clouds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 240px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 240px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-shapes-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-shapes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-shapes.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 240px;\">Nephelococcygia is the practice of cloud-watching. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pals.iastate.edu\/carlson\/main.html\">Cool Clouds<\/a> is a great collection of photos of clouds that (more or less) look like things. Included is a gallery of clouds for viewers to make their own guesses as to what they look like.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 221px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 221px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scool_icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 221px;\">From NASA, <a href=\"https:\/\/scool.larc.nasa.gov\/\">S&#8217;COOL<\/a> is a cloud observation program for students. Included are cloud schematics, background information, observation tips, lesson plans and activities, and a chance to participate in a citizen science project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 58px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 58px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 58px;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clouds365.com\/\">Clouds 365 Project<\/a> aims to take a cloud photo every day of the year. (Try it on your own!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 3609px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wonderopolis-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wonderopolis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wonderopolis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wonderopolis.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">From Wonderopolis, find out <a href=\"http:\/\/wonderopolis.org\/wonder\/how-much-rain-can-a-cloud-hold\/\">How Much Rain Can a Cloud Hold?<\/a> \u2013 and watch a cool (and funny) short video.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 58px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 58px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 58px;\">Keep a weather diary! See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reachoutmichigan.org\/funexperiments\/agesubject\/lessons\/caps\/log1.html\">Keeping a Daily Weather Log<\/a> for suggestions and a printable data sheet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 94px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 94px;\">From NeoK12, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neok12.com\/Water-Cycle.htm\">Water Cycle<\/a> has online quizzes and puzzles and a series of short educational videos. (One of these shows how to make your own water cycle in a box.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 185px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 185px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-in-bottle-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-in-bottle-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-in-bottle-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-in-bottle-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cloud-in-bottle.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 185px;\">From Steve Spangler Science, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/lab\/experiments\/cloud-in-a-bottle-experiment\">Cloud in a Bottle Experiment<\/a> has detailed photo-illustrated instructions and an explanation of the results. Also see Scientific American&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/test-weather-you-can-make-your-own-cloud\/\">You Can Make Your Own Cloud<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/acid-rain-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/acid-rain-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/acid-rain-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/acid-rain.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">Studying acid rain? Find out how to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsecologycorps.org\/kid-power\/activities\/create-acid-rain-in-your-own-kitchen\">acid rain in your kitchen<\/a> and test its effects on plants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 40px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iLNNx1OmilI\">Let\u2019s Make It Rain<\/a> is a You Tube video of a simple rain-making experiment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-gauge-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-gauge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-gauge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-gauge.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.com\/science-fair\/article\/DIY-rain-gauge\/\">DIY Rain Gauge<\/a> has instructions for building one, using a two-liter plastic bottle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 58px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 58px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 58px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometrainingtools.com\/clouds-and-rain-young-science-explorers-newsletter\/a\/1689\/\">Weather Science Projects<\/a> has background information and instructions for making a model water cycle and a cloud in a jar.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 265px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 265px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/weatherwizkidslogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 265px;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weatherwizkids.com\/\">Weather WizKids<\/a> site has kid-friendly info on weather features (among them Clouds, Rain &amp; Floods, Wind, Temperature, Lightning, Hurricanes, and more), a long list of weather experiments, weather games, information on weather instruments, and a photo gallery.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 148px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 148px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 148px;\">Scholastic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/activities\/teaching-content\/weather-watch\/\">Weather Watch<\/a> has a collection of great interactive projects and activities. Kids can identify and track clouds, gather data using weather instruments, become \u201cWeather Detectives\u201d and research causes of weather, take a try at forecasting the weather, research extreme weather, and check out \u201cNature in the News.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 293px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 293px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ben-franklin-kite-expt-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ben-franklin-kite-expt-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ben-franklin-kite-expt.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 293px;\">The Franklin Institute&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fi.edu\/weather\">Weather<\/a> page has information about Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s weather research (including the dangerous kite-and-key experiment) and much more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 240px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 240px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/climate-kids-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/climate-kids-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/climate-kids.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 240px;\">From NASA, <a href=\"http:\/\/climatekids.nasa.gov\/\">ClimateKids<\/a> has an animated list of the \u201cBig Questions\u201d about Weather and Climate, Air, Ocean, Water, Carbon, Energy, Plants &amp; Animals, and Technology. Also included are a Climate Time Machine, instructions for hands-on projects (\u201cMake Stuff\u201d), and great resources for teachers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 184px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 184px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eo.ucar.edu\/webweather\/index.html\">Web Weather for Kids<\/a> has interactive overviews of Clouds, Hurricanes, Blizzards, and Thunderstorms\/Tornadoes, along with hands-on projects, a Cloud Matching game, and step-by-step instructions for reading weather maps and forecasting the weather. Projects include making fog in a jar, modeling convection currents, a tornado, and rain, and making a hot-air balloon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 94px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 94px;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxdude.com\/\">Weather Dude<\/a> has basic info on weather topics, statistics on world weather, daily weather stories, weather maps, and a lot of weather songs (available on CD or as downloads).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 130px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 130px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 130px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov\/lesson-plans\/\">My NASA Data Lesson Plans<\/a> are grade-categorized lessons using NASA-generated atmospheric and earth science data. Sample lesson titles are \u201cCold, Clouds, and Snowflakes,\u201d \u201cAtmospheric Pressure vs. Elevation,\u201dand \u201cHurricanes as Heat Engines.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 76px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 76px;\">From <i>Nature<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/climate-forecasting-a-break-in-the-clouds-1.10593\">Climate Forecasting<\/a> is an excellent article for older readers on clouds, climate modeling, and air pollution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 314px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 314px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cosmic_ray-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cosmic_ray-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cosmic_ray-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cosmic_ray.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 314px;\">Cosmic rays and clouds? The Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD) experiment is studying the possible link between galactic cosmic rays and cloud formation. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/home.web.cern.ch\/about\/experiments\/cloud\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 94px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 94px;\">From NOVALabs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/labs\/educators\/cloud-guide\/\">Cloud Lab Guide<\/a> has a great collection of educational science videos and links to weather-related NOVA programs (among them \u201cEarth from Space\u201d and \u201cInside a Megastorm\u201d).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-in-glass-of-beer-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-in-glass-of-beer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/clouds-in-glass-of-beer.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">By Craig F. Bohren, <i>Clouds in a Glass of Beer<\/i> (Dover Publications, 1987) is a collection of \u201csimple experiments in atmospheric physics,\u201d among them not only \u201cClouds in a Glass of Beer,\u201d but \u201cMixing Clouds,\u201d \u201cBlack Clouds,\u201d \u201cIndoor Rainbows,\u201d and more. Very thorough explanations for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>STORM STORIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12913 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-storm-tafuri-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-storm-tafuri-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-storm-tafuri-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/big-storm-tafuri.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Nancy Tafuri\u2019s <i>The Big Storm<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2009) is a \u201cVery Soggy Counting Book\u201d from 1 to 10 as more and more animals take shelter from the storm in a cave. For ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boom-boom-boom-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boom-boom-boom-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boom-boom-boom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/boom-boom-boom.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Jamie Swenson\u2019s rhyming <i>Boom! Boom! Boom!<\/i> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2013), an imperturbable little boy is peacefully reading in bed with his teddy bear (Fred) when \u2013 FLASH! CRASH! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! \u2013 a thunderstorm cuts loose. Soon any number of friends, beginning with a nervous puppy, are crawling into bed with him. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/walter-was-worried-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/walter-was-worried-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/walter-was-worried-965x1024.jpg 965w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/walter-was-worried-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/walter-was-worried.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Laura Vaccaro Seeger\u2019s <i>Walter Was Worried<\/i> (Square Fish, 2006), the sky turns dark and a storm rolls in, with arouses a whole range of emotions: Walter was worried; Priscilla was puzzled; Shirley, shocked; and Frederick, frightened. Their feelings are literally spelled out in letters on their face, which makes for a fun interactive read. (Walter\u2019s eyebrows, for example, are the r\u2019s in \u201cworried.\u201d) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-cake-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-cake-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-cake-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-cake-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-cake.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Patricia Polacco\u2019s <em>Thunder Cake<\/em> (Puffin, 1997), a little girl is frightened by an approaching thunderstorm, and her grandmother reassures her (\u201cThis is Thunder Cake baking weather, all right.\u201d), by baking a very special cake. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>From Food.com, see this yummy recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.food.com\/recipe\/patricia-polaccos-thunder-cake-171669\">Patricia Polacco\u2019s Thunder Cake<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunderstorm-by-geisert-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunderstorm-by-geisert-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunderstorm-by-geisert.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Arthur Geisert\u2019s brilliantly illustrated <i>Thunderstorm<\/i> (Enchanted Lion Books, 2013) is a timeline \u2013 the text just a list of sequential times of day \u2013 of a thunderstorm, escalating to a tornado, moving in on a small Midwestern farm. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-rose-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-rose-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-rose-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-rose-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thunder-rose.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>The heroine of Jerdine Nolan\u2019s tall tale <i>Thunder Rose<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007) was born on a stormy night and grew up to be a most unusual girl, capable of lifting a cow over her head, trouncing rustlers, squeezing rain out of clouds, and facing down tornados. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-in-the-night-stolz-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-in-the-night-stolz-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-in-the-night-stolz.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Mary Stolz\u2019s <i>Storm in the Night<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1990), a frightening storm has knocked out the power, so a grandfather tells his young grandson a story from when he was a boy in a storm as they sit together in the dark. Wonderful storm imagery and themes of intergenerational connection and overcoming fear. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning-1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning-1416x2048.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keep-the-lights-burning.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Peter and Connie Roop\u2019s <i>Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie<\/i> (Carolrhoda Books, 1987), set in 1856 in Maine, young Abbie is left in charge of the lighthouse, her sick mother, and three younger sisters when her father, the lighthouse keeper, goes to the mainland for medicine. When a fierce storm blows up, Abbie is on her own for weeks, keeping the lights burning and caring for her family. For ages 6-9.<\/p>\n<p>For another version of Abbie&#8217;s story, see Marcia Vaughn&#8217;s <em>Abbie Against the Storm<\/em> (Aladdin, 1999).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-big-storm-hiscock-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-big-storm-hiscock-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-big-storm-hiscock.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Bruce Hiscock\u2019s <i>The Big Storm<\/i> (Boyds Mills Press, 2008) is the picture-book story of a landmark storm that swept across the United States in 1982, creating avalanches, tornadoes, and blizzards as it went. Readers learn about warm and cold fronts and air pressure. Illustrated with paintings and diagrams. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/twister-on-tuesday-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/twister-on-tuesday-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/twister-on-tuesday.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Mary Pope Osborne\u2019s <i>Twister on Tuesday<\/i> (Random House, 2001) \u2013 one of the popular Magic Tree House series \u2013 Jack and Annie are sent to a one-room schoolhouse on the Kansas prairie in the 1870s, and must save their classmates when a tornado moves in. For ages 6-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers-697x1024.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers-768x1128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers-1046x1536.jpg 1046w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers-1394x2048.jpg 1394w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-storm-makers.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Jennifer Smith\u2019s <i>The Storm Makers<\/i> (Little, Brown, 2013) twins Ruby and Simon are having a strange summer, bedeviled with weird weather \u2013 which, it turns out, is all Simon\u2019s fault. Simon is a Storm Maker, one of a group of powerful people capable of controlling the world\u2019s weather. Soon opposing forces in the Makers of Storm Society, good and bad, are competing to control him, since Simon may be the most powerful Storm Maker of all time. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-runners-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-runners-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-runners-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-runners-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-runners.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Roland Smith\u2019s <i>Storm Runners<\/i> (Scholastic, 2012), Chase Masters and his father John spend their time traveling the country in pursuit of violent storms. In this, the first of a storm-filled adventure series, they encounter horrific Hurricane Emily. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/night-of-twisters-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/night-of-twisters-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/night-of-twisters.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Ivy Ruckman\u2019s <i>Night of the Twisters<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2003), twelve-year-old Dan, his best friend Arthur, and baby brother Ryan are on their own when a fearsome tornado rips through their Nebraska town. Fictionalized, but based on a real event. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse-1355x2048.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/me-and-sam-sam-apocalypse.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>In Susan Vaught&#8217;s <em>Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2019), Jesse, on the autism spectrum, has problems: she&#8217;s bullied at school; her English teacher dad has just been arrested for stealing; and she&#8217;s trying to train her Pomeranian, Sam-Sam, to be a bomb-sniffing dog just like her heroic, deployed-overseas mom&#8217;s. Many kinds of heroism abound &#8211; and Sam-Sam comes into his own when a tornado rips through town. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><b>STORM SCIENCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flash-crash-branley-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flash-crash-branley-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flash-crash-branley.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, Franklyn M. Branley\u2019s <i>Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1999) is a delightfully illustrated introduction to thunderstorms \u2013 with great diagrams \u2013 for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-alert-branley-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-alert-branley-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-alert-branley.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Other weather books in this series include Anne Rockwell\u2019s <i>Clouds<\/i>, Lynda DeWitt\u2019s <i>What Will the Weather Be?,<\/i> Arthur Dorros\u2019s <i>Feel the Wind<\/i>, and \u2013 both by Franklyn M. Branley \u2013 <i>Down Comes the Rain<\/i> and <i>Tornado Alert!<\/i> An entire weather library for ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-called-katrina-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-called-katrina-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-called-katrina.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Myron Uhlberg\u2019s <i>A Storm Called Katrina<\/i> (Peachtree Publishers, 2011) is the harrowing story of the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, seen through the eyes of ten-year-old Louis Daniel \u2013 who wants to be a horn player like Louis Armstrong and manages to save only his brass cornet from the wreckage of his family\u2019s home. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/basher-weather-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/basher-weather-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/basher-weather.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Simon Basher and Dan Green, <i>Weather <\/i>(Kingfisher Books, 2012) is terrific, with funny and informative first-person characterizations of important weather features \u2013 among them the Sun, the Atmosphere, Hail, Sleet, Hurricane, and El Nino. (Monsoon \u2013 a huge water drop \u2013 announces \u201cBoy, am I a big crybaby! Every year I change from bright and sunny to sullen and sulky. I turn on the tears, instantly bringing cloudbursts of my favorite play pal, Rain.\u201d) For ages 8-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings-995x1536.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings-1327x2048.jpg 1327w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/storm-kings.jpg 1555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Lee Sandlin\u2019s <i>Storm Kings<\/i> (Pantheon, 2013) is a fascinating history of tornados and tornado chasers, beginning with the \u201cElectricians\u201d \u2013 stage magicians who performed tricks with static electricity \u2013 who inspired Benjamin Franklin to embark on his famous key-and-kite experiment with lightning. An absorbing and exciting read for teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-tube-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-tube-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-tube-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tornado-tube.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Steve Spangler Science, use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/tornado-tube.html\">Tornado Tube<\/a> and a couple of one-liter plastic soda bottles to create your own tornado. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/lab\/experiments\/tornado-in-a-bottle\">Tornado in a Bottle<\/a> has instructions for tornado-tube experiments and an explanation of how the tube works.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-ben-franklin-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-ben-franklin-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/how-ben-franklin.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Rosalyn Schanzer\u2019s <i>How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2002) is an upbeat picture-book account of Ben Franklin\u2019s inventions and innovations, with emphasis on his interest in electricity and his investigations into the nature of lightning. For ages 6-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For more on Ben for all ages, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/ben-franklin\/\">Ben Franklin<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From NOVA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/labs\/about-cloud-lab\/educator-guide\/\">Cloud Lab<\/a> is a multi-part investigative lesson on clouds and storms for middle- and high-school-level students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>At Dan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/wildwildscience\/\">Wild Wild Science Journal<\/a>, meteorologist Dan Satterfield blogs about weather, climate, and earth science for readers of middle-school age and up. Lots of interesting information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>POETRY<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/childs-garden-of-verses-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/childs-garden-of-verses-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/childs-garden-of-verses.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s poem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/rain-6\/\">Rain<\/a> appears in <i>A Child\u2019s Garden of Verses<\/i>, originally published in 1913. \u201cThe rain is raining all around\/It falls on field and tree\u2026\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Percy Bysshe Shelley\u2019s poem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/174384\">The Cloud<\/a> begins \u201cI bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Christina Rossetti\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/clouds-159\/\">Clouds<\/a> begins \u201cWhite sheep, white sheep\/On a blue hill\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See William Wordsworth\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/174790\">I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Carl Sandburg\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/174299\">Fog<\/a> comes on little cat feet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-train-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-train-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/the-rain-train.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By poet Elena Roo, <i>The Rain Train<\/i> (Candlewick, 2011) is an onomatopoetic journey by train in the rain. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/listen-to-the-rain-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/listen-to-the-rain-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/listen-to-the-rain-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/listen-to-the-rain-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/listen-to-the-rain-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/listen-to-the-rain.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault<i>, Listen to the Rain<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 1988) is an irresistible poem that echoes the sound of rain: \u201cListen to the rain\/the whisper of the rain\/the slow soft sprinkle\/the drip-drop tinkle\/the first wet whisper of the rain.\u201d For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>A lover of rain is called a pluvophile. If you are one, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainymood.com\/\">Rainy Mood<\/a> to listen to the rain anytime.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-makes-applesauce-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-makes-applesauce-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rain-makes-applesauce.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Julian Scheer\u2019s marvelously illustrated <i>Rain Makes Applesauce<\/i> (Holiday House, 1964) is a wonderful magical read. (\u201cThe stars are made of lemon juice\/and rain makes applesauce.\/(Oh, you\u2019re just talking silly talk.)\u201d) Read the entire poem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madweasel.com\/kattsaerie\/SMLJ\/raimmakes-poem.htm\">here<\/a>. For ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splish-splash-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splish-splash-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splish-splash-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/splish-splash.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Joan Bransfield Graham, <i>Splish Splash<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001) is a great collection of concrete poems about all things water, including one titled \u201cClouds.\u201d (Kids will want to invent some of their own.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/braining-rain-to-kapiti-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/braining-rain-to-kapiti-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/braining-rain-to-kapiti.jpg 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Verna Aardema\u2019s rhyming <i>Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain<\/i> (Puffin, 1992), there\u2019s a drought in Kenya (\u201cThese are the cows, all hungry and dry\/Who mooed for the rain to fall from the sky\u201d) \u2013 which Ki-pat the herdsman ends when he fires an arrow far into the air. Wonderful illustrations of African animals. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/come-on-rain-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/come-on-rain-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/come-on-rain-1024x937.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/come-on-rain-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/come-on-rain.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Karen Hesse\u2019s <i>Come on, Rain<\/i> (Scholastic, 1999) is a poetic picture-book celebration of rain cooling a big-city summer heat wave, with great illustrations by Jon Muth. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-dance-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-dance-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-dance-1024x856.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-dance-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cloud-dance.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Thomas Locker\u2019s <i>Cloud Dance<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003) is a poetic survey of clouds, illustrated with glorious paintings. (\u201cNighttime clouds\/with silver edges\/shimmer in the moonlight.\u201d) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-like-rain--225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-like-rain--225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/talking-like-rain-.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Selected by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy, <i>Talking Like the Rain<\/i> (Little, Brown, 1992) is an illustrated collection of poems for children. The \u201cWind and Weather\u201d section includes poems by Christina Rossetti, Nikki Giovanni, Eve Merriam, Gwendolyn Brooks, and more. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Check out the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/leisure-recreation\/our-top-20-weather-related-songs\/655903\"> top 20 weather-related songs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/it-s-raining-pigs-and-noodles-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/it-s-raining-pigs-and-noodles-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/it-s-raining-pigs-and-noodles.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The title poem of Jack Prelutsky\u2019s poetry collection <i>It\u2019s Raining Pigs and Noodles<\/i> (Greenwillow Books, 2005) is a celebration of silly and wonderful rains. (\u201cIt\u2019s raining pigs and noodles\/it\u2019s pouring frogs and hats\/chrysanthemums and poodles\/bananas, brooms, and cats.\u201d) For ages 5-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/william-blakes-inn-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/william-blakes-inn-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/william-blakes-inn-822x1024.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/william-blakes-inn-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/william-blakes-inn.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Nancy Willard\u2019s wonderful and evocative poetry collection <i>A Visit to William Blake\u2019s Inn<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1982), with illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen, see \u201cThe Wise Cow Enjoys a Cloud.\u201d Highly recommended for all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>What if rain dripped in your head and flowed into your brain? Read Shel Silverstein\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/hellopoetry.com\/poem\/604\/rain\/\">Rain<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Mother Goose Caboose, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mothergoosecaboose.com\/rainpoems.html\">Rain Poems<\/a> is a great list, including selections from Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Langston Hughes, and Elizabeth Coatsworth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/fiction\/poetry\/2008\/05\/26\/080526po_poem_paterson\">Rain<\/a> by Don Paterson, from the poetry collection of the same title.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>By Langston Hughes, see <a href=\"http:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/8495509-In-Time-Of-Silver-Rain-by-Langston_Hughes\">In Time of Silver Rain<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>\u201cInto each life some rain must fall.\u201d So says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in <a href=\"http:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/8447405-The-Rainy-Day-by-Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow\">The Rainy Day<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>RAIN? OR REIGN?<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><b><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12939 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/king-who-rained-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/king-who-rained-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/king-who-rained.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/b><\/b><\/td>\n<td>Fred Gwynne\u2019s <i>The King Who Rained<\/i> (Aladdin, 1998) is a picture book of homophones and idioms, as a puzzled little girl misinterprets forks in the road, fairy tails, boars to dinner, foot prince in the snow, and the king who rained for forty years. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/raining-cats-and-dogs-by-moses-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/raining-cats-and-dogs-by-moses-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/raining-cats-and-dogs-by-moses.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Will Moses, <em>Raining Cats and Dogs<\/em> (Philomel, 2008) is a collection of &#8220;irresistible idioms and illustrations to tickle the funny bones of young people,&#8221; illustrated with Moses&#8217;s signature folk art. Lots of fun wordplay for ages 6-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>CLOUDS, RAIN, AND ART<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/word-cloud.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Check out this list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/monkeylearn.com\/blog\/word-cloud-generator\/\">best free word cloud generators<\/a> &#8211; and make some of your own!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From DLTK\u2019s Crafts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/Crafts\/weather\/index.htm\">Weather Activities<\/a> is a collection of projects for preschoolers and elementary-level kids. For example, kids make a cloud wind puppet, paper-cut and salt-crystal snowflakes, a handprint sun, a windsock, and a pinwheel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinderart.com\/across\/littlecloud.shtml\">Little Cloud<\/a> is an art lesson plan from Kinderart in which kids make stuffed clouds and raindrop pictures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/suncatchers-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/suncatchers-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/suncatchers.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Red Ted Art, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redtedart.com\/2011\/06\/01\/weather-get-crafty-weather-themed-crafts-and-tutorials\/\">Weather Get Crafty<\/a> is a selection of particularly gorgeous weather-based crafts, among them suncatchers, sundials, windspinners, wind chimes, and rain mobiles. There\u2019s even a recipe for yummy rainbow jelly (topped with a cloud).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment-7-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment-7-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment-7-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment-7-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/rain-cloud-in-a-jar-science-experiment-7.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Holly\u2019s Arts and Crafts Corner, the <a href=\"http:\/\/hollysartcorner.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/art-science-collide-cloud-jars.html\">Cloud Jars<\/a> look like great fun: you\u2019ll need jars of water, shaving cream, and food coloring.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From AllKids Network, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allkidsnetwork.com\/crafts\/spring\/rain-cloud-craft.asp\">Raining Cloud Craft<\/a> is a great mobile with translucent tissue paper raindrops.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/indoor-cloud-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/indoor-cloud-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/indoor-cloud-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/indoor-cloud.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Dutch artist Berndnaut Smlide makes dramatic <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/slideshow\/artist-creates-clouds-art-15903014\">indoor clouds<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/01\/18\/cummulus-crochet-cloud_n_1214680.html\">Cummulus<\/a> is a mathematically accurate sculpture of crocheted clouds. An incredible art project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/constable-clouds-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/constable-clouds-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/constable-clouds-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/constable-clouds.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windows2universe.org\/art_and_music\/cloud_art\/cloud_art_main.html\">Clouds in Art<\/a>, visitors try to match clouds in famous paintings to photos of cloud types.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/LisaGardiner2\/seeing-clouds-like-an-artist\">The Art of Clouds<\/a> is a slide-show exercise in which viewers are challenged to identify the kinds of clouds pictured in paintings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/okeefe-clouds-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/okeefe-clouds-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/okeefe-clouds-768x254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/okeefe-clouds.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From the Art Institute of Chicago, view Georgia O\u2019Keeffe\u2019s painting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/aic\/collections\/artwork\/100858\">Sky Above Clouds<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If into each life some rain must fall, we might as well have some fun with it. 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