A Blizzard of Blistering Facts
by Peter Christie
illustrated by Ross Kinnaird
Annick Press, 2012
ISBN 978-1-55451-374-1
$14.95, 120 pp, ages 9+
annickpress.com
If you’ve suffered through an extra hot or cold, rainy or snowy week with your students, you’ve probably used the teachable moment to talk about global warming and climate change. Chances are you didn’t include the history of the dinosaurs, witch hunts, architectural eras, the problems of cow’s burps and the benefits of whale poop in your conversation! These and many more facts are answers to the 50 Climate Questions and are very engaging to children (and adults).
Classroom Connections: This is a solid resource chronicling climate and climate change starting around four billion years ago. It is filled with excellent graphics, timelines, comics, cartoons, interesting illustrations and great facts. Teachers can add this book to their libraries or use it when teaching about weather, climate and global warming in Science. An index, bibliography and suggested further reading finish off the book.
Review by Amanda Forbes.
This review is from Canadian Teacher Magazine’s Apr/May 2014 issue.