Weather Fiction

Cuatro historias del maestro indiscutido de la literatura de horror, H. P. Lovecraft, para lectores valientes: “El llamado de Cthulhu”, “Sueños en la Casa de la Bruja”, “El extraño” y “El pantano de la luna”. Seres inmemoriales que un buen día despiertan y quieren dominar el mundo, hechiceras malvadas, engendros diabólicos, casas embrujadas y pantanos malditos, te esperan para entretenerte. Eso sí, con un poco de miedo.

Edgar Allan Poe fue un escritor norteamericano que está considerado, con justicia, como el maestro de los cuentos de terror. Tuvo una vida bastante desdichada, murió joven, a los 40 años, pero tuvo tiempo para crear un obra donde combina como nadie, elementos fantásticos y de la más inteligente literatura policial. En este libro te presentamos siete de sus relatos más espeluznantes: El gato negro, Manuscrito encontrado en una botella, El retrato oval, El corazón delator, Morella, La isla del hada y La caja de pino.

Amelia Bedelia is feeling under the weather. While it rains cats and dogs outside, Amelia Bedelia is stuck in bed with a fever. She passes the time by learning all about weather around the world. And with a lot of rest and a big bowl of Mrs. Adams' chicken soup, Amelia Bedelia will be back on her feet soon.

We've all heard that if we don't like the weather just give it five minutes and it will change. This short story by humorist Mark Twain may have been the origin of the idea. Twain seems convinced that no weather is more varied than in New England. No forecast is so difficult to claim as true as New England. Then again, each region could make the claim and be proud of their prognostication.

What are tornadoes? Blizzards? Hurricanes? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of severe weather in this book. Accessible text describes severe weather conditions and encourages students to be weather aware and to take proper precautions in the event of severe weather.

Is it rainy? Cloudy? Stormy? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of observing weather conditions in this book. Accessible text describes the different weather conditions and encourages students to think about and engage with the weather that is just outside their windows!

Meet Tammy, a demigoddess gifted with a water affinity. Her only problem? She resides in perpetually soggy England, where her unfortunate rain allergy complicates life. One fateful day on her way home, she stumbles upon a flash flood and a teenage werewolf, sparking a chain of events that will alter her destiny forever.

Thunder roars in the cloudy skies over El Monte, Southern California, during October of 1955, as friendship, fun, fall leaves, and mystery fill the pages of Ferocious Fall: Our Wild Weather Escapes, the third volume in a four book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann. Join two eleven-year-old, All-American kids, Pete and Carol Ann, and a beagle puppy, as they scramble from one weather-filled adventure to another.

Professor Kompressor visits Walter's family, offering a remedy for the dog's digestive disorder: special food that must be mixed in his Kompressatron. Unfortunately, the professor's cure doesn't work, so Father has to take matters into his own hands. Father's combination of ingredients has a strange effect on the pooch. Walter blows up like a balloon and floats out the window! Just when it looks as though Walter's paws may never touch Earth again, he encounters a flock of butterflies in distress.

This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book. Jenny Offill's third novel Weather follows the thoughts of librarian Lizzie Benson as she deals with raising a family, helping her brother overcome addiction, and preparing for the end of the world. In Offill's signature style of disjointed autofiction, she takes the reader/listener on a journey through the mind of a woman obsessed with doomsday preparation in a world ever threatened by climate change and divisive politics.

What if you could talk to the weather? Sage dreams of playing with the rainbows, flowers, snowflakes, and the sun. But how will she do it, when they are out of her reach? Tag along with Sage, and discover the true power of imagination.

In the early days of spring when the snow begins to melt, plants and animals stir to life. Simple, rhyming text makes for an engaging read-aloud while back matter offers more detail about each of the creatures featured in this celebration of spring's arrival.

Why is it sunny outside one day and rainy the next? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of why weather changes in this book. Accessible text describes changing weather conditions and encourages students to observe and think about the changing weather in their own environments.

Sal Brooks og resten af holdet fra Vatikanets hemmelige antimagikorps bliver tilkaldt af en lokal antikvar, hvis antikvariat er blevet totalsmadret. Der er ingen tvivl om, at han har fået fat i den forkerte bog og har sluppet farlig magi ud, da han åbnede den. Men var det med vilje? Og hvor fik han bogen fra? Sal og hendes kolleger er på bar bund... Magi findes, og nogle bøger bider fra sig. Følg Sal Brooks, den seneste rekrut på en hemmelig magisk mission, mens hun rejser verden rundt for at holde overnaturlige kræfter i skak.

Acurrúcate en un día lluvioso a leer y explorar los ecosistemas de la pradera través de su clima y los cambios por los que atraviesa. En cada mes se destaca una tomenta típica de la estación y un animal de la pradera, que debe buscar refugio, esconderse, escapar o aguantar esas tormentas. Narrada en prosa lírica, esta historia es una celebración de las praderas que dominan el centro del territorio americano y de los animales que viven ahí.

Join Princess Claudia on an unforgettable adventure as she learns the vital role clouds play in the world. Guided by her wise owl, Iris, and a bumbling wizard named Fumbledore, a nearly blind Claudia discovers that sometimes the things we take for granted are the most important of all.

“The Boots Rain” was born as a poem and remains so in this newly minted Book One of Kelly Anne Manuel’s Rainbow’s End Series. In this story the Child is invited on a journey to experience an entirely new event that the narrator is so eager to share. The narrator describes this fictitious occurrence with such wonder, amazement and vigor, that the Child will naturally join in for the fun.

Nach einer schmerzhaften Trennung bestehen Baileys Weihnachtspläne aus einem Abend mit Wein und jeder Menge Comfort Food. Doch bevor sie ihre Ideen umsetzen kann, muss sie noch etwas erledigen: Das Päckchen zustellen, das sie auf der Straße gefunden hat – ansonsten gibt es ein Kind, das dieses Weihnachten kein Geschenk bekommt! Schneeflocken vor dem Fenster, Dates auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt, gemütliches Plätzchennaschen – Weihnachten steht vor der Tür.

Das kleine Mädchen Antonia kann das Wetter plötzlich sehen und hören und wird vom lispelnden Herrn Regen und der dicken Frau Wolke um Hilfe gebeten. Sie und weitere Wetterphänomene wie die schmilzenden Hagelkörner und der lustige italienische Windsurfer, der Föhn werden andauernd vertrieben. Doch wer trägt Schuld daran? Der Wind? Oder doch der Sturm, den keiner je gesehen hat?

Winter, spring, summer, and fall - the seasons are one of nature's most familiar cycles. But why does the weather change? Learn why weather patterns change over the seasons.