How the Weather Works Hardcover – 1 Jan. 2011

Answers many questions for 5 year old

I bought this thinking it would be for a similar age group as Look Inside: Your Body, but I think this is, or at least should be, aimed at much older children. While you still get the beautifully illustrated pages, with lots of interactive flaps and pop ups, the information is very detailed. That's not to say that younger children won't appreciate it; my five year old adores this book. But the subjects included are certainly not aimed at his age group. It is a fabulous book to have though. I flicked through it one evening and learnt about how they predict the weather. I showed it to my Dad when they came up to stay and he had a lovely time reading it too! I imagine this will be a book that we keep for many years, and it will get referred to more and more as time goes on.

I bought this for my 6 year old for xmas....but soon discovered it was going to be too old for him, as even i was learning lots of new information. My friend has the book for her 6 year old and thought the same as me. I am now going to give it to my 10 year old instead.The front cover is misleading, making it look like it would be a book for a younger child, but the info inside is quite technical, and very useful for teens studying geography or weather topics. Not many pages, but each page is fun, with things to turn and pull, and snippets of learning. Plenty of pictures.There are pages on cyclones, clouds and weather from years gone by and how it has changed, global warming and other bits.It will be a useful book for many years to come, and passed on through the family.

My daughter is just over 8 and whilst this book is great for detail might be a little to old for her. BUT the fact that it has pull-out flaps and you can dip in to bits of information makes it something that she picks up and reads a little of, so I think it will be a book that she grows into.Arrived in good time and well packaged, good value for money too.

Great book, I bought it for my 4 year old but it's far too old for her at the mo. I'm learning plenty from it. Will be a great book when she's older, probably more for 9 plus. Really well put together book with great diagrams and loads of info about weather systems etc. wish I'd had something like this when I was young! Might have stuck at Geography then!

really appealing book.. I bought for my 5 year old who asks endless questions. This book it quite advanced for him but he now understands why its not easy to answer a question like 'where does the wind come from'. I'm sure he will grow into it and I can learn a lot from it too!

Lovely book and packed full of information. It is too advanced for my 4 year old although there are still some concepts that he can grasp such as the 'journey of a raindrop'. I think this book is better for 7/8+ years as goings into climate change etc. Great book though.

Bought this as recommended by my sons school, he is only 5 so it is a little advanced for him but the pop up features are enough for him to learn from, I know we will continue to use this throughout his education. definitely worth it.