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Weather Book Suggestions

The following titles are not located at the Bettendorf Public Library... however they are in the Prairie Cat System! You can place a hold for these books on our website or ask a staff member for assistance! http://www.bettendorfibrary.com/

Kipper's Rainy Day by Mick Inkpen

This is a "lift-the-flap" book where Kipper explores outside on a rainy to see which animals like rain as much as he does.

Kipper's Sunny Day by Mick Inkpen

Lift the flaps to discover all the fun Kipper has on sunny days.

My Red Umbrella by Robert Bright

A young girl's umbrella grows to accommodate an increasing number of animal friends.

Preschool Weather Kit

The Bettendorf Public Library has a collection of theme kits available for patrons to check out. The kits are located in our staff office so please ask a staff member for assistance if you are interested in checking these materials out! The Preschool Weather Kit contains the following items:

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Videocassette
2. Weather Whys (Book and Weather Wheel)
3. It's Raining, It's Pouring (Book)
4. The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Book)
5. Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll (Book and Cassette)
6. Flannel Board: What Should Weather Bear Wear?
7. 2 Thermometers
8. 4 Weather Puzzles (Rainy, Sunny, Windy, Snowy)
9. 1 red Tornado Tube
10. 1 Activity Folder

Weather DVDs

Backyardigans Mighty Match Up DVD
Pablo and Tyrone try to convince the Weather Goddess to stop the rain on Sports Day.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs DVD
Residents of the town of Chewandswallow, who receive meals daily from the benevolent skies, find their eating habits drastically changed when the weather takes a turn for the worse!

Smurfs Season 1 DVD
Disc 2 contains "Foul Weather Smurf"

Weather Activity Book

Preschool Science Garden Themes for Content-Area Learning: Garden, Ocean, Weather by Marie Cecchini is located in our Parent Shelf collection.

(PS 372.3 CE)

Weather - Usborne Beginners

Weather published by Usborne Beginners is located in the Bettendorf Public Library Board Book collection.

Easy Non Fiction Weather Books

Looking for easy fact books about the weather? Try: Let's Read About Sun by Susan Nations, Let's Read About Rain and Let's Read About Wind

by Kristin Boerger, and Let's Read About Snow by Suzi Boyett.