The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Wallace, Karen

Whatever the Weather

32 pp. | DK | September, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-7894-4751-7 $$12.95 | Paper ISBN 0-7894-4750-9 $$3.95

(4) K-3 Eyewitness Readers series. Standing by a window, William observes the weather change with the seasons--in turn becoming snowy, sunny, cloudy, and rainy. In the end William goes outside to splash around in new boots. The story is far from compelling, and the artwork, which combines photos of William looking out the window at an illustrated yard, is inventive but doesn't offer much variety. Simple sentences and repetition build beginning readers' confidence.

Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli