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Great Gusts: Winds of the World and the Science Behind Them

Melanie Crowder and Megan Benedict

Illustrator: Khoa Le

Ages: 6+

Published: 2024

Publisher: MIT Kids Press/ Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-1-5362-2451-1

Keywords: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)-earth science, weather, global changes in climate, air pressure, cyclonic,

Poems and informational text introduce 14 patterns of air in motion, including their locations and complex causes. Settings vividly illustrated. Back matter.