"The factual information is exhaustive, and it does what many books about the weather at this level fail to do, in that it does not just explain the mechanisms driving the weather of our islands, but presents a global view, appropriate to a generation of children accustomed to seeing images and landscapes from all over the world. A book to read, a book for reference, a book to enjoy for its own sake."
GERALD HAIGH, TES
"Ted Dewan's illustrations have given great pleasure to readers for some time. With The Weatherbirds he demonstrates his gifts as a teacher...explaining [weather systems] to us with the kind of clarity and wit that make learning a delight.
Dewan's drawings just get better and better...he shares with Herge the rare gift of being able to draw tools you could pick up and use at once. The man is a marvel"
PHILIP PULLMAN, THE GUARDIAN
"Ted Dewan's The Weatherbirds is a tour de force...a book to pore over until you know (painlessly) about hygrometers and the exosphere."
NICOLETTE JONES, SUNDAY TIMES
"It should be a model of the genre...[the] story expands, as much as you and the little tykes prefer, into fabulously clear, thoroughly uncondescending explanations of clouds, rain, lightning, deserts, hurricanes. you name it.
...Why can't more children's books be like 'The Weatherbirds', informative and a bit of fun into the bargain?"
HARRY BROWN, IRISH TIMES
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