Fair Weather

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Joe Matt is justly famed in comix for the embarrassing frankness with which he reveals his personality, life, and obsessions. Disturbingly shameless and self-absorbed, Joe Matt writes about himself, warts and all! And in his new Peepshow collection, titled Fair Weather, he wants to share his suburban 1970s childhood with you. Save the tears, nothing bad ever happened to Joe Matt. That he didn't have coming. Joe Matt is socked in the stomach! Of course he deserved it! Completely unsentimental, hilarious and strangely endearing.

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Graphic Novel: Coming of Age .......2006-06-11

Something about the graphic novel really works well for coming of age stories, and FAIR WEATHER is one of the funniest I've read. The author gets every nuance of pre-teen life just right: the self-absorbtion, the pettiness, the fear, the desires. Particularly strong here is the friendship between Joe and Dave, who spend their days riding bikes and spying girls through peepholes. I love one frame, in particular, when Joe finally finds his collection of comic books, which his mother hid in the attic. He yells out the window, wide-mouthed, deliriously happy, "I found them! And if you ever touch them again I'll burn the house down!"

better than a comic book.......2005-08-26

4B-DILLON C.

All in all I really liked this book a lot. As a comic book it has a lot to offer to someone like me. I never read really I just scan over stuff ,but this book really struck my fancy. It's really interesting I have a lot in common with some of the characters. So if your a unique individual like myself I really suggest theat you read this book. It truthfully comes from a teenage point of view.So have some fun in class and read this book.

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what a fun book!
Clue in to "The Weather Detectives"

Weather Detectives, The
Mark Eubank
Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1586854127

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Follow the adventures of Bryan Bronson and his friends Rudy and Olivia as they experience the wonders of the weather. Their journey takes them from a sandstorm on Mars through the earth's atmosphere to survive a hurricane, tornado, flash flood, avalanche, and more. Along the way they see things as strange as snowflakes the size of pizzas and talk to a man who survived a nine-mile fall from an airplane. As they read about these adventures, kids will learn basic facts about the weather and how it works, including information about atmosphere, pressure, sun, clouds, rain, wind, and snow. Experiments include learning about condensation and evaporation, making your own rain gauge, and much more. The book also includes dozens of interesting weather facts and safety tips. Mark Eubank graduated from the University of Utah in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. For twenty years he owned and operated WeatherBank, Inc., a weather consulting firm. Mark was the weatherman for KUTV for twenty-two years and is currently the weatherman for KSL TV in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mark A. Hicks is an award-winning illustrator who has done work for many books, magazines, advertising firms, puzzles, and games. He lives with his family in Arizona.

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what a fun book!.......2004-07-20

I loved this book, my 9 year old son and I did the experiments together and he couldnt wait come home from school and see what we got to do next, this book was well written and makes learning and teaching how weather works fun and interesting for everyone. I loved it so much I bought a copy for his teacher.... This a a must have if you have children!

Clue in to "The Weather Detectives".......2004-06-07

I love "The Weather Detectives"!! It has a clever plot--three globe-trotting kids who keep getting caught in extreme storms. The main character, Brian Bronson, reminds me of Encyclopedia Brown or The Great Brain. My children (ages 16,15,13,and 11)enjoyed reading it and my two youngest have especially enjoyed doing the experiments from the book. "The Weather Detectives" is a great tool for helping kids understand how our weather works and what conditions produce certain kinds of weather--like tornados, hurricanes, and thunderstorms--especially when they can do the experiments and make it a hands-on learning experience. I wish we'd had this book when a couple of my kids did weather units in science! The only thing I wonder is: where are these kids' parents and why are they letting them run around the world without supervision?!

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wonderful book for all ages..
Interesting, yet Boring
Interesting, yet Boring
Fair Weather
Fair Weather

Fair Weather
Richard Peck
Manufacturer: Puffin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0142500348

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Granddad emits a strangled sound, 13-year-old Rosie pitches right off her chair, and young Buster just vibrates. What event catapults the Beckett family into such a state? The arrival of a letter from distant Chicago--and not just a letter, an invitation from Mama's elusive, wealthy sister Aunt Euterpe. She decides that it's high time for the children to see the world beyond "the four walls of a one-room country schoolhouse." And what better opportunity than the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, to honor the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America? Spanish nobility, President Cleveland, and Ferris wheels, oh my! Richard Peck, Newbery Medal-winning author of A Year Down Yonder, paints a charming portrait of a 19th-century farming family turned upside down by a visit to the big city. Narrator Rosie is friendly and funny as she describes the instant (if not entirely successful) citification of her family, encounters with Buffalo Bill himself, and her own delightfully eccentric Granddad who named his horse after Lillian Russell (which is just fine until they meet her at the fair). This wonderful, witty glimpse into 19th-century America--sprinkled with historical photographs--concludes with an insightful essay on the Exposition. Heartily recommended. (Ages 10 and older) --Karin Snelson

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Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair! Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life.

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wonderful book for all ages.........2007-08-15

This is supposed to be a kids book, but the whole family liked it so well that I bought a couple more copies to give away. It is about a rural family going to the Chicago World's fair in 1893. The descriptions of the fair, and the characters in this book are delightful. Highly recommend.

Interesting, yet Boring.......2007-04-27

Open this book and you'll read a story of a young girl with her family, going to new places, and changing her widow aunt's life forever. From Richard Peck, the creator of the Newberry Medal-winning novel, A Year Down Yonder, comes the just as popular, Fair Weather. Using the famous Chicago World's Fair with legends like Buffalo Bill and the beautiful Lillian Russell and a mix of a fictional family, Richard Peck made an exciting historical fiction novel. He truly wrote a story that shows the advance of technology during the 19th century. Many inventions from the typewriter to the zoopraxiscope and even the Ferris Wheel are included in this book. He integrated many inventions. Also, he showed the emphasis on the use of technology, mainly electricity. If you want to read a fascinating book about technology, inventions, or even on the many fashions from the 19th century, you should pick up this novel. Fair Weather is a very appealing book, but it was boring in the beginning. Then again, most books are boring in the beginning anyway. Fortunately the book has an ironic, but still happy, ending that makes up for the beginning. Also, Fair Weather has exciting details throughout the book that will keep you interested. For me, Fair Weather was the best book that I have read in a long time.

- James Nguyen

Sorry if I posted this twice, I can't find my first time.

Interesting, yet Boring.......2007-04-27

Open this book and you' ll read a story of a young girl with her family, going to new places, and changing her widow aunt's life forever. From Richard Peck, the creator of the New berry Medal-winning novel, A Year Down Yonder, comes the just as popular, Fair Weather. Using the famous Chicago World's Fair with legends like Buffalo Bill and the beautiful Lillian Russell and a mix of a fictional family, Richard Peck made an exciting historical fiction novel. He truly wrote a story that shows the advance of technology during the 19th century. Many inventions from the typewriter to the zoopraxiscope and even to the Ferris Wheel are included in this book. He integrated many inventions. Also, he showed the emphasis on the use of technology, mainly electricity. If you want to read a fascinating book about technology, inventions, or even on the many fashions from the 19th century, you should pick up this novel. Fair Weather is a very appealing book, but it was boring in the beginning. Then again, most books are boring in the beginning anyway. Fortunately the book has an ironic, but still happy, ending that makes up for the beginning. Also, Fair Weather has exciting details throughout the book that will keep you interested. Fair Weather was the best book that I have read in a long time.

Fair Weather.......2007-04-26

Fair Weather

The author of Fair Weather is Richard Peck. Richard Peck is the celebrated author of over thirty novels. He's won a Newberry Medal for A Year Down Yonder, a Newberry Honor for its prequel, A Long Way From Chicago, and a Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young adults literature. In 2002, he was awarded a National Humanities Medal by the president and First Lady Laura Bush. Richard Peck grew up in Decatur, Illinois, and now lives in New York City.

This book was a Historical Fiction book that contained a lot of authentic information. I researched on the, internet, some of the tools and inventions that were in it and found out that, yes, they had been invented around 1983, which was when the book took place. I did some research on the ferris wheel, the zoogyroscope, and the picture postcard.

I liked Fair Weather because it was interesting and made me want to read on. I also liked that it was about a different time period than the one that we're living in today , which allowed me to learn about how things were back then. I liked that it was a Historical Fiction book and it was educational and good to read at the same time. I also liked how the Chicago World Fair was so accurately described and how it was an adventure story. This book helped me learn some things about my topic, but there weren't as many tools and inventions in it as I had expected there would be. I would reccomend Fair Weather ,however, to those who enjoy books that are full of historical events and that are about adventure.

-Fernanda

Fair Weather.......2007-04-26

Janice VanCleave's Weather: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects (Spectacular Science Project)

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Janice VanCleave's Weather: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects (Spectacular Science Project)
Janice VanCleave
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 047103231X

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The perfect science fair idea books … Spectacular Science Projects Janice VanCleave's Weather

Why does it rain?
What causes thunder and lightning?
How does a cloud form?

Janice VanCleave's Weather includes 20 fun and simple experiments that allow you to discover the answers to these and other fascinating questions about weather, plus dozens of additional suggestions for developing your own science fair projects. Learn what causes lightning with a simple experiment using a roll of tape in a darkened room. Make a barometer from a soda bottle, straws, modeling clay, and colored water. Use a shoe box, plastic wrap, and some soil to understand the greenhouse effect. All experiments use inexpensive household materials and involve a minimum of preparation and cleanup. Children ages 8-12 Also available in the Spectacular Science Projects Series Janice VanCleave's Animals Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes Janice VanCleave's Electricity Janice VanCleave's Gravity Janice VanCleave's Machines Janice VanCleave's Magnets Janice VanCleave's Molecules Janice VanCleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes Kids, join the Science for Every Kid Club …See inside for details.

Weather Projects for Young Scientists: Experiments and Science Fair Ideas

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Weather Projects for Young Scientists: Experiments and Science Fair Ideas
Mary Kay Carson
Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press
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ASIN: 1556526296

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From the everyday phenomena of wind and clouds to the awesome, destructive power of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes, children can explore weather in detail with this fascinating science activity book. Throughout the text instructions for building weather-measuring tools—barometers, psychrometers, anemometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, and thermometers—allow the reader to assemble them into a working weather station. More than 40 weather projects are included, such as building a model of the water cycle, creating a tornado in a bottle, calculating dew point, and reading a weather map. Most of the experiments also include ideas for expanding them into full-fledged science fair projects. Weather-related environmental issues are also addressed, such as global climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain, as well as profiles of scientists working in the field of meteorology.

Fair-Weather Flying (Thomasson-Grant Aviation Library)

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Fair-Weather Flying (Thomasson-Grant Aviation Library)
Richard L. Taylor
Manufacturer: Aviation Supplies & Academics
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 156566034X

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The author shows the VFR pilot and student how to "bite off chewable-size chunks of progressively more demanding situations," accepting a little more crosswind, a little more turbulence, a little less runway. Taylor challenges you to venture outside the narrow channels of training days to get more out of your airplane and the time you spend in the air. Hard cover, 333 pages, glossary and index included.

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Old Thunder and Miss Raney

Old Thunder and Miss Raney
DK Publishing
Manufacturer: DK CHILDREN
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0789426196

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Blue-ribbon fun!

"Raney, dear, not everyone can be a winner," teases Beatrice Clover. It's true that Miss Raney and her plodding old horse, Thunder, have never won a single prize at the Washita County Fair. This year Raney is determined to present those judges with the finest stack of biscuits they could ever hope to taste- and win that blue ribbon. But then Raney has more troubles than she can shake a spoon at. Her biscuits burn. Fiddle-dee-dee! Her flour bin is empty. Horsefeathers! A bad storm is brewing and she needs to get to the store fast- but Old Thunder just clop-clop-thunk-thunks along. Still, Miss Raney is mighty determined. Can she and her faithful friend, Old Thunder, find a way to become winners at last? Told in a folksy down-home voice and illustrated in exuberant watercolors, this spirited tale just goes to show that with a little luck, a lot of pluck, and a good friend, dreams can come true. Yes, indeedy!

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smart and witty children's book.......2001-03-22

This is a charming book by a skilled Southern storyteller. Darrow takes what could be a lightweight folk tale and adds a sophisticated moral that doesn't underestimate its (young) readers. The illustrations nicely compliment the book, adding just the right amount of whimsy.

Old Thunder and Miss Raney.......2001-01-28

This was an wonderful story. My child loved the illustrations and the "fiddle-dee" and other repeated phrases throughout the book. It was a long story but flowed very well keeping my child's interest to the very end of the book. She loves the horse named Old Thunder and the tale about how the biscuits were made. We also plan to bake the biscuits from the recipe on the back cover. I recommend this book to anyone with small children with a love of horses and horse stories.

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Fair-weather Friend (Open Doors)
Scanlan Patricia
Manufacturer: New Island Books
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ASIN: 1904301479
Release Date: 2004-04-01

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Fair Weather?
Ferenc L. Tóth , and Ferenc L Tóth
Manufacturer: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
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How should responsibility for adapting to climate change be distributed? Who should bear the costs of mitigating its imports? How, indeed, should these costs be measured? This volume is the first to examine equity concerns in climate change, an aspect all-too-often neglected in the technicalities of discussion. It makes a significant contribution for planners and policy makers, and teachers and students within the social sciences.

Dr. Fred's Weather Watch: Create and Run Your Own Weather Station

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Dr. Fred's Weather Watch: Create and Run Your Own Weather Station
Alfred B. Bortz , J. Marshall Shepherd , and Fred Bortz
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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The Kid's Book of Weather Forecasting: Build a Weather Station, 'Read the Sky' & Make Predictions! (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

ASIN: 0071347992

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The how-to book for junior meteorologists. Few science writers are as child-friendly as Dr. Fred Bortz, whose previous books for young readers have been praised as "solid and intriguing" (Booklist) and "fascinating and thought-provoking" (School Library Journal). Here he shows kids how to predict the weather in their own backyards - using simple, inexpensive, self-built meteorological instruments that add up to a fully operational weather station. Based on a state science fair winner, this project can easily be adpated by weather-loving readers for their own school fairs. Or they can simply enjoy the book's wealth of fun weather facts, simple explanations of weather concepts, and additional guidance for online research.

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Comedy legend David Brenner shows how humor can give us the power to transcend tragedy One September 11, 2001, David Brenner was in the midst of a 48-week standup comedy gig in Las Vegas. Immediately after the tragic day, he cancelled the engagement and instructed his manager to book him on a nationwide tour. He called it the "Laughter to the People" tour, and it was to become the most gratifying chapter in his long and distinguished career--a nightly session of hilarity and healing which absolutely confirmed his conviction that "laughter is the best medicine, and if one can laugh, one can live." In this new collection, Brenner offers brilliant comic riffs--well-tested on his audiences--on a wide range of issues, from the personal to the political. His topics include fear of flying, marriage and divorce, terrorism, political correctness, sex, aging, war, smoking, losing weight, pets, religion, and sports. With its razor-sharp wit and healthy doses of humanity, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup will leave listeners breathless with laughter and strengthened with hope.

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Surprisingly good........2004-04-22

David Brenner is a well-known comedian of course, but his
book goes beyond quick humor. He also displays a formitable
intelligence and the ability to honestly analyze our everyday
situations, including our problems with national security,
diversity, race relations, language, etc., all while having
fun, and he is able to convey in his book both that intelligence and humor.
Given his reputation as a quick-witted humorist on TV, and in
clubs, his down-to-Earth ability to grasp our most basic concerns is both surprising and enlightening.
Brenner does a first-class job of entertaining the reader with
this book, while also addressing mundane concerns. He has
a very funny book that nearly everyone will enjoy.

Funny, Despite Uncharactersitic Gushing Over President Bush.......2003-12-27

Brenner is funny and insightful -- always has been -- and this book is a continuation of his previous memoir/humor books. I was stopped cold by his gushing over George W. Bush -- especially after he spends a considerable amount of time illustrating the President's extreme difficulty is making impromptu intelligent statements. It is uncharacteristic of Brenner to produce fawning praise over the President's ability to read a speechwriter's phrase. That aside, it is timely and funny.

I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup.......2003-12-08

Customers considering buying this book need to know that it should carry an "R" rating. Funny, yes, but definitely not for a "G" rated mind. Wish I had been warned.

funny book.......2003-10-26

I never buy books like this one but did this time. I enjoyed if very much. It had me laughing out loud as I read it and people would look at me funny.lol

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