The Man Who Named Clouds, by Julie Hannah and Joan Holub

As a boy, Luke Howard began keeping a weather journal. At the time, the 1700s very little was known about weather and how clouds formed. Fascinated by weather, Luke added paintings of the clouds to his weather records and soon developed a system for classifying and naming the types of clouds. His classification system was influenced by Linnaeus' scientific classification of plants and animals. A modern day student's weather journal including miscellaneous weather facts is interspersed throughout this interesting history of meterology and introduction to types of clouds. A good accompaniment to the fifth grade weather unit.

Grades 3-5