Synopses & Reviews
The young lady in this amusing book is a lot like most real-life teenage girls. She's always faced with difficult choices to make. Should she tidy her room? Buy Grandma a present? Phone her best friend? Fickle Fairy will help her decide! Fickle Fairy has a magic spinner wand, and she uses it to help young ladies make decisions. Each page in this book pictures a separate incident in a typical girl's day. For example, Messy Situation! sets a Saturday morning scene in our heroine's bedroom. The room is a mess, but she'd rather do something more interesting than tidying up. A round spinner in the middle of the page uses Fickle Fairy's magic wand as a pointer, and it's waiting to be given a spin. The choices that rim around the spinner are: Clean your room? . . . Chill out and listen to music? . . . Ride your bike? . . . Watch a movie? . . . Read a magazine? . . . or Pay your brother or sister to clean it? Other familiar situations pictured in the book--each with a brand-new set of questions--include To Shop--Or Not?, Wide-eyed Sleepover, Snack Attack, Lost & Found, and others. This entertaining, uniquely designed book features three separate magic wand spinners recessed into heavy board pages. One is on the book's front cover, and the other two are on the inside front and back covers, respectively. A circle at the center of each page allows one of the spinners to show through every illustration in the book. Here's a fun item designed especially to amused and intrigue the young lady of the family.
Synopsis
(back cover)
ASK FICKLE FAIRY
Should you clean your room or do something fun instead?
Spin the magic wand to discover Fickle Fairy's Answer! It's sometimes difficult to know what to do when faced with a sticky situation. Spin Fickle Fairy's wand and she'll be happy to give you her opinion--though she's been known to change her mind! No matter what you decide, each possible solution is sure to give you lots to think about.
Synopsis
Amateur meteorologists—as well as everybody else who is interested in understanding the dynamics of weather—will find what they're looking for in this meteorology primer and daily logbook. An expertly written text explains the fundamentals of meteorology to beginners and offers interesting pointers on weather prediction to more experienced weather watchers. It also lists the forecasting equipment that home meteorologists will need, including a barometer, thermometer, and a simple device for measuring wind speed and direction. Readers will find explanations of the different cloud types, information on what kinds of weather they indicate, tips on measuring precipitation, instruction on reading a weather map, and advice on predicting thunderstorms and other weather phenomena. A 104-page logbook section (52 two-page spreads) provides space for charting weather-related data for a full calendar year. Weather Tracker is printed in two colors and features more than 60 enlightening illustrations and diagrams. Its rubberized PCV cover with wraparound flap and a snap to keep it closed will protect the pages against the elements when weather watchers take the book outdoors.