[In "Exploring the Weather"] Roy Gallant concisely presents the fundamentals of meteorology, the science of weather. He explains what makes weather good and bad: why it is difficult, because of little understood influences, to predict it accurately very far ahead, and suggests how exploration of the atmosphere and space will help in forecasting. This introduction for 10-to-14-year-olds is detailed enough to stimulate more than casual interest.

The sun, the traditions which surround it, the scientists who investigated it, in fact the entire body of knowledge surrounding earth's most important star, is the subject of this concise text…. Roy Gallant's explicit and fact-filled text make Exploring the Sun a welcome companion to his four previous books…. Not recommended for pure amusement, but an excellent supplement for class room work.