Jerry Dennis
It's Raining Frogs and Fishes
Harper Collins 1993
ISBN 0060921951
Monika says:
The Title IT’S RAINING FROGS AND FISHES might give rise to false
expectations and even keep some people from reading this book because they
will think this is one of those works of doubtful quality dealing with
inexplicable phenomena. Wrong. The book explains very ordinary things most
people usually don’t give a second thought about because they are simply
there. It answers the questions kids tend to ask.
Where does fog come from? And what about shooting stars? How do birds
of passage know where to go in the fall? What does the inside of a cloud
look like? What is lightning? How does an eclipse of the moon happen? What
are the northern lights?
These are just some of the topics Jerry Dennis addresses in his
entertaining way without getting too scientific. The book is meant to
amuse, but beware! You might learn something, too. It’s an incentive to
pay attention to the small details Nature has to offer that we grown-ups
often overlook because we are busy with oh so important things. So
important that we forget that we are also part of Nature and long ago used
to live in harmony with her.
The book is divided into four parts: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
It describes the changes of Nature in the course of the seasons. A
pleasant read, not too demanding but very satisfying. |
