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The man who named the clouds

How did the clouds get their names? The story of Luke Howard and his interest in the weather with a modern day student's weather journals added in.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hannah, Julie
Other Authors:	Holub, Joan (jt. author.), Billin-Frye, Paige (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Morton Grove, Ill. : A. Whitman & Co., c2006.
Subjects:	Howard, Luke, > 1772-1864 > Juvenile nonfiction. Meteorologists > Biography > Juvenile. Clouds > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	How did the clouds get their names? The story of Luke Howard and his interest in the weather with a modern day student's weather journals added in.
Physical Description:	40 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).
ISBN:	0807549746 (hardcover) 9780807549742 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Author Joan Holub graduated from college in Texas with a fine arts degree. She illustrated her first published children's book in 1992 and began illustrating full time, shortly thereafter. She sold her first two manuscripts in 1996 and has since become a full time author. She has written and/or illustrated over 130 children's books, including the Goddess Girls and Heroes in Training Series. Her title Mighty Dads, illustrated by James Dean, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography)