After reading the post by Bridget about the book awards I decided to check out some of the books on the website. Weather watch New Zealand by Sandra Carrod is full of the most coolest weather stuff. Did you know that there are about 25 tornadoes a year in New Zealand? I didn’t. I thought that only the United States got tornadoes. It even tells you how to read a weather map like the weather reporters do when they give a weather report on the TV news. It’s got really neat experiments in it too, like how to make a barometer or a hot air balloon! Excellent ideas for school projects or science fair projects. But wait there’s more….. there’s a chapter called ‘Why is Wellington so windy?’. You’re gonna have to read it to find out! I’m not telling! It’s a really cool book!