Books in the new assignment-driven Science Matters series are nicely designed resources, useful for fundamentals. In this title, Webster introduces the meteorological processes that result in the formation of thunderstorms, blizzards, hurricanes, and tornadoes along with some of their associated phenomena, such as hail and waterspouts. Pages devoted to other facts (how we track and predict storms, storms on other planets, etc.) add to the content. Photos are excellent and well placed, and boldface heads tell readers exactly what topic will be covered on each page. Further resources are, unfortunately, limited to general suggestions ("libraries have many interesting books about storms") and two Web sites; a fuller resource list might have served the reader better than the appended science experiment.
