Read and find out about blizzards in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

All blizzards are snowstorms, but not all snowstorms are blizzards. What is the difference? How much snow falls during a blizzard? How fast are the winds? How cold does it get during a blizzard? Read and find out!

What Makes a Blizzard comes chock-full of visual aids like charts, sidebars, and hands-on activities—including how to keep a winter weather journal and how to observe what a snowflake really looks like.

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

• hands-on and visual


• acclaimed and trusted


• great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

• Entertain and educate at the same time


• Have appealing, child-centered topics


• Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers


• Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach


• Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations


• Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills


• Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists


• Meet national science education standards


• Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field


• Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids' scientific interests

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.