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  • Published: 4 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241632543
  • Imprint: Particular Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $60.00

Cloudspotting For Beginners





An introduction to the wondrous world of clouds, by the internationally bestselling founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and a prize-winning children's book author and illustrator

Have you ever watched a cloud being born?

Clouds come in all manner of shapes and sizes, from low-lying Stratus to high-flying Cirrus via roll clouds, banner clouds and tornados. This beautifully illustrated guide reveals the facts, secrets and stories of all the major cloud types, and how they shape the weather around them. We learn their fancy Latin names, explore the parts of the sky where they like to hang out, marvel at the ways they play with sunlight – and even visit them on other planets, where they are sometimes made of acid.

Cloudspotting for Beginners will inspire curious minds with a lifelong sense of meteorological wonder.

  • Published: 4 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241632543
  • Imprint: Particular Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $60.00

About the authors

Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Gavin Pretor-Pinney is the co-founder and creative director of The Idler. He lives in London.

William Grill

William Grill graduated from Illustration BA (Hons) at University College Falmouth. His main interest lies in narrative illustration and publishing. He draws most of his inspiration from the natural world, and enjoys working in coloured pencils and relief printmaking. He has previously worked on projects for clients including the New York Times, Radley + Co and Harrods. William is the author of the children’s book Shakleton’s Journey.

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