Wild Weather

Part of the new series Learn with Comics, Wild Weather is a captivating and educational comic chapter book chock-full of information about meteorological phenomena and earth physics.

What is atmospheric pressure? How does downburst form? What is the difference between a cyclone, a typhoon, and a hurricane? Find out all these answers and more when you follow the adventures of four friends as they camp near a lake with their science teacher. A quiz at the end will test your knowledge of what you learned throughout the book. There is also a helpful glossary of terms. The comic book format is lively and engaging and a unique way to teach children about various weather patterns.

Valentina Cambi has published numerous books, comics, and articles for Disney, Rai Libri, De Agostini Libri, Blue Ocean Entertainment, and more. She holds a master’s in writing and production for fiction and cinema, as well as a PhD equivalent in linguistics, and works as an author, screenwriter, artistic director, and graphic-editorial coordinator and translator.

Filippo Giorgi is an international expert in climate modeling, climate change, and their effects on the planet and society. From 2002 to 2008 he was deputy director of Working Group I for the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change, which, in 2007, won a tie with Al Gore for the Nobel Peace Prize. Today Giorgi is director of the Earth System Physics section at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy.

Martina Naldi began a freelance career after graduating from the School of Comics in Milan. Since then, she has been collaborating with various Italian and foreign publishing houses such as De Agostini, Haribo, Giunti, and Vapore.