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Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine

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Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine
First edition
AuthorRaymond Abrashkin
Jay Williams
IllustratorEzra Jack Keats
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDanny Dunn
GenreScience fiction
Published1959
Pages144
OCLC302712
Preceded byDanny Dunn and the Homework Machine 
Followed byDanny Dunn on the Ocean Floor 

Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine is the fourth novel in the Danny Dunn series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams. The book was first published in 1959 and originally illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.

Plot introduction

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Danny accidentally discovers that an ionic transmitter Professor Bulfinch has been working on can be used to create miniature rainclouds.

Reception

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Floyd C. Gale of Galaxy Science Fiction rated the book four stars out of five for children: "The authors reap plenty of humor ... meanwhile sowing a considerable amount of meteorological knowledge in the process".[1]

Editions

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McGraw-Hill

MacDonald and Jane's

  • ISBN 0-356-08183-4 (Hardback, 1975, illustrated by Anne Mieke)

Pocket Books/Archway Books

References

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  1. ^ Gale, Floyd C. (April 1960). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 142–146.