Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. He's award winning science
writer Seymour Simon who writes his books for young people, but all of us
can enjoy them. And tis the season for thunderstorms. So how about a
book by Seymour called Lightning. Your kids will certainly enjoy this one, as
we find out that lightning is constant striking our planet more than one hundred times
a second, so powerful and so fast that we rarely get a chance to
see it up close. But the author, Seymour Simon, gives the kids
an opportunity to get closer to lightning the safe way, explaining what exactly causes
those huge, bright flashes. Stunning full color photographs help and readers will learn
about the formation of lightning, why and how lightning occurs, and how to
protect yourself when caught in the midst of a lightning storm. The author's also
written books about earthquakes and tornadoes and wildfires and other storms, science and nature
for the young reader. A book called Lightning by Seymour Simon, and that's
the book Club. WBZ Boston's newsread