''Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine'' is the fourth novel in the ''

Danny Dunn Danny Dunn is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of American juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams beginning in 1956. Background The stories are set in the fictional American to ...

'' series of juvenile science fiction/adventure books written by

Raymond Abrashkin Raymond Abrashkin (March 9, 1911 – August 25, 1960) was an American writer and filmmaker. He is known for writing, co-producing, and co-directing '' Little Fugitive'' and for co-creating and co-writing with Jay Williams the ''Danny Dunn'' ser ...

and Jay Williams. The book was first published in 1959 and originally illustrated by

Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats (né Jacob Ezra Katz; March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating '' The Snowy Day'', which he also wrote. Keats wrote '' A Letter ...

Plot introduction

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

Reception

Floyd C. Gale ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Edit ...

of ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'' 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".

Editions

McGraw-Hill * (Paperback, 1959, illustrated by

) * (Hardback, 1959, illustrated by

) MacDonald and Jane's * (Hardback, 1975, illustrated by Anne Mieke) Pocket Books/Archway Books * (Paperback, 1979, #10 in their series, illustrated by

) * (Paperback, 1983 reissue, illustrated by

)

References

* * * Danny Dunn 1959 American novels 1959 children's books 1959 science fiction novels {{1950s-child-sf-novel-stub