Tornadoes
Easy Books
Batter up Wombat
Helen Lester (E); illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 32 p. An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
Twister
Darleen Bailey Beard (E) ; pictures by Nancy Carpenter. New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1999. Two children experience a tornado. Although she sees them safely to the cellar as a tornado approaches, Mama has to leave Lucille and Natt and go help an elderly neighbor. Lucille must comfort Natt throughout the terrifying experience.
Farmer Brown Goes Round And Round
Teri Sloat (E) ; illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. New York : DK Pub., 1999. A twister strikes Farmer Brown’s farm and mixes the animals all up, so that the cows oinked, sheep clucked, hens brayed, and his hound neighed.
The Storm
Marc Harshman (E); illustrated by Mark Mohr. New York : Cobblehill Books/Dutton, c1995. Though confined to a wheelchair, Jonathan faces the terror of a tornado all by himself and saves the lives of the horses on the family farm.
Junior Fiction
Tornado
Betsy Byars (JF); illustrations by Doron Ben-Ami. New York : HarperCollins, 1996. 49 p. As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
Night Of The Twisters
Ivy Ruckman.(JF) New York : Crowell, c1984. 153 p. A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends.
Junior Nonfiction
Twisters And Other Terrible Storms : A Nonfiction Companion To Twister On Tuesday
Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne.( JUV 551.55 OSB) ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca. New York : Random House, c2003. 119 p. Series: Magic Tree House Research Guide. Describes the changing nature of weather and how meteorologists predict and study such storms as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.
Forces Of Nature : The Awesome Power Of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, And Tornadoes
Catherine O’Neill Grace (JUV 551.2 GRA ). Washington, DC : National Geographic Society, c2004. 62 p. Contents: On the rim of a live volcano — In the zone of an earthquake — In the path of a tornado.
Tornado Alert!
Wendy Scavuzzo (JUV 551.53 SCA). New York : Crabtree Pub., c2004. 32 p. Contents: What is a tornado — Tornado alley — How tornadoes form — Parts of a tornado — The life of a tornado — Tornado records — Forecasting tornadoes — Path of destruction — Tornado rating scales — Famous tornadoes — Tornado safety — Living through a tornado — The aftermath.
Twister Trouble
Ann Schreiber (JUV 551.55 SCH) illustrations by John Speirs. New York : Scholastic Inc., c2000. 76 p. Series: The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book. While on their way to Weatherama Amusement Park to attend the Wild Weather Show, Ms. Frizzle and her class get a first-hand lesson in the forces of nature as they fly directly into the heart of a powerful tornado.
Tornadoes
Seymour Simon. (JUV 551.55 SIM) New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1999. Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.
Plains Outbreak Tornadoes : Killer Twisters
Victoria Sherrow. (JUV 363.34 SHE) Springfield, NJ : Enslow, 1998. Details the series of destructive tornadoes that struck the American Midwest during the span of several hours in April 1991, causing severe damage in several states.
Twisters!
Lucille Recht Penner (JUV 551.5 PEN ) ; illustrated by Kazushige Nitta. New York : Random House, c1996. Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do.
Tornadoes
Arlene Erlbach. (JUV 551.55 ERL) Chicago : Childrens Press, c1994. 45 p. The “New True Books” have been produced to fill a very important need. Children are by nature inquisitive and these fact-filled books provide answers to many basic questions.