Night of the Twisters

Night of the Twisters
Author: Ivy Ruckman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1986-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064401766

When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. Little do they know that even if they do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only just begun. . . .

Night of the Twisters

Night of the Twisters
Author: Ivy Ruckman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1986-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780064401760

When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. Little do they know that even if they do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only just begun. . . .

Storm Warning

Storm Warning
Author: Nancy Mathis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2008-03-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0743296605

Veteran journalist Mathis has produced a compulsively readable account of one of the most terrible tornadoes in history--a mile-wide F5 twister--and the extraordinary people who kept it from becoming the deadliest.

Tornado!

Tornado!
Author: Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426307802

Contains first-hand accounts of tornadoes in the United States, explains why and how tornadoes happen, and discusses ways to stay safe.

Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2012-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0802723136

Jaden's summer visit with her meteorologist father, who has just returned from spending four years in Russia conducting weather experiments not permitted in the United States, fills her with apprehension and fear as she discovers that living at her father's planned community, Placid Meadows, is anything but placid.

She Sells Sea Shells (The Revised Edition)

She Sells Sea Shells (The Revised Edition)
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2023-01-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1646433378

Get tongue-tied with 25 entertaining tongue twisters, paired with wacky and witty illustrations by Seymour Chwast. Chwast brings these fun verbal gymnastics to life with vibrant color and humor. Readers will delight in Chwast’s distinctive style as they challenge themselves with phrases such as “My Swiss miss misses Mississippi,” “Giddy gladiators grow gladiolas,” and “If Shep chews shoes what shoes will he choose?” With engaging illustrations and a unique perspective, this creative book will capture the interests of readers of all ages as they stumble through its pages.? Acclaimed graphic designer Seymour Chwast is the co-founder of Push Pin Studios, now Pushpin Group. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and many other publications. Chwast illustrated Harry’s Bath (2005) and a series of graphic novel adaptations of major classic works with Bloomsbury Press, including Dante’s Inferno (2010), Canterbury Tales (2011), and The Odyssey (2012).

Twister

Twister
Author: Darleen Bailey Beard
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-03-24
Genre: Siblings
ISBN: 9780613597494

For use in schools and libraries only. In this vividly written story, Natt and Lucile learn that life can change with terrifying rapidity when, on a lovely summer day as they are playing outdoors, an onrushing tornado drives them into the storm cellar.

Twister

Twister
Author: Michael Crichton
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1996
Genre: Motion picture plays
ISBN: 9780345409706

Scientists are pursuing the most destructive weatherfront to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years. By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain enough data to create an improved warning system. But to do so, they must intercept the twisters' deadly path. Original screenplay from the motion picture.

Storm Runners (The Storm Runners Trilogy, Book 1)

Storm Runners (The Storm Runners Trilogy, Book 1)
Author: Roland Smith
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545323266

The first in a middle-grade action-adventure series from Roland Smith!Chase Masters and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Anywhere bad weather strikes, they are not far behind. Chase is learning more on the road than he ever would just sitting in a classroom. But when the hurricane of the century hits, he will be tested in ways he never could have imagined.

Hurricanes and Twisters

Hurricanes and Twisters
Author: Robert Irving
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1955
Genre: Hurricanes
ISBN: 9780590412292

Answers questions about hurricanes and tornadoes.