Tornadoes

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Author: Seymour Simon

Type or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: natural disasters

Year of Publication: 2001

Publisher & Location: HarperTrophy, New York

ISBN#: 9780064437912

Target Age Level: lower and upper elementary school

# of Pages: 32

Quality of Illustrations: Clear, concise text and dramatic, full-color photographs this book shows tornadoes.

Brief Summary:
Simon investigates one of nature's most powerful and dramatic phenomena, from its origins to what you can do to detect and stay safe during a tornado.

Personal Comments/Biases, and/or Things to Consider When Using This Book With Children: I've found children always have a lot of questions about natural disasters. Simon does an excellent job in defining and showing what a tornado looks like. Knowledge is power and the more students know about a tornado the less they will be afraid of them.

Activity: Make a KWL Chart about tornado before reading and follow through after reading the book (K-what they knew before reading the book W-what they want to learn about tornadoes L-what they learned). Point out that if students want to learn about natural disasters(or they're worried about a natural disaster) they can read about it and know more about it.