Tornadoes are funnel-shaped clouds that can cause massive destruction on the ground. Their winds can swirl faster than 260 miles per hour! In addition to factual information, youngsters will learn about how such extreme weather affects the lives of people in areas where these atmospheric storms are common. Using her acclaimed combination of clear wording and detailed illustrations, Gibbons explains how tornadoes form, the scale used for classifying them, and what to do in case one should be near you.
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Gail Gibbons has published almost fifty titles with Holiday House as well as numerous books with other publishing houses. According to the Washington Post, “Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children’s writer-illustrator.” This much-loved author and illustrator of nonfiction books lives in Vermont with her husband, where they also produce maple syrup.
Chris Lutkin has been in and around the business of acting for more than twenty-five years. A member of Ensemble Studio Theater for twenty years, his proud moments include being directed by Jerry Zaks in a play called Buddy-Pals and working with Horton Foote on his play Lily Dale playing Horace, and putting in more than four hundred off-Broadway performances in a Perfect Crime.