The Big Storm

by Bruce Hiscock

Tracks the path of a huge storm in Spring 1982 from the Pacific coast to New York, explaining why storms move west to east, how weather forecasters follow their progress, and the connection between geography and meteorology.

Genres: Childrens, Science

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 1993

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked this book it had a lot of information about storms.

[Alyiah.Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing it was about two little kids that where playing outside and all a sudden it started to rain.

[Allison Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be great to use in a 3rd-5th grade class. It describes a spring storm very well, and I like that it used a real storm for it's example. I like how it used a huge storm to show almost everything involved in them, and to show what one storm looks like in the different regions of the US. It could have explained a couple large words a little bit more, but overall, it was a great informational book.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book about a storm that hit the entire United States over the course of the first week of April 1982. The storm had a pretty catastrophic effect on certain parts of the country, causing deadly avalanches in the Sierra Nevada mountains and deadly tornadoes in the Midwest, the worst of which cut a five-mile path of devastation through Paris, Texas. Still, this isn't a book of devastation. Rather, this is a book that describes how weather works, from how cold fronts and warm fronts collide to how clouds and even tornadoes form. I learned a lot from reading this and I feel like kids would too. Really a well done book. I wish I'd found this years ago as now it has the detractor of being an older book working against it finding new readers. Still, what an impressive piece of writing it is. It's both engaging and informative, the two factors of paramount importance in a good piece of narrative nonfiction. Really a good book.

[Janis Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOOOOOOONG time ago, I read this in grade school and thought it was the COOLEST thing EVER!!!!! This really got me interested in the weather and how it works. Now, one of my guilty pleasures is learning about natural disasters (how they work, what happens, how to be prepared, and getting past them)...I can't explain why I'm so drawn to it, but I just love it!

One of the many things that humans never cease to amaze me at is knowing that certain areas are danger zones, and yet they refuse to go anywhere because that's their home and the danger is just part of it...the US is magnet for all of these it seems, but we perservere nonetheless:)

I heartily recommend this to teachers and parents alike since it's books like this that plant the seeds of passion for career or hobby:) (that sentence make sense? hope so><)

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a big storm that moved from California eastward in March 1982. It details how it affected northern New York State especially. I vaguely recall that storm.

[Zacharyh H · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was the awesome book that i ever read.

[Uriah]

it was a good book to read to learn about clouds