Hurricane

It's a Disaster!

by Jessica Rudolph

A giant, spinning storm forms over the ocean. People living on the coast start to flee inland for safety. Once the storm makes landfall, heavy rains and fast-moving winds knock down trees and destroy homes. In this captivating introduction to hurricanes, early readers will be swept up in the dramatic text that describes the first signs of a hurricane, its destructive power, and, most importantly, how to stay safe from a hurricane's devastating winds and rains. Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. Stunning photos closely align with descriptive text that will grab kids' attention. Emergent readers won't be able to stop turning the pages as they learn about the forces of nature that can wreak havoc on our world.

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Karen davisstone · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Oh my goodness, look at the cover of this book! What do you notice? (students respond) Yes! It's a hurricane. I know you read the title, but you all gave me great responses about the picture on the cover also. Who can tell me a few facts about hurricanes that you might already know? (students respond, teacher writes things down) Good, now who can tell me about people who help out during a hurricane and what they can do? (students respond and teacher writes things down) Excellent thinking and predicting, now lets look at the book and see if we can add things to our lists. "

Moves- *prompt predictions based on the title
*Activate background knowledge

In 3rd grade we discuss weather and weather disasters such as hurricanes. This book is very simplistic, but gives great facts and it's pictures provoke conversations and questions from students. The book "Hurricanes" by, Jessica Rudolph is part of the "It's a Disaster" set and provides the right combination of information and pictures that get third graders interested.