DK Eyewitness Books: Hurricane & Tornado

DK Eyewitness Books

by Jack Challoner

Now in Paperback! Hurricane & Tornado is a compelling guide to nature's most dangerous and destructive forces. Striking images, models and illustrations offer a unique view of catastrophic weather conditions allowing readers to see into the eye of a cyclone, witness hailstones the size of tennis balls, and learn how a gentle mountain stream can become a raging surge within a few minutes. Learn the techniques developed through the centuries to forecast weather, see a chicken that was stripped of its feathers by a tornado, and how human activity can cause weather patterns to change. For over 25 years, DK's Eyewitness books have been the most trusted nonfiction series in classrooms, libraries, and homes around the world. In summer 2014 this award-winning series will get a fresh new look both inside and out. The introduction of paperback editions, eye-catching jackets, and updated interiors ensure that the Eyewitness series will continue to be relevant in the ever-changing world of education and remain the go-to source for homework help, research projects, reluctant readers, ESL students, and, as always, to satisfy the minds of curious kids. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens

72 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1960

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book I would recommend for anyone interested in Extreme Weather.

[Em · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son brought this home from the library to read. This was an amazing book. We learned so much about hurricanes and tornadoes. Pictures were great. I admire storm chasers who are willing to actually risk their lives to get these pictures and study this massive force of nature.

Great book for kids. I highly recommend this book if you have children.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first time that I can remember that I am somewhat disappointed in a DK book. The title of this book is "Hurricane and Tornado," but as soon as you open the book, you see that it is about Extreme Weather. There is no place on the front cover that states this is about anything other than hurricanes and tornadoes. Yet, very few pages in this book are dedicated to only hurricanes or tornadoes. The rest of the contents looks at weather folklore, early forecasts, extreme weather, lightning strikes, hailstorms, fog & smog, snowstorms, avalanche, heat waves, droughts, and much, much more!

If they were going to discuss all of these types of weather, they needed to title this book differently. It's all very misleading.

Somewhat disappointed.

[Lora · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title is a huge misnomer. There are only four pages each on hurricanes and tornadoes. The rest of the book is about other weather phenomena, science and history. I did learn a couple things, but not about tornadoes, which was the reason I wanted to read the book in the first place. Although the book is technically for young people, it's perfectly interesting for adults.

[Erin Musser · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book Level: (estimated) 6.5

Summary- This book goes into great detail regarding various types of storms/weather - more specifically, hurricanes and tornadoes.

Mentor Trait- Word choice - This book would definitely expand reader vocabulary as it as a lot of new content specific words that would be new to the reader. I would use this in a classroom as a mentor text to show students that some words are very specific to the concept being studying. Further, I would use a text like this to practice decoding unknown words and use the skill of inferencing based on pictures and surrounding words to determine word meaning.

[Lisa Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

What is there not to like about DK Books in general and the Eyewitness series in particular. There is lots of information in these books, but written and laid out in a way that is easy to read and easy to absorb. Most information is only a graph or two long and fabulous pictures illustrate what is being talked about. I liked the section that showed the damage from each time of EF scale disasters.

[Jessica Lewers]

This book seems like a good book to teach students about the topic of hurricanes and tornados. Learning this information will be good for the student, because it is not a typical topic discussed and they may not know much about hurricanes and tornaods. It could also possibly help them in future science classes when they begin to learn about this topic.
Age Level: 3-7
Lexile Level: IG1090L

[John Morr · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good. A few things were disappointing such as a focus on global warming. It was good because it talked a lot about weather events. I recommend you read about the storm events in this book.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

495 - 2020

[Indresh Parle]

This is awesome

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

For children with an interest in meteorology and weather, this guide is a must-see. Holding up the high standards of DK publishing, this book is rich with pictures, illustrations, and information all about weather and the destructive forces that occasionally come along with it. Covering topics ranging from early forecasting and weather folklore to thunderstorms, drought, wind, tornados, hurricanes, and much more - there is much to be read and explored. Information is presented in easily digestable paragraphs with plenty of photos so children can read from cover to cover or jump around as they please. There is also a glossary for difficult terms in the back, as well as a timeline of weather disasters as a reference. A great choice for children who are curious about the science of weather and all that comes with it.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book when I was younger. I went through a phase (really long one) where I read every single book on Tornados. This was one of them and I loved it. I read it yesterday for a project and I remembered why I started reading books like this in the first place.

Basically this book is almost like an encyclopedia about weather. You are given pictures with captions and it is a pretty long book (40-50pgs). At the end is a timeline, glossary, index, and helpful websites page. This book helps readers develop a solid understanding of a concept they maybe were interested in. You do not have to read this in order which is another thing I love. If a kid has an interest in hail storms, they can go to the table of contents and look up the chapter or section for hail.

[Hannah]

Hurricane & Tornado by Jack Challoner
Informational Nonfiction
Target Audience: 1st-5th grades

Twin Text #2: I chose Hurricane! by Jonathan London to go along with Hurricane & Tornado. I feel that this text, while fictional, gives insight into the day in the life of a child (around the target age) who is living through a hurricane. This would be a great book to include in a tornado and hurricane unit. "Hurricane & Tornado" gives fun information and many pictures, while "Hurricane!" gives a new perspective!

[Meena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the name of the book is Hurricanes and Tornadoes, it really gives a lot more than that. They talk about lots of weather tools used in the olden days and how greek people told time and temperature. They also told a little bit about the planets. The author gave plenty of information to complete my assignment, and I still learned extra. I would recommend this book to someone who wants to know about Hurricanes and Tornadoes ;))

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Colorful illustrations and explanation of hurricanes and tornadoes. What are the causes of extreme weather and what happens during the storms. Climate change and El Nino.

6th Grade New Mexico Science Standards:
Strand II. Standard III. 5-8 Benchmark II. 5

*Available at Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Libraries*

[Kenneth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I lurve the DK Eyewitness series. Chock full of information for the young inquiring mind and loads of brilliant photographs and illustrations. Very nearly every title is this series is top notch, though I must say I am partial to the science texts.

[$hanel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldnt find this book in the library for awhile until I found it awhile ago. Like I said this book has everything you need to know about tornadoes, were they are, and how there formed. The book also talks about hurricanes and thunderstorms too. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I know im very dorky!

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about the topic of tornados and hurricanes. Students who have an interest in meteorology, this is the perfect book for them. I would use this book in my classroom to explain what causes a tornado or hurricane and could even use this as an informational text for a research topic.

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title is a misnomer (it really should've been called "Extreme Weather"). And as such it touches upon a lot of subjects but the overall effect is to gloss over what could've been a lot more interesting in depth.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book helped Austin get over his fear of Tornadoes. Knowledge is power!!

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really great series- I had tons of these growing up but this was my favorite.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

great pictures and description of weather phenomena

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

great information for research and enlightening children

[Jayden · Rating 2 out of 5]

um.. to be honest this book was BORING. I know that scientists think they know everything, but tey don't. God created the universe and global warming is fake. got that??? I do not recommend this book to anyone!

[Lojayn Ottman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This edition of the Eyewitness series for children goes over facts and stats of hurricanes and tornadoes.

The book starts out with a huge fonted content page, but then the actual pages are filled with tiny text. The reason I gave it 3 stars is because this is focused on children utilizing these books, but if they are new readers to non fiction, it makes me wonder if this would turn them away.

The way the book itself was structured with pictures was also inconsistent, which made it hard to read like a story. I would recommend this to anyone only trying to look up facts for an assignment.