Aunt Minnie and the Twister

By Mary Skillings Prigger

Book Overview

From warm-hearted storyteller Mary Skillings Prigger and award-winning illustrator Betsy Lewin comes another affectionate, humorous tale about the indomitable spinster Aunt Minnie and her nine adopted nieces and nephews. Minnie keeps her growing kids busy--they plant in the spring, harvest in the summer, and can in the fall. But when a wild twister sweeps through the farm one spring day, everything turns topsy-turvy. Luckily, Aunt Minnie knows just what to do Evocative, rhythmic text and joyful watercolors depict the passing of seasons on a small farm and paint an affectionate portrait of a true problem solver and her spirited and loving family.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618111360
• ISBN13: 9780618111367
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

I enjoy it

This is the sequel to Aunt Minnie McGranahan, a book that always makes me cry (in a good way). Like the first book, this book includes several interesting pages of description of Aunt Minnie's system and the routines of living on a farm. Then it gets to the meat of the story - a tornado comes, the family huddles together in the storm shelter, and when it's all over they see that their house has been turned right around! So, they add a new room to the house and make the front the back, and the family reaffirms its togetherness. It's a very touching story. Maybe not quite as good as the first book, but then, that book is in a class of its own.