Hurricane!

By Jonathan London

Book Overview

The power, danger, and excitement of a hurricane are brought to life in this picture book. (School Library Journal)

Told from the perspective of a boy who witnesses the sky growing ominously purple and rushes to evacuate with his family, Hurricane is set in Puerto Rico and based on a childhood experience of the author's.

The family huddles together in a shelter while the winds howl. They and their neighbors take solace from gently singing Silent Night while waiting out the storm.

The you-are-there immediacy of this picture book, which ends with the family back home on a gorgeous sunny day, allows children to safely experience the drama of surviving a hurricane.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688129773
• ISBN13: 9780688129774
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Hurricane

I use this book with my students to teach visualization. It works very well.

Very exciting story!

My 5 year old son has a great interest in weather, especially rainstorms, and he absolutely loved this book! I would have given it 5 stars, but it was a bit implausible that the boys' parents would have let them go swimming in the ocean the morning before a hurricane was to arrive. However, that's what made the story so exciting to my son!