Hugo, who begins as a little thunderstorm playing with fish in the ocean, becomes bored, seeking excitement and adventure elsewhere. He undergoes a metamorphosis, changing him into an awesome... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book brings a hurricane to life. It is a terrific book for teachers to read to students when doing a weather unit, and it is a book that children will simply enjoy reading themselves. It shows how a hurricane starts out small and builds as it move across the ocean. The hurricane is personified, and isn't satisfied until it becomes larger and larger. I like the book because it is about a real occurance that affected the lives of many people, but is explained in terms easy enough for children to understand. It is based upon the actual hurricane that hit Charleston, SC, in 1989. The pictures are great, also. I read the book to my class and they loved it!
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