Customer Reviews

The Big Storm

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I am a junior scientist, because I study whales and storms and what storms can do. And I am a junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park. "The Big Storm" is the best book I have ever read, even better than "Baby Whale Rescue" by Caroline Arnold.

I have read "The Big Storm" and the dates it came in was March 31 through April 6, 1982. Storms can have very strong winds and in Nebraska the wind blew hard enough to pick up cow chips.

I liked this book so much because it showed where tornados were, and where the cold front was. The cold front extended from Mexico to Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, half of Colorado and all of California.

I think you should read this book if you are 6 to 65 years old.

I purchased this book for the daughter (third grader) of a friend. The young girl has shown a nice interest in summer science projects and computing. Computing goes nicely with the science of weather forecasting, so I thought this nicely illustrated account of an actual big storm that swept across much of the U.S. in 1982 would be good summer reading.

The reading level was posted as ages 4-8 but I would say 7-8, although the ample illustrations make it a book that ages 4-6 would enjoy with an adult reader.

My 9 year old son had a nonfiction book report to do, and I found this book at our library. After he read it alone, we read it again together to make sure he understood the various explanations of how storms form and travel (especially since he had to grasp enough to be able to put the information into his own words). The drawings are beautiful, and the diagrams explain atmospheric changes well, although children without a natural interest in the subject might need a little more explanation from an older reader. Both of us learned a lot from this book--especially since we are just now recovering from a blizzard!

I added this book to several gift lists I maintain for young relatives, and I recommend it highly.