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Twisters! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

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I bought this book for my six year old son, and I was horrified by the way the book began to change about mid-way through.
The details of death and destruction are much too mature for young children, and the illustrations go as far as to show the dead bodies of people and animals lying in the wake of the twister!! I had even flipped through the book before purchasing it but was still unaware of some of the violent images until I read through the entire book. So if you intend to buy this online where you cannot check every page beforehand......beware!

My first grader likes the tornado stories and illustrations in the book. There are also some hurricane stories.

He thinks the most amazing part is when a train passes through a tornado, and the roof of the cab and the roof of all the passenger coaches were ripped off, but no one was hurt. And one time, a farmer saw money coming from the sky -- a tornado had picked it up from a town 100 miles away.

The worst part of the book is when animals and people died and floated around on the streets after a hurricane in Galveston, TX.

The book tells about weather forecasters, scientists, and storm chasers, too.

Interested in weird weather patterns and events? This book is perfect for learning about and/or teaching weird weather! Hurricanes and tornadoes are vividly described by Penner with a well-paced easy to read text! The illustrations are beautiful! A must for elementary school teachers who teach weather units!