Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Fradin, Judith Bloom, author. Title: Tornado! : the story behind these twisting, turning, spinning, and spiraling storms / by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin. Publisher, Date: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2011. Description: 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm. Summary: Contains first-hand accounts of tornadoes in the United States, explains why and how tornadoes happen, and discusses ways to stay safe. Target Audience Note: 1120L Lexile Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile Series: National Geographic kids National Geographic kids. Subjects: Tornadoes -- Juvenile literature. Other Author: Fradin, Dennis B., author. Notes: "National geographic kids." Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61) and index. Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 1.0. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2012 Contents: An emergency situation : a twister smashes Greenburg, Kansas -- Nature's most violent storms : tornado science -- Killer tornadoes : true stories of deadly twisters -- Twister prediction : how we know they're coming -- Glossary -- Some website to explore -- Bibliography -- Survivors & witnesses -- Tornado scientists -- Message from Megan Gardiner -- Message from Kevin A. Kloesel -- Index. LCCN: 2010042813 ISBN: 9781426307799 1426307799 9781426307805 1426307802 Other Number: 650211794 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 289331 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 551.553 Fradin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
