Pub Date: January 1, 2012
Dewey: 551.553
LCCN: 2011028743
Lexile Code: 0550
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.27" H x 9.06" L x 6.42" W ( 0.27 lbs) 24 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters | Earth Sciences - Weather | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
Series: First Graphics: Wild Earth
Description: In graphic novel format, text and illustrations explain how tornadoes form, how they are measured, and how to stay safe during one.
Brief description: Aleksandar Sotirovski (1971) is a Macedonian illustrator and comic artist who for the past 35 years has contributed substantially to the raising of his country's standards in this field.
Review Quotes: Early nonfiction readers meet graphic novels in this series that provides engaging basic natural disaster overviews. The three chapter structure introduces a natural disaster, how people study it, and ways to stay safe. Illustrated panels include maps and labeled diagrams, allowing for media literacy and social studies connections.-- "Library Media Connection"