Description: "Follow a hurricane's four-thousand-mile journey from a hot desert breeze to the most destructive storm on Earth. Includes glossary"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description:
Jieting Chen is an illustrator, animator and designer. With years of experience, she produced and directed several award-winning short animation. Her illustrations are strongly influenced by oriental paintings. The point of views are delicate and sensitive.
Review Quotes: This excellent informational book covers earth science concepts surrounding hurricanes. It takes a complex, often frightening phenomenon and deconstructs it into a step-by-step journey. Instead of focusing solely on the destruction of a landfall event, this book retraces the lifecycle of a storm back to its humblest beginnings: a ripple of warm air off the coast of Africa and a cluster of thunderstorms over the Atlantic. The illustrations range from bright, shimmering turquoise waters to the deep gray oceans during a storm. Cross-section diagrams show readers a wide variety of storm-related visuals, such as a non-threatening peek inside the eye wall. This is a good choice for primary, elementary, and children's public libraries. The illustrations capture readers with fabulous details that add to the informative text.
Verdict: Text and illustrations encourage a child's curiosity by providing real meteorological facts while using the look and rhythm of a picture book to keep them engaged.-- "School Library Journal, STARRED Review"