Twisters and Other Terrible Storms: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday

Osborne, Will

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Random House

Just the Series: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Vol. 8

Series and Publisher: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker

Annotation: Describes the changing nature of weather and how meteorologists predict and study such storms as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.

Genre: [Earth and space sciences]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #140384

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Random House

Edition Date: 2003 Release Date: 02/25/03

Illustrator: Murdocca, Sal,

Pages: 119 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-375-81358-6 Perma-Bound: 0-605-97611-2

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-375-81358-0 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-97611-5

Dewey: 551.55

LCCN: 2011010462

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Severe storms. Juvenile literature.
Meteorology.
Weather.
Blizzards.
Hurricanes.
Tornadoes.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2003)

Readers will learn how different weather patterns form in the earth's atmosphere, from mild winds and minor showers to hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards. Liberally illustrated with black-and-white photos and pencil drawings, the book has the same approachability as the fiction series. The information is both entertaining and useful. Resources, websites. Ind.

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Horn Book (Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2003)

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 111-113) and index.

Word Count: 4,975

Reading Level: 4.8

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.8 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 73016 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:3.1 / points:3.0 / quiz:Q33353

Lexile: 740L

Guided Reading Level: R

Fountas & Pinnell: R

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