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Batter up Wombat

An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
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Tornado alert!

From the anatomy of a tornado to the weather conditions that invite them to form, this book has everything a person wants to know about tornados.
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Extreme weather

Looks at dangerous types of storms and other storm-related disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning.
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Tornadoes

An introduction to tornadoes with information on how they begin, when and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst storms of this century.
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The treacherous tornado mystery

Curie and Nick Masters follow their mad-scientist father to some of the country's most tornado-prone locations, learning about past tornadoes and the possibility of future ones.

Tornadoes

Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.

Tornado alert!

Photographs and text provide information about tornadoes, explaining what they are and how they form, how they are studied, the damage they can cause, and how to stay safe, and includes a look at some famous twisters.

Barn storm

When a tornado touches down in a pond on Farmer Brown's property, it sets off a chain of events among the barnyard animals that soon has every creature displaced, but not unhappy.

The Joplin tornado, 2011

2017
In 2011, eleven year old Dexter is thrilled to have the opportunity to go storm chasing with Dr. Norman Gage, but when the tornado they are following changes direction, Dexter's bravery is about to be tested.

Tornadoes

An exploration of tornadoes, covering what causes them, chasers, myths about them, significant tornadoes, and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

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