storms

Provides information about violent weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, lightning, blizzards, monsoons, and sandstorms.

Profiles the work of Brian Taggart, a pilot for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose job involves flying directly into dangerous storms.

Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving, all critical thinking skills, while learning key scientific principles about weather patterns.

A mysterious stranger visits the island where Simon and his sister Ellen live, bringing with him an unexpected storm and a riddle that may lead to treasure.

"A wide-ranging survey of the deadliest storms in history, from blizzards and tornadoes to hurricanes and wildfires, and even freak storms when animals fall out of the air. Includes quiz"--Provided by publisher.

Provides information about tornadoes and hurricanes, discussing how they form and the damage they cause, and looks at the activities of people who follow, film, and report on dangerous storms.

Provides information about storms, discussing what they are, why they occur, types of storms, the consequences of the disasters, and how to prepare for them, and features comments about storms from eyewitnesses and rescue workers.

Looks at snowstorms, explaining how snowflakes form, discussing the potential dangers of snowstorms and blizzards, and showing how scientists track storms.

As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage's tale of a newly-hatched, orphaned, skibberee, or tooth fairy, called What-the-Dickens, who hopes to find a home among the skibbereen tribe, if only he can stay out of trouble.

Describes how violent storms and hurricanes are formed and notes some of history's greatest storms to hit the United States such as Hurricane Katrina.