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Tornadoes.
Tornadoes are natures most violent storms.
Spawned from powerful thunderstorms,
tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a
neighborhood in seconds.

Gibbons, G. (2009). Tornadoes! New York: Holiday House.

Tornadoes are funnel-shaped clouds that can cause massive
destruction on the ground. Their winds can swirl faster than
260 miles per hour! Using her acclaimed combination of
clear text and detailed illustrations, Gibbons explains how
tornadoes form, the scale used for classifying them, and
what to do in case one should be near you.
Collins, A. (2006). Violent weather: Thunderstorms,
tornadoes, and hurricanes. Washington, DC: National
Geographic.
The origins and manifestations of thunderstorms,
tornadoes, and hurricanes are examined through dramatic
photographs, informative graphics, and easy-to-read text.
Call #:551.55
Hynes, M. (2011). Extreme weather. New York, NY:
Kingfisher.
A visual guide to extreme weather conditions, explaining the
science of thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical cyclones,
snow hazards, and other phenomena, and including fact
boxes, and discussion of air-sea rescue, climate change,
disaster relief, and damage limitation.
Call #:551.55 HYN

Challoner, J. (2004). Hurricane & tornado (Rev. ed.). New

York: Dorling Kindersley Pub.
Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions
around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes,
hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs,
historical background, and legends.
Wendorff, A. (2009). Tornadoes. Minneapolis, MN:
Bellwether Media.
Take cover- a tornado is coming! This book teaches young
readers storm safety tips as it explains how twisters form,
behave, and are tracked and predicted.
Call #:551.5 WEN
Berger, M., & Berger, G. (2000). Do tornadoes really twist?:
Questions and answers about tornadoes and hurricanes.
New York: Scholastic.
Provides answers to a variety of questions about tornadoes
and hurricanes, including Where do most tornadoes strike,
and How long do hurricanes last?
Call #:551.552

Orme, D., & Orme, H. (2005). Tornadoes. New York:

Children's Press.
Visually compelling photos and four-color illustrations help
bring science right into the classrooms--or living rooms--of
young readers. - These books will help prepare young
scientists for upcoming mandatory science testing. - Earth
is a wonderous planet--and What on Earth? will explore
each and every facet of the planet in a way that will delight
2nd to 4th graders, librarians and parents alike! No other
series for this age takes such an in depth look at each
subject covered.
Call #:551.55 ORM

Timmer, R., & Tilin, A. (2010). Into the storm: Violent tornadoes,
killer hurricanes, and death-defying adventures in extreme
weather. [Audio Book]New York, NY: Dutton.
Into the Storm is Timmer's dramatic account of his
extraordinary profession. Each chapter features the story of
one of the 300-plus extreme tornadoes, hurricanes, or
blizzards that Timmer has intercepted over the last decade storms that include the killer F5 tornado that struck Moore,
Oklahoma, in May 1999

BrainPOP - Tornadoes - Movie. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15,

2015, from
https://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/tornadoes/pre
view.weml
On this website youll learn how tornadoes come in all
different shapes and sizes, and discover how big they can
be, and how fast they can move.

Deadliest tornadoes [Motion picture]. (2012). PBS Home

Video.
Deadliest Tornado looks at the scientists striving to
understand the forces at work behind last year's outbreak.
Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future?

Hunt for the supertwister [Motion picture]. (2004). WGBH

Boston.
Can technology help us tame nature's most violent
tornadoes? Little on this earth can withstand the violent fury
of an F5 tornado. A churning vortex with winds over 300
miles an hour, these tornadoes create immense swaths of
death and destruction in a matter of seconds.

Tornadoes. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2015, from

http://www.livescience.com/topics/tornadoes/

There are many interesting tornado articles on this

website.

(n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2015, from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

Weather Wiz Kids weather information for kids. (n.d.). Retrieved

June 15, 2015, from http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weathertornado.htm

Tornado Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2015, from

http://tornado-facts.com/