Swept Up by the Book ‘Twisters!’

A twister is a tornado. It can rip off clothes. It can pick up a car or even a house.

Most tornados hit the Midwest in an area called Tornado Alley. The tornado begins to look like a funnel hanging from the sky. If it touches the ground, it’s a tornado!

Some tornados seem crazy. One day a tornado picked up a crate of eggs, and none of the eggs broke!

In Illinois a farmer saw money that had been carried from a town 100 miles away! I learned this from the non-fiction book “Twisters!” by local author Lucille Recht Penner. I was also amazed to learn that “dust devils” that happen around here are a form of twister! This book also teaches you what the National Weather Service is doing to help us learn more about tornados and hurricanes. The illustrations by Allen Garns are nicely detailed and help you feel what it’s like to be in a twister. This book is informative and entertaining, and I highly recommend it—it could save your life!

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