SuitabookHurricanes
Seymour Simon
- Reading
- Preview the images, pause after the formation and scale sections, and discuss warnings and precautions separately from disaster examples. Revisit unfamiliar terms such as storm surge, cyclone and typhoon.
- Themes
- Understanding natural forces: The book explains how hurricanes develop and behave, and relates them to tropical depressions, tropical storms, typhoons and cyclones. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Measuring destructive potential: A section explains categories one to five and uses generic damage photographs to give a visual sense of increasing severity. The scale is presented as a way of describing hurricane strength and damage, rather than as a story of personal conflict.
- Living with risk: The closing material covers forecasting, watches and warnings, preparation before a hurricane and actions after one. The book presents practical responses as part of understanding hurricanes and reducing danger.
- Worth knowing
- Read alongside the child’s questions and reactions.