What's in the News -- Program #2209: Feature: Hurricanes

#2209–Feature: Hurricanes
Initial Feed: Friday, November 5, 1999

* KID’S RESOURCES *

ON-LINE:

Is your name on the list of hurricanes past and present? Find out at this site:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.html

IN THE LIBRARY:

NON FICTION

Barrett, Norman S. Hurricanes and Tornadoes. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.

Elsom, Derek. Weather Explained. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997.

Lauber, Patricia. Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms. New York: Scholastic Press, 1996.

FICTION

Duey, Kathleen and Karen A. Bale. Survival Hurricane: Open Seas. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999.

During almost four years at sea with her whaling captain father, 13-year-old Rebecca finds life difficult when the ship is nearly sunk by a hurricane.

Wiesner, David. Hurricane. New York: Clarion Books, 1990.

The morning after a hurricane, two brothers find an uprooted tree, which becomes a magical place, transporting them on adventures limited only by their imaginations.

Pfitsch, Patricia Curtis. Keeper of the Light. New York: Simon and Shuster Books for Young Readers, 1997.

After her father’s death in 1872, Faith takes over his job as lighthouse keeper on Lake Superior. But when her mother decides to move into town, Faith finds herself stifled by the role society expects her to play.

MAGAZINE:

"Whirligig Science." Odyssey Magazine. New York: Cobblestone Publishing. Nov., 99; pp 44-45.