Tornado (novel)
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Tornado (1996) is a children's book by Betsy Byars, illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami.
To calm the fears of his boss's sons as they wait out a tornado in a storm cellar, Pete tells some well-worn stories of his childhood dog, Tornado: how he arrived intact in his doghouse during another tornado; how he could do a card trick; how he met the cat Five-Thirty; how he was reunited with his previous owners. Other stories will have to wait for another storm.
Reception
Language Arts called the book "memorable and easy to read."[1] Thelma Nelson of The Reading Teacher stated: "These engaging stories keep the reader or listener entertained from start to finish."[2] Maeve Visser Knoth of The Horn Book Magazine wrote: "The format, with large print and plenty of white space, is inviting to younger middlegrade readers, who will move easily through Tornado and on into the canon of dog stories."[3] The Tampa Tribune opined that Byars "creates subtle but masterly literary patterns of language, characterization, suspense and gentle humor."[4]
References
- ↑ "Tornado". Language Arts. April 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Tornado". The Reading Teacher. November 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ↑ Knoth, Maeve Visser (November 1996). "Tornado". The Horn Book Magazine. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Children's books". The Horn Book Magazine. November 23, 1997. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
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