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Hurricanes!

Young readers can learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is coming their way.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibbons, Gail
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, c2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Hurricanes > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Young readers can learn how hurricanes are formed, how they are named and classified, and what to do if a dangerous storm is coming their way.
Physical Description:	32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Audience:	004-008.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).
ISBN:	9780823422333 (hardcover) 082342233X (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. (Bowker Author Biography)