Synopses & Reviews
Two children experience a tornado.Although she sees them safely to the cellar, Mama has to leave Lucille and Natt and go help Mr. Lyle, an elderly neighbor. She tells the children not to open the door until she comes back. But Mama doesn't come back, and Lucille must comfort Natt throughout the terrifying experience of a tornado.
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"Sweeping, expressive." (Starred, School Library Journal)
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"In this vividly written story, Natt and Lucille learn that life can change with terrifying rapidity . . ." (Starred, School Library Journal)
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". . . Carpenter's generously colored artwork vibrates with the intensity of nature unleashed . . . A rousing tale." (Kirkus Reviews)
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“In this vividly written story, Natt and Lucille learn that life can change with terrifying rapidity when, on a lovely summer day as they are playing outdoors, an onrushing tornado drives them into the storm cellar . . . [They] emerge into the sunlight to find the ground covered with ice diamonds and everyone safe.” - Starred,
School Library Journal“Beards lyrical descriptions of Natt and Lucilles experiences lend a you-are-there immediacy to the tale, while Carpenters generously colored artwork vibrates with the intensity of nature unleashed . . . A rousing tale.” - Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Darleen Bailey Beard, author of
The Flimflam Man, lives in Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Nancy Carpenter, the illustrator of several books, including Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye, lives in Brooklyn, New York.