Twisters

Reading on your own One moment, it is sunny and calm. The next moment, a whirling black funnel cloud touches down. Take cover! It’s a twister! This classic Step into Reading science title is brimming with facts about tornadoes and hurricanes. Whether kids are interested in the science of how they form, the history of famous storms, or offbeat stories like the tornado that picked up hundreds of fish and dropped them on a town, they’ll find it in Twisters!, now with all-new illustrations and photographs throughout.

Discusses tornadoes, how they form, and the damage they can do.

When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. Little do they know that even if they do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only just begun. ... Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1984 (NSTA/CBC) 1988 Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota) 1987 Prairie Pasque Award (South Dakota) 1987 Sequoyah Children's Book Award (Oklahoma).

Okay. You are living and working in the United States, or perhaps you are living and working in your home country using English on a daily basis for business. You have basic English language fluency. I admire you because it has been a dream of mine to be able to speak another language--any language--as well as you speak English. But darn it! Don't you get a little tired of those funny looks? Doesn't it get annoying to hear, "Could you repeat that please?" The purpose of this workbook and accompanying CDs, is to help you realize why you get those occasional reactions from your listeners, and to take the good English you already have and polish it enough to keep those questions to a bare minimum. And while we're at it, I'd like for you to have some fun!

Singing Tongue Twisters A-Z contains 50 fun filled wacky warm-ups to improve pronunciation, vocal range, and technique. Perfect for teachers and kids, this fun sing-a-long book contains musical tongue twisters of variable difficulty levels, read-a-long worksheets, and a 50 track sing-a-long CD. Singing Tongue Twisters A-Z is an excellent warm-up tool for choral groups and fun practice workbook for individual singers.

If you think Peter Piper and his peck of pickled peppers are played out, see if this new collection of tongue twisters doesn't tickle your funny bone. Sputter, stammer and slur your way through dozens of original twisters, from rhymes to animal stories to short and sweet one-liners. Hours of language-induced laughter lurk within these pages, whether you master "three thieves leave" or mangle "six slick sticks." Try three times to twist your tongue around these stupefyingly silly sayings. Children of all ages will want to test them out and share them. Just be prepared to have some ridiculous fun.

500 of the toughest tongue tanglers, with silly illustrations. Index. "Gr.3-5. Gets points for quality...and most of the offerings will be new to readers."--Booklist. 128 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.