Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley by Stephen Kramer, Photographs by Warren Faidley (Ages 7-12)

Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley by Stephen Kramer, Photographs by Warren Faidley (Ages 7-12)

Kramer, Stephen. (1997). Eye of the Storm. New York: Scholastic.

Genre: Nonfiction

Lexile: 990L

This is a book about Warren and his storm chasing experiences written into informational picture book. The book talks about: storm chasing, skies, and photos of storms, tornado, lightening, hurricanes, storm safety, and things you can do. The pictures of the storms are amazing and really help keep the attention to what the book is saying. It talks about Warren’s experiences in storm chasing and why he loves it. The book also gives a great deal of information about the above-mentioned topics.

This is a great book to use for language development because the words used in this book are difficult and may need a deeper explanation and since students of this age are curious and enjoy learning new thing I think along with the pictures this would be an enjoyable read for them.

Cognitively students can handle this book because students learn to understand chronological events. This book is set in chronological time because o the way he storm chases and what he does to prepare and after the storm. Students are able to question why he chases storms and learn more about Warren’s true story.

This is an informational book, because it is a book about subjects- this one being the nature and weather and also how things work. The weather is talked about in detail and how the storm chaser deals with different types of weather. Informational books help students develop critical reading and thinking skills. The book has a glossary in the back of it helping show the credibility of the writer.

Mini Lesson- This can be used with a weather unit or as a career unit. Either way it is a different take on weather and weather chasers.

Enjoyment- This is a bit harder read and has many difficult vocabularies for younger students, it would be appropriate for ages 7-12. There is a lot of great information regarding storm chasing as well as information about the weather.