¿Qué es un tornado? En estos tiempos de clima extremo, la informativa introducción a los tornados escrita por Gail Gibbons, recién actualizada, responde a esa pregunta y proporciona además prácticos consejos de seguridad.
Los tornados se forman cuando al aire caliente y húmedo se eleva desde el suelo y se encuentra con aire más frío y denso que baja hacia la tierra. Las dos corrientes de aire comienzan a arremolinarse, incorporando más y más aire hasta producir una nube en forma de embudo. ¡Los vientos pueden girar a más de 261 millas por hora (420 kilómetros por hora)!
Recién revisado y avalado por expertos en meteorología de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica, ¡Tornados! es una introducción perfecta al conocimiento de ese fascinante fenómeno. Con los elogiados textos precisos e ilustraciones detalladas característicos de Gail Gibbons, este libro contiene más de cincuenta datos sobre los tornados, entre ellos, cómo se forman, qué escala se utiliza para clasificarlos y cuáles son los lugares más seguros donde protegerse en caso de que se produzca un tornado cerca.
Por sus textos sencillos y amenos para los niños, sus ilustraciones llenas de color y los claros diagramas informativos, los libros de no ficción de Gail Gibbons se consideran "indispensables en cualquier colección" (Kirkus Reviews). Presentan temas complejos de manera clara y accesible para los jóvenes lectores que empiezan a explorar el mundo.
About the Author
From gailgibbons.com: I was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1944. Even as a little child, I was always busy putting books together. Sometimes I would bind them with yarn to hold the pages together. I've always loved drawing and painting. I was also a very curious child. My parents tell me that I was always asking lots and lots of questions.Later, I went on to the University of Illinois, where I studied graphic design. Then I moved to New York City, where I got a job doing artwork for television shows. Eventually I was asked to do the artwork for a children's show. While doing that show, some of the children asked me if I had ever thought of doing children's books. My mind immediately recalled how much I enjoyed doing that type of thing when I was a child. So I put an idea for a book together and right away a publisher bought it. That book was called Willy and His Wheel Wagon. Since then, over 170 books that I have written and illustrated have been published. The type of books I write are non-fiction books. This is because I love researching so much. I get to ask lots of questions, just like when I was a kid. I also get to travel and meet lots of interesting people. While doing research for my book Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests, I traveled to two islands where there are tropical rain forests, Saba and Dominica. I also had a great time writing and illustrating the book. I get a lot of pleasure from doing the type of work I do.
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