Hurricane! by Celia Godkin

Hurricane! by Celia Godkin

On Resource Link's Best of 2008 List

Along Florida's coast, people board up their homes and the animals head inland. A hurricane is bearing down on the coast. When it reaches land, howling winds uproots trees and homes with equal ease. A storm surge devastates the town. Then, after the eerie quiet of the hurricane's eye, the winds howl again, toppling structures that had survived the first onslaught and washing away the remains.

Even as the last of the storm dies down, the process of renewal gradually begins. In the face of a massive disaster, the people, the animals, and the land itself will always find a way to survive and triumph once more.

Award-winning author/illustrator Celia Godkin is known for her children's books that explore nature's remarkable ability to renew itself. In this stunning new book, she has chosen the Florida coast to show that even a hurricane's most destructive force is an integral part of a thriving ecosystem.

Godkin, Celia: - Celia Godkin's career has included work in biology, scientific illustration, and teaching adult art classes at both the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto, where achieved the rank of Associate Professor and received two teaching awards. As an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books, she is best known for debut book, Wolf Island, which won the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. Celia has continued to write and illustrate children's books with environmental themes including Fire! which was shortlisted for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non- Fiction. Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World was nominated for the Green Earth Book Award, the Rainforest of Reading Award, and the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Born in England, Celia lives in Eastern Ontario.

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ISBN 13	9781554550807
ISBN 10	1554550807
Title	Hurricane!
Author	Celia Godkin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Year published	2008-08-15
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.