Hurricane

super awesome illustrations and is a good book for young ones to learn about the effects of hurricanes in a less lectured way

To be perfectly honest, I didn't enjoy this Wiesner book as much as I enjoyed his other works. I didn't think that the narrative flowed very well; it felt clunky and awkward. Still, I enjoyed the illustrations and the story line had enough content to keep me interested overall--even though I didn't

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like the individual passages. In short, a hurricane hits two brothers' neighborhood. They have a very big, very old tree in their yard, which the hurricane brings down. The morning after the hurricane, the brothers go out and play in the downed tree--space shuttle, jungle, pirate ship--those are all the scenarios that they use the tree for. After a day of hard play, they head inside for the night, In the morning, men with chainsaws come to cut up the tree and haul it away--it fell into a neighbor's yard. However, there's still one tree left in the yard, and after a storm is predicted again, the boys watch the remaining tree to see if it will fall. This was published in 1992, and it may feel a little dated in some way: after Katrina, we've changed the way we prepare for and think about hurricanes. In conclusion: a solid piece of work--but not my favorite--Hurricane is recommended for all collections.

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This is a tale of two brothers who make the best of a storm. A hurricane blows down a huge elm tree and it becomes their place of refuge and adventure. They travel to outer space and go on a safari only to find that one day it's gone. This adorable book demonstrates how to make the best out of a

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mess.

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I really enjoyed this book and I believe it is a good book to read to your students to talk about nature and storms. Living on the coast and going back there I could read this before Hurricane season. It is about two boys who use their imagination during a storm that knocked down a tree. Even

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though the storm is scary and a bad thing they do what they can and make good of the situation.

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"Hurricane" by David Wiesner is an amazing story of two brothers who experience a Hurrican together during their childhood. The boys end up riding out the hurricane safely and step outside the next day to see that a large tree had fallen across their lawn into their neighbors yard. Right away, the

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boy's imaginations go to work and they pretend that the tree is in the heart of the jungle, where they stalk a mighty leopard (their house cat). Next, the boys pretend thats they are at sea with giant pirate ships. Then the boys journey into outer space to the stars and beyond. The boys are sad when one morning they awake to the sound of chainsaws moving and cutting the tree away. They are sad, but get excited when they hear that another storm is coming and hope that maybe another tree will safely fall to the ground so that they can come up with more adventures to go on using only their imaginations.

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Hurricane by David Wiesner is about two brothers in the aftermath of a hurricane. A tree falls during the storm. This tree becomes the focus of the story because the boy’s use this tree for make believe adventures. They use the tree along with their imagination to create adventures. At the end

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the book I felt kind of sad because the tree was taken away. But you get the feeling that boy’s adventures will live on. This book will be good to use when teaching about different kinds of weather.

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After a hurricane comes through, David and George wake up to find a big tree laying across the neighbor's yard. They use the true to go on a safari, sail the seas, and even go into outer space. However, one morning they wake up to find that their beloved tree will be no more.

Another magical Wiesner effort- soo-poib!

A hurricane comes through David and George's town. This storm leaves a toppled tree for them to play in, through this tree they go on safari and explore other worlds.

The morning after a hurricane, two brothers find an uprooted tree which becomes a magical place, transporting them on adventures limited only by their imaginations.

The imagination of two brothers comes to life as the play in a tree knocked over by a hurricane the night before. This felt like two different books, one about a family getting through a hurricane and one about the power of imagination, and the two don't blend together well. Not my favorite Wiesner

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book, though the illustrations are still outstanding.

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This book came with a CD for a multimedia experience. It's a story about two brothers who witness a hurricane going through their neighbourhood and how a fallen tree triggers their imagination. The illustrations were good, the story was simple but fun, but the background music on the CD was

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distracting, not to mention godawful and terribly dated. I'd like to say I'm not basing my rating on that, but the book minus the audio would probably have been more pleasant.

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I really enjoyed this book and I thought the imagination that the characters had in this book was awesome! The illustrations were also amazing! Basically, what happens in this story is a bad storm comes through and knocks down a tree and the brothers end up playing with this knocked down tree and

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have all of these adventures until one day the tree is no longer there because it got cleaned up. Then at the end another storm is about to come through so the brothers are hoping it will knock the tree over in their yard so they can keep it there to play with. I think this would be a great book to use in an elementary classroom as a read aloud when talking about weather, specifically hurricanes or bad storms.

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"Hurricane" by David Weisner is about two boys that experience a hurricane safely from inside their own home. The next day they go out into the yard and discover a fallen tree. They turn the tree into a jungle and play "safari". Though this is a great book it falls short from the other Wiesner

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books.

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"Hurricane" is a book about a couple of boys and their family enduring a hurricane. At the beginning of the story, the father calls the boys in because the hurricane was ramping up, and the winds were getting stronger. The boys sat inside and watched as the hurricane passed through. During this

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time the boys had questions such as what happened to animals during the time of a hurricane. The boys discussed matters such as this as time passed by. When the kids awoke in the morning, they witnessed a tree in their neighbor's yard that had fallen down because of the gusty winds. The boys climbed atop the tree and embarked upon an adventure. They traveled through forests, flew up with the stars. Eventually the ride was over because someone in their neighbors yard was ordered to chop down the tree. Later on that day another storm was due to hit, and the boys hoped for another adventure with another downed tree.

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I loved this because I grew up in New Orleans where you have hurricanes and knew what they were going through in this book because I go through it all of the time. Another thing that I liked was how this book uses imagination. I will definatly read this book to my students because I feel that I

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could teach them about hurricanes when Iread this book to them.

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The morning after a hurricane, two brothers find an uprooted tree. which becomes a magical place, transporting them on adventures limited only by their imaginations.

Based on David Wiesner's childhood, this story is about a fallen tree that him and his brother turn into a source of imagination and adventure.

I thought the idea was very relate able because I feel a lot of kids at one time or another play in a tree or woods and pretend that it is a jungle, outer

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space etc., but I felt that Wiesner was too wordy and took to long to get into the point of the story.

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The story starts with the description of the Hurricane through the eyes of two boys. It explores the feelings, thoughts of children as a storm is predicted to hit. In the morning they find a large tree has fallen. The book illustrates beautiful pictures of how the children play with the fallen

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tree. The tree was a special place until it had to be cleaned up. In the end another storm is coming. I would use this story while teaching weather.

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David Wiesner tells the story about 2 brothers who are about to experience their first hurricane. Their parents prepare everything from grocery shopping, torches, candles, etc. After the night of the hurricane, the two brothers found one of the huge elm trees lying in the garden; the hurricane has

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uprooted it. But they do not worry about the tree but use their imagination and see it as an incentive for playing. In their imagination they are traveling to places very far away....
A recommendable book for boosting the children's imagination a little bit and take away the fear of terrible thunderstorms.

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The book tells the story about two boys during an hurricane and afterwards. A tree got destroyed because of the hurricane and they enjoy playing there. It shows the effects a hurricane could have, but very, very superficially. And it puts the hurricane in a more positive light, although for many

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people it definitely has not been like that.

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I enjoyed reading this book during weather units in my elementary school classes! Neat pictures and cute story here. Eventhough I love a good storm, my favorite scenes in this book are when the two boys are enjoying the fallen tree.

Two brothers and their parents (and a cat) wait out a hurricane in their home. After the storm the brothers enjoy playing imaginatively in a fallen tree. Vivid color illustrations.

Adorable book, I love any book that speaks to imagination. Very entertaining read. Might be useful during hurricane season.