I am a big fan of tornadoes, or well, reading about them. Haha, not a fan of getting into them, thankfully my country is pretty safe. However, I was expected a way more fun book than this one. This one reminded me of those little books libraries had (and maybe still have) that you could borrow if you wanted to know more about a subject or needed to do an essay/project/presentation for class. I tried reading it, but it just was a bit too dry for me and again, reminded me a bit too much about those days thinking up for a project/essay prompt and picking up those books. Since I hate presenting in front of people it also reminded me of those feelings.

A successful, if rather oddly-titled, science book for the older primary school students. We start with weather in general – the understanding of hot and cold fronts, climate and how clouds develop – before looking at the actual tornadoes of the title. But they’re gone in a flash before it’s hurricanes, and floods and droughts, and we realise this is actually a welcome guide to extreme weather incidents, pegging its success on just the one kind. Either way, this first came out decades ago, but has been updated for 2021 and on, and covers the latest thinking about climate crises as well. Intelligently understated science behind avalanches, aurorae and a host more gives us just the facts and none of the sensationalism.