Name: I Am a Tornado
ISBN: 9781665916745

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Feelings in the Funnel

A rampaging tornado and an empathetic cow make room for anger, listening, and a little absurdity.

Come here for

A quirky, gentle take on anger and compassion
Picture-book humor with an empathetic cow

Expect

A tornado that can’t name its own anger
Listening at the heart of the mayhem

Book Details

Authors: Drew Beckmeyer
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: May 9, 2023
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Cow Stories · Big Feelings
Reading lane: Cow Stories

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Publisher Categories

Cow Stories
Funny Stories
Big Feelings

About This Book

An emotionally unaware tornado carves a path of destruction until it picks up a very empathetic cow in this quirky and sweet picture book about compassion and navigating negative emotions from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Drew Beckmeyer. Tornado is on a rampage. It tosses cars and knocks over barns. Tornado is also angry, only it doesn’t know that or want to admit it. Then Tornado picks up Cow. Oh, no! Cow would like to be put down. Fortunately, Cow is a good l...

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An emotionally unaware tornado carves a path of destruction until it picks up a very empathetic cow in this quirky and sweet picture book about compassion and navigating negative emotions from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Drew Beckmeyer. Tornado is on a rampage. It tosses cars and knocks over barns. Tornado is also angry, only it doesn’t know that or want to admit it. Then Tornado picks up Cow. Oh, no! Cow would like to be put down. Fortunately, Cow is a good listener. And sometimes Tornado just needs to be heard.