Hurricane

Written by John Rocco

Hardcover

$17.99

$16.97

4 - 8

Reading age

Page count

440

Word count

~440L

Lexile measure

Sep 28, 2021

Publication date

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What's Hurricane About

Publisher Summary

A gorgeously-illustrated picture book about the power of community from Caldecott-Honoree John Rocco That night the wind roars and rumbles, like the sound of a thousand waves pounding the shoreline. A young boy’s favorite place in the world is the old, splintery neighborhood dock. At this dock the boy can swim, fish, or watch minnows dart between the rocks. But a hurricane is coming…and its violent winds and rain carry with it anything that can float. Caldecott Honoree John Rocco shows the power of community and the beauty of rebuilding after adversity in this dramatically illustrated follow-up to Blizzard and Blackout.

What Kind of Book is Hurricane

Topics

friendship helping others weather self-esteem social themes self-esteem and self-reliance values and virtues repairing, reusing and repurposing boys and men neighborhoods hurricanes

Genres

action and adventure fiction

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The Creative Behind the Book

Author

John Rocco

John Rocco (www.roccoart.com) studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design and The School of Visual Arts. In addition to writing and illustrating four of his own picture books, including the Caldecott Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling Blackout, he has created all of the cover art for Rick Riordan’s best-selling Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus series. He has also illustrated books by Whoopi Goldberg and Katherine Patterson. Before becoming a full-time children’s book creator, he worked as an art director on “Shrek” for Dreamworks, and for Disney Imagineering. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.