In impeccably crisp signature-style illustrations, Caldecott Medalist Chin opens this picture book with a series of sweeping, high-altitude images of a whirling hurricane forming over the Atlantic and heading for North Carolina’s Hattaras Island.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Heart-pounding drama, detailed scientific information, and Chin’s stellar illustrations make this a thoroughly compelling read. . . . A tour-de-force of powerful illustrations combined with accessible scientific information; a title for all library collections. The amazing scientists that endeavor to understand climate change and help to keep civilians safe are given the proper acknowledgement they richly deserve.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Caldecott Medalist Chin braids together three stories: how hurricanes form, how scientists track their potential impact, and how the people of Cape Hatteras, a barrier island off the North Carolina coast, prepare for landfall. . . Deeply empathetic, brilliantly illustrated, and chock-full of information.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Chin (The Universe in You, rev. 1/23) masterfully juxtaposes the experience of people affected by the hurricane with the larger scientific context; stunning illustrations in pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache bring life to massive weather phenomena and to smaller-scale scenes.
—The Horn Book (starred review)
In Hurricane, Caldecott and Sibert Medalist Jason Chin (Watercress; Life After Whale) delivers another sensational work of creative nonfiction that features precise details and exacting illustrations. . . .Hurricane is a top-notch addition to the strong body of hurricane picture books for children.
—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
In a thorough, thoughtful overview aimed at younger audiences, Chin gives a topic of growing concern as hurricanes increase in number and intensity.
—Booklist
Both the text and the illustrations balance the necessarily clinical approach of the scientists with the real human cost of the storm. . . . The delicate art is surprisingly effective in conveying the enormity of the situation, with layered watercolors in aqua and stark white dominating aerial spreads and thin, detailed linework tracing downed trees, worried humans, and of course, the cat.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
With such an abundance of information—always presented in an easily digestible way—the book is ripe for repeat readings. . . . Chin maintains a factual tone throughout, whetting readers’ appetites for knowledge without stoking fears. . . .Offers an invaluable reference for all, including informed young beachgoers, weather watchers and budding scientists.
—BookPage
