I Am a Tornado -- Drew Beckmeyer, Hardcover

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.

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.

Author: Drew Beckmeyer
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 12.28h x 9.21w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781665916745
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 03/13/2023
Booklist 05/01/2023 pg. 50

About the Author
Drew Beckmeyer is an author-illustrator and schoolteacher based in Los Angeles who definitely and absolutely never gets upset and never has a hard time admitting something is wrong. Never ever. He is the author-illustrator of I Am a Tornado and The Long Island, which was longlisted for the Klauss Flugge Prize, and the illustrator of Dear Wild Child. Visit him online at DrewBeckmeyer.com.