8/9/24

Ladybug Nominee

I Am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)

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.

About Drew Beckmeyer

His website it at https://www.drewbeckmeyer.com/

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This is one of nine titles nominated for the 2024 Ladybug Picture Book Award.
We will be posting information about a different nominee each Friday throughout the summer and will issue a pdf voters guide featuring all the titles at Labor Day.

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