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    A Storm Called Katrina
    A Storm Called Katrina
    A Storm Called Katrina
    Audiobook15 minutes

    A Storm Called Katrina

    Written by Myron Uhlberg

    Narrated by Brandon Gill

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    School Library Journal calls this moving tale by Myron Uhlberg a "remarkable homage to New Orleans." A Storm Called Katrina follows Louis Daniel, a 10-year-old boy from New Orleans' Ninth Ward who loves to play the horn just like his idol, Louis Armstrong. The morning after the devastating hurricane rips through his neighborhood, Louis-with his beloved cornet in tow-must brave the rising flood waters and seek shelter with his family at the Superdome. "Children who read [Louis'] story will be the wiser for it ."-New York Times
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 13, 2014
    ISBN9781490639253
    A Storm Called Katrina
    Author

    Myron Uhlberg

    Myron Uhlberg is the award-wining and critically acclaimed author of several children's books, including Dad, Jackie, and Me; A Storm Called Katrina; and The Sound of All Things.

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    • 5/5
      Louis Daniel, a ten year old boy, sends us through a journey that most can't even imagine. This book gives amazing insight into the truth of what happened during this storm. Louis Daniel's home floods during the storm and his family sets off to find shelter, much like most families that didn't leave during the storm. Eventually they make it to the dome where the living conditions are beyond atrocious. He father comes missing and Louis comes up with an amazing plan, to play his cornet that he grabbed before fleeing their home, his father comes running down and the family reunites. They head home, where they belong.
    • 5/5
      This books provides some events that happened to people in Hurricane Katrina, but the book focuses on Louis. Louis plays the horn, and once Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, he is forced to leave his house. On the way when Louis’s father is rowing, Louis sees a dog. Louis wishes to take the dog, but he cannot. Once they arrive to the superdome, they stay there for a few days. His father gets lost and Louis plays his horn in the middle of the Superdome, and his father locates Louis. The story of this boy reflects the story of many New Orleanians. It is nice to learn about the history of New Orleans, and this book would be great for students. The book provides details of why Hurricane Katrina happened, and it provides details about the aftermath of the hurricane.
    • 5/5
      This book is a historical fiction set at the scene of Hurricane Katrina a real historical event and following a fictional character. The story follows a boy and his family as the storm comes, the levee breaks, and the floods come. After a long while floating on a piece of a porch, they make their way to the Super Dome and have to wait in the crowds, getting separated and finding each other again.
    • 5/5
      I thought this story was so beautiful. A young boy has to step up for his family while they are trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina. This story really shows readers what happen to New Orleans and how Katrina affected this city. I'm from New Orleans so this story really touched me. I think this story would be great for children of all ages. I also loved the illustrations, very beautiful.
    • 5/5
      How can I not love this book. It hits so close to hime for me because I lived in the city for katirna and lost my entire home. It is so hard to see all your memorys be washed away, but with love and community, we came back stronger that ever! The saying stands true, there is no place like home!!!!
    • 5/5
      I really liked this book and I also loved the illustrations in it. It tells how Hurricane Katrina affected the New Orleans area and the unity of the residents. Its informative to children and allows them to see what its like when a hurricane hits an area.
    • 5/5
      The events in this book are true to the Katrina experience. The author tells a story that was the reality to thousands of people in New Orleans. i am from New Orleans and knew several people that were trapped in the dome. Their experience was horrible. The only part that is misleading to the reader is the ending. People weren't allowed to go back home, they were placed on buses and shipped out to unknown destinations. Many of them returned while others stayed put. I appreciated the author's sensitivity to young readers. When the paddle hits a bunch of clothes an adult understands what Louis saw but it's left up to individual's how to address it if the story is being read to a small child. This book is wonderful.
    • 5/5
      Louis Daniel is forced to leave his home after Hurricane Katrina ruins everything in his neighborhood in New Orleans. He grabs his most prized possession, his brass cornet and follows his family on search for higher ground. They trudge through the destruction and flooding until they finally reach the Superdome. Louis must use his brass cornet to bring his family back together before they are able to leave and face the aftermath of Katrina. Uhlberg uses realistic dialogue to convey the emotions of the characters, “Where do we go now? I asked. I don’t know, Baby, Mama said.” There is a sense of lost hope and sorrow throughout the book and then at the end the mood picks up and the hope comes back alive. The reader is sent on an emotional ride through the drawing of real-life events from the young boy’s perspective, use of dialogue, and Bootman’s beautifully, detailed oil paintings.
    • 4/5
      A moving and beautifully illustrated story depicting one family's experiences in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
    • 5/5
      Living in New Orleans this book is an excellent book to explain Katrina to children. It is sad, but it is real. What is depicted in the book could have easily been a true story, and it was close to the story that many people have from the storm.
    • 4/5
      This book is sad at the beginning because the water is rising from Hurricane Katrina and the people have to leave their homes. The family stays close together as they move to the dome. One day the father left his wife and son to get water and food for them. The lines were so long that themother and the son thought the father had gotten lost in the dome. So she sent their son to look for the father. He could not find his dad anywhere, then he thought if he blew his horn that his father would find them faster. He blew his horn and the father did find his way back to them. They returned home after the hurricane.
    • 5/5
      This is the story of Louis Daniel and his family in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed.It is well illustrated and tells of the struggle of those trapped in New Orleans.
    • 5/5
      This local literary contribution captures enough of the harsh reality of the Katrina aftermath while remaining age appropriate. The oil paintings which grace the pages beautifully reveals young Louis and his family's remarkable journey through the rising waters, into the Superdome, and onward to safety. A very fitting book for a read aloud in our classrooms when teaching about Hurricane Katrina to those too young to remember.
    • 4/5
      Louis Daniel is a 10-year-old boy growing up in New Orleans who dreams of one day being able to play his beloved cornet just like the great Louis Armstrong. When Hurricane Katrina hits, Louis and his family have to hurry to escape surging floodwaters leaving behind everything, but Louis manages to grab his horn as they’re going out the door. Little does he know how handy it will come in for his family as they head for shelter at the Superdome. A Storm Called Katrina is a gentle introduction for younger readers to the catastrophic hurricane. Uhlberg gives the briefest of glimpses at the hardest topics – coming upon a “pile of clothes” that once was a person, spotting an abandoned pet floating on the flood waters, and the degenerating conditions at the Superdome. Colin Bootman’s illustrations do a fine job of depicting the family’s treacherous escape from the flood waters and the chaos and suffering that soon ensued within the Superdome shelter. If I have one objection, it is that the ending seems too pat, even for a very young audience. It gives the impression that, even after escaping their flooded street on a floating piece of porch, it was a simple thing to just head home after the storm. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but it seems misleading to reduce the aftermath of Katrina into a brief, happy “We’re going home.” Other than this, A Storm Called Katrina is a beautifully illustrated glimpse into a terrible event with a courageous and clever hero to boot.
    • 5/5
      Little Louis Daniel and his family are watching the storm outside their New Orleans home in August of 2005. When that storm changes in the hurricane that decimated cities and towns across the US South, Louis and his mother and father are forced to seek shelter elsewhere, before the water from the broken levees swells up and swallows them. They make it to the Superdome where they’re faced with poor sanitation conditions, no electricity or air-conditioning, and a dwindling food supply. Louis’ father leaves to go find his family something to eat. But when the crowd mentality starts to take over and men start to threaten Louis for his bottle of water, his mother moves them from their spot in the stands. How will Louis’ father ever find them again among the thousands of people? A vital retelling of New Orleans and its infamous hurricane is vividly wrought by Myron Uhlberg in his picture book, “A Storm Called Katrina.” His words are piercing and gripping, placing readers onto the family’s make-shift float, through the flooded streets of central New Orleans or in the stinking, devastated Superdome. Colin Bootman’s dramatic oil paint illustrations capture the story in an impressionistic blurred style that gives the story a bad-dream-like air. Heartbreak is not spared as Uhlberg navigates carefully and poetically around complicated topics for young readers like anger, fear, despair, and death. Recommended for ages 8-10.
    • 5/5
      We all know the story of Katrina. Despite your geographic location, back in August 2005 all eyes were turned towards this massive storm system as it churned its way through the Gulf. You never know with hurricanes ...they can be going one direction and then be hit by another front or steering winds and boom, instead of missing you completely, you are the new bull's eye. This storm started out no different and then grew into a monster. That monster hit New Orleans full steam ahead and brought with it rains and winds like no other...but the worst was yet to come. As the rain piled up, the levees gave way and well, the destruction still haunts us today. This story is a fictional account of Louis Daniel and his family as they struggled to make it through these very real events. The voice of the main character is young (he's 10 years old) but true. Despite having lived so close to the events myself and meeting some of the people displaced by the storm years later, it was through Louis's eyes that mine found tears. The destruction was so complete affecting land, man, and animal. The choices to be made hard in the best of times let alone when everything is being ripped out from under you. The conditions in which they had to live in the following days, so harsh and bleak. Yet despite it all, his family (as did many in real life) pulled together staying strong for each other, ensuring that they knew things would turn out okay. It's just amazing to see the strength of the people from this below-sea-level city in the face of such odds. So many people were affected by this natural disaster and still are to this day. The author did a wonderful job of sharing life from within the storm in a voice that could share the fear of what was happening, the uncertainty of things to come, and the hope that was kept alive by a community that refused to surrender. Take this powerful story and combine it with the artistic renderings throughout book and you have a work perfect for readers of all ages to understand these events more clearly.
    • 3/5
      A Storm Called Katrina is an introductory children's book to what happened on that fateful day in New Orleans. In the book, Louis and his parents push through the rising flood waters to reach the Supderdome. When Louis's father can't be found, Louis takes his cornet to the center of the Superdome and begins to play. While the book goes through the basics of what happened in New Orleans, the book is a little too sugar-coated. While the book is a good stepping off point to discussing hurricanes and Hurricane Katrina, the book in no way portrays the true devastation that occurred in New Orleans and to the thousands of people that were affected by the storm. The book is appropriate for the very young, but not informational enough for older elementary grades. I do like the live pictures and additional reseources listed in the back of the book. This review was written based on the online edition sent via netgalley.com.