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The fluid, rhyming text offers some basic facts about thunderstorms; the well-researched back matter presents a more detailed account … An informative read-aloud choice for home or classroom. * Booklist, starred review, on ZAP! CLAP! BOOM! THE STORY OF A THUNDERSTORM *Science collides with poetry in Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm, in which Laura Purdie Salas’s pit-a-pat rhymes match the tempo of a rain shower. * Shelf Awareness on ZAP! CLAP! BOOM! THE STORY OF A THUNDERSTORM *With eye-catching art and lines that roll off the tongue, this book would be well-suited to raucous but stealthily informative science-based story hour. * BCCB on ZAP! CLAP! BOOM! THE STORY OF A THUNDERSTORM *Salas’s onomatopoeic verse conveys both the ferocity of a thunderstorm and the wonder it can inspire; it begs to be read aloud. * The Horn Book on ZAP! CLAP! BOOM! THE STORY OF A THUNDERSTORM *The book is a perfect read-aloud … A lovely, vocabulary-stretching, story-hour gift for a cozy day. * School Library Journal on ZAP! CLAP! BOOM! THE STORY OF A THUNDERSTORM *The buildup and arrival of a wild thunderstorm offers both eye-widening drama and lessons in atmospheric phenomena … A crashing success. * Kirkus Reviews on ZAP! CLAP! BOOM! THE STORY OF A THUNDERSTORM *

Laura Purdie Salas has written more than 130 books, including Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm, Lion of the Sky, Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten, and Snowman-Cold=Puddle. Her books have earned the Minnesota Book Award, NCTE Notables, starred reviews, and more. Laura grew up in Florida, but she has lived in Minnesota all her adult life. She loves thunderstorms, snowstorms, and brainstorms.

Chiara Fedele is an illustrator living and working outside Milan, Italy. Picture books she has illustrated include Once Upon a Hillside, The First Notes, The Stars Will Be My Nightlight, Rewilding, and Fire Flight.