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“Water kept rising. Streets disappeared. Homes floated away.“

The book‘s style is engaging, with dynamic text and illustrations that draw readers into Hurricane Katrina‘s story. The language is vivid and descriptive, helping students visualize the disaster and its impact, making the book both informative and memorable.

Drowned City brings the story of Hurricane Katrina to life with vivid illustrations and clear, engaging text. In the classroom, it can help students understand the real-life impact of natural disasters, explore cause-and-effect relationships, and discuss community resilience and human responses to crisis

“The illustrations are simple but full of humor as the animals take on characteristics of humans and contemporary society (e.g. eating in an upscale restaurant, sitting in a classroom, visiting a museum complete with paintings of mice in the medieval wedding portrait by Jan van Eyck, and gazelles portraying The Kiss by Gustav Klimt).”

Read the full review here:
https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/xvii-4/6/

Got these from the nearby book swap a little while back.

This book looked at the preparation (or lack thereof) and response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the gulf states. The focus is placed on New Orleans where things went completely off the rails. With the storm having been nearly twenty years ago, I had forgotten a number of the details or never knew them as an outsider. The poor decision-making, lack of planning, and inadequate response made for a maddening listen.