Disaster Squad #4: Tornado Rescue

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

Meet the Disaster Squad! Leela, Jaden, and the rest of the Jackson family travel the country and respond to natural disasters, helping people in need and rescuing animals along the way. In this fourth adventure, the Jacksons are called to Oklahoma, where tornadoes are tearing through town. Green skies, swirling winds, fallen trees... There are people and animals in danger! Will the Disaster Squad be able to lend a helping hand or will they be blown away?

With action-packed adventure and artwork on every page, Disaster Squad is the perfect series for any emerging reader!

Rekha S. Rajan, Ed.D. has been an educator for over 20 years. She holds a doctorate and masters in education from Teachers College, Columbia University, in NYC and a masters in early childhood education from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. She taught PreK- 3rd grade for nearly 10 years before directing the graduate programs in early childhood teacher education at National-Louis University and then teaching in the elementary education undergraduate program at Columbia College.

Rekha is the author of six books for teachers. Her book Integrating the Performing Arts in Grades K-5 (SAGE, 2012) includes over 60 lesson plans on how to connect the arts with STEM subjects. She has also conducted and co-authored over 50 program evaluations for the education programs at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Chicago Humanities Festival, the D.C. Collaborative, and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Her work has been featured with NPR, the National Head Start Association, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the California Alliance for Arts Education, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Chicago, Illinois with her family.