This is an exciting read-aloud with a tall-tale bent. Featuring AWESOME illustrations by Kadir Nelson. ( )

Uses hyperbole, similie, and metaphor ( )

Rose was born in the Wild West on a stormy night. The night she was born, she was snoring louder than the thunder that night, giving her the name Thunder Rose. Thunder Rose was not like other little girls, she was stronger and bolder. By the age of two, Thunder Rose constructed a thunderbolt out of iron, named it Cole, and took Cole everywhere. At the age of five, Thunder Rose staked a fence all by herself. The stories in this book of Thunder Rose are nothing shorter than amazing. ( )

Catch lightning? Sing with Thunder? Young Rose is powerful and resourceful. ( )

Thunder Rose is the tall tale of a young girl who the reader can tell is unique from birth. The newborn is able to speak, and even tells her parents that she likes the name Rose. She has such an extreme thirst that she drinks milk straight from the cow's udders. She is able to twist steel, and comes to make barbed wire, which she originally named for the baby, Barbara. At one point, Thunder Rose lassos some clouds in an attempt to squeeze out rain. In rebellion, the clouds gather and swirl into a tornado that further splits in two. Rose ultimately tames the storm with her song of thunder and lightening. ( )