Author Interview – Cornelia Klop
1) What inspired you to write Shelter from the Storm?
My favourite part of teaching was telling stories to the students. Writing a book for children had been on my mind for a while. When a tornado hit Norwich, the idea for this little book was born.

Alisha fastens the clasps on her autograph book and puts it on the picnic table. She skips along with Grandpa toward the doghouse, but she sees Grandpa’s worried look as he checks the darkening sky. “Do you think we’ll have a…a…” What was that word again? “…a tornado?” she asks with a shiver.