Children in Alabama are very familiar with tornadoes, but they may not understand hurricanes. Even if they've heard of Hurricane Katrina and the trouble she caused for New Orleans in 2005, that was literally a lifetime ago for them. If you're trying to explain Hurricane Sandy and her aftermath to your kids, here's a list of books that can help.

Anatomy of a Hurricane by Terri Dougherty (Velocity Disasters series - 2011)
Calvin Coconut: Hero of Hawaii by Graham Salisbury (fiction - 2011)
Hurricane Force: In the Path of America's Deadliest Storms by Joseph B. Treaster (2007)
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by John Albert Torres (Robbie Reader Natural Disasters series - 2007)
Hurricanes! by Gail Gibbons (2009)
Hurricanes by Kay Manolis (Blastoff! Readers Extreme Weather series - 2009)
Hurricanes by Angela Royston (Eyewitness Disaster series - 2011)
Hurricanes by Barbara A. Somervill (Real World Math series - 2012)
Hurricanes: Weathering the Storm by Benjamin Hojem (All Aboard Science Reader - 2010)
I Survived: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 by Lauren Tarshis (fiction - 2011)
Inside Hurricanes by Mary Kay Carson (2010)
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes (fiction - 2010)
A Place Where Hurricanes Happen by Renee Watson (picture book - 2010)
Storm of the Century: A Hurricane Katrina Story by Stephanie Peters (Graphic Flash series - 2009)
Storm Runners by Roland Smith (fiction - 2011)