Book list: Wind

Beginning to think about spring weather and one key element, WIND!  Enjoy a few of these windy weather  books that are great for reading aloud to groups or one on one.

Blowin' in the Wind, by Bob Dylan
Classic folk song re-imagined and illustrated by Jon J. Muth.

Feel the Wind, by Arthur Dorros

This scientific book about wind explains what causes wind in clear simple terms.  It includes a project for making a weather vane. 

Flora's Very Windy Day, by Jeanne Birdsall

Flora discovers that she had better be careful what she wishes for when the wind tries to carry off her pesky little brother.

The Gates of the Wind, by Kathryn Lasky

Gamma Lee leaves her peaceful village to journey to the mountains and the place called the Gates of the Wind, where she and the wind battle each other until they learn how to live together.

Gilberto and the Wind, by Marie Hall Ets

A young boy discovers the many faces of the wind as they play together.  

How the Ladies Stopped the Wind, by Bruce McMillan

The women of one village in Iceland decide to plant trees to stop the powerful winds that make it difficult even to go for a walk, but first they must find a ways to prevent sheep from eating all of their saplings, while encouraging chickens to fertilize them.

I Face the Wind, by Vicki Cobb

Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.  For preschool aged children.

Like a Windy Day, by Frank Asch

What are all the different things the wind can do?  Find out by reading about this little girl who imagines she is the wind.

Millicent and the Wind, by Robert N. Munsch

An isolated young girl plays in the mountains and discovers a good friend in the wind.

Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Patricia C. McKissack

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

When the Wind Bears Go Dancing, by Phoebe Stone

A small child joins five woolly Wind Bears as they rumble and tumble through the stormy night sky.

When the Wind Stops, by Charlotte Zolotow

Celebrate the cycle of life as a little boy learns from his mother about how nothing ever really ends.

While You were Chasing a Hat, by Lillian Moore

While the child was chasing her hat, the wind that whirled her hat away was doing other chores.

Whoosh Went the Wind!  by Sally Derby

A boy tries to convince his teacher that the reason he is late for school is that, over and over, he had to undo the damage being caused by the wind, from tearing laundry off the line to blowing away street signs.

The Wind Blew, by Pat Hutchins

A rhymed tale describing the antics of a capricious wind.