Windsongs : poems about weather

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Title:

Alternate title:

Wind songs

Author:

Florian, Douglas, author, illustrator.

Summary:

"Weather describes our atmosphere. Like whether it's cloudy, or whether it's clear. Whether it's freezing, or frosty, or cool. Whether it's snowing-- today there's no school! Learn about all sorts of weather all over the world, from a regular rainy day to a hurricane, from fog to frost, from droughts to dewy mornings. With clever poems perfect for reading aloud and fact-filled backmatter, young readers can explore both everyday and once-in-a-lifetime natural phenomena."-- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 4-8 Beach Lane Books.

Grades 2-3 Beach Lane Books.

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

Weather -- Atmosphere -- Sun -- Cloud -- Rain -- Hurricane -- Hail -- Wind -- Frost -- Lightning -- Thunder -- Snow -- Tornado -- Fog -- Flood -- Drought -- Weather instruments -- Meteorologist -- Dew -- Climate change.

Physical Description:

48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Genre:

Nature poetry.

Subject Term:

Weather -- Juvenile poetry.

Meteorology -- Juvenile poetry.

Children's poetry

Publisher:

Beach Lane Books,

Publication Date:

2024

ISBN:

9781665937726

Publication Information:

New York : Beach Lane Books, [2024]

Call Number:

J 811 FLORIAN

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Discover the fascinating world of weather through clever and entertaining poetry in this "delightfully sunny" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) picture book from celebrated poet Douglas Florian, creator of Dinothesaurus , Poetrees , and UnBEElievables .

Weather describes our atmosphere. Like whether it's cloudy, or whether it's clear. Whether it's freezing, or frosty, or cool. Whether it's snowing--today there's no school!

Learn about all sorts of weather all over the world, from a regular rainy day to a hurricane, from fog to frost, from droughts to dewy mornings. With clever poems perfect for reading aloud and fact-filled backmatter, young readers can explore both everyday and once-in-a-lifetime natural phenomena.

Author Notes

Douglas Florian, writer and illustrator of children's books, was born March 18, 1950 in New York City. He was educated at Queens College of the City University of New York, receiving a B.A. in 1973. He also attended the School of Visual Arts in 1976.

His early work was as a political illustrator and cartoonist; he did many drawings for The New York Times and for the New Yorker magazine. More recently, his self-illustrated books include A Fisher, Beast Feast, and Bing Bang Boing. His illustrations have appeared in Freeing the Natural Voice (with Kristin Linklater), Dorothy O. Van Woerkom's Tit for Tat, and Thomas M. Cook and Robert A. Russell's Introduction to Management Science. Additionally, he has contributed more than 300 drawings to magazines and newspapers, including Travel and Leisure, Across the Board, and The Nation.

Florian has received numerous awards including the Reading Magic Award from Parenting magazine in 1994 for Bing, Bang, Boing. He was the Books of Distinction finalist in the Hungry Mind Review for Bing Bang Boing. Beast Feast received the Gold Medal from the National Parenting Publications awards in 1994, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Poetry in 1995, and Dinothesaurus was a Junior Library Guild Selection in 2010.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 1--This nonfiction picture book blends the beauty of weather with the elegance of poetry through its unique and memorable style. Each spread features a different element of weather, including types of storms, instruments used to measure weather, and more. The verses all vary in style, incorporating some rhymes and visual stylings to connect the words with their topics of focus. Many poem selections resemble a weather type, such as a spiral for a hurricane and lightning emerging from a cloud. These artistic choices serve the dual purpose of introducing children to the varied ways in which poetry can be created, as well as providing readers with a memorable way of recognizing weather features. Facing each poem is an accompanying illustration that embraces childlike art, using visible pencil lines, asymmetrical imagery, and muted hues. Together, the text and pictures make the concept of weather accessible to a very young audience, especially when used to teach about weather for the first time. A glossary provides more detailed information about each featured weather type, enhancing the learning that can happen thanks to this book. VERDICT A unique and accessible title that helps young children connect to weather in a foundational and introductory manner.--Mary Lanni