Picture Books About Wind
The Wind Blew
A playful gust snatches an umbrella, a balloon, a judge’s wig, and more, piling them up in a rollicking cumulative rhyme until the wind finally drops everything back down.
I Am the Wind
Speaking in its own playful voice, the wind sweeps around the globe to visit animals in their habitats, and finally a child, in this lyrical tour of the world.
I Am the Storm
Whether it’s a tornado, a hurricane, a blizzard, or a wildfire, a child learns that storms always pass, and that she can find calm inside herself while they do.
Kate, Who Tamed the Wind
When a fierce wind keeps battering a man’s creaky house on the hill, clever Kate comes up with a solution that takes time to grow: trees.
I Like the Wind
This cheerful celebration of breezy days invites the youngest readers to notice everything the wind can do and to wonder where it goes next.
Wind Watchers
Season after season, a family of children asks the wind how it will blow today, and Micha Archer’s collage art captures its answers, from cooling breezes to hat-stealing gusts.
Hear the Wind Blow
Rhyming stanzas follow a seaside town from gentle breeze to hurricane and back again, one step of the Beaufort wind scale at a time, as neighbors ride out the storm and rebuild together.
Wind Is a Dance
Lyrical, metaphor-rich text explores every kind of wind, from a whispery breeze to a roaring hurricane, with sidebars that explain the science behind each one.
Windy Days
Short rhyming verses follow the wind through the seasons as it scatters seeds, lifts kites, and swirls leaves, all in Miki Sato’s textured collage art.
A Wild Windy Night
Just after bedtime, a gust whisks Ricky and his toys out the window for a moonlit flight over town and a game of hide-and-seek with Mr. Wind.
The North Wind and the Sun
In this fresh retelling of Aesop’s fable, the blustering North Wind can’t budge three sisters from their mended coats, but the Sun’s gentle warmth wins them over.
Storm
A boy and his Granddad hunt the house for their kite, then head out on a blustery day for a sky-high adventure that’s even better because they share it.
Wind: Discovering Air in Motion
This colorful nonfiction book answers the wind questions curious kids ask, from what makes air move to how wind shapes plants and animals and powers sailboats and airplanes.
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