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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2021
Hear the Wind Blow
Written by Doe Boyle · Illustrated by Emily Paik
Experience the power of wind, from gentle breezes to fierce hurricanes, through poetic verse and science.
3.7/5 Goodreads · 129 ratings
32 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Explore the Beaufort wind scale in a captivating journey from a soft whisper of air to a raging hurricane. This poetic and scientific exploration invites readers to feel the wind's power and beauty, transforming simple breezes into forces that shake the earth. How does the wind shape our world, and what stories does it tell as it grows from a gentle caress to a mighty storm? Discover the rhythm and force of nature in this imaginative blend of art and science.
From the publisher
STARRED REVIEW! An artful blend of language, illustration, and science.–Kirkus Reviews starred reviewChicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers 2021The Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street CollegeYou can almost feel the wind in this explanation of the Beaufort scale, with science and rhythmic verse.The stages of the Beaufort wind scale, portrayed with precision and also with poetic free verse, style, and imagination. It will stretch readers’ imaginations as we see the wind pick up from a kiss of air, to a gentle breeze that shivers the shifting grasses, to a roiling hurricane that makes tree roots shudder.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD760L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~4.9
- F&P level
- ~R
Publication
- Published
- March 1, 2021
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780807545614
- LCCN
- 2020032194
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