Wind (Ready-to-Read Series: Level 1)

by Marion Dane Bauer, John Wallace (Illustrator)

Overview

Though you can’t see the wind, you can certainly feel it when the wind blows! But where does wind come from? There are so many wonders of wind to explore—and the answers are at your fingertips in this eBook with audio!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442490499
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	03/26/2013
Series:	Weather Ready-to-Reads Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	470L (what's this?)
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Marion Dane Bauer is the author of many books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor book On My Honor and the Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award winner The Stuff of Stars. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and can be reached at MarionDaneBauer.com.

John Wallace’s formal training was not in illustration, but rather theology, which he received at University of Cambridge. However, he always loved drawing, and one of his early jobs was as a newspaper cartoonist. In his children’s book illustrations, he is particularly inspired by what he calls “the gooniness” of young schoolchildren. John lives in Broadstairs, England.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2-This beginning reader offers a simple introduction to an interesting topic. Bauer explains the general concept of how wind is produced and some of its tangible effects on our lives. For example, wind helps birds fly, carries plant seeds, and allows people to fly kites. It also moves clouds, makes waves, and can bend trees. "Wind can be scary. Or it can sing a gentle song." Wallace's watercolor artwork shows a young girl and her dog performing a variety of outdoor activities, the child's braids often flying in the breeze. The pictures help to clarify the text, which does a good job of introducing simple concepts and weather terms in an easy-reader format. Refer report writers to Arthur Dorros's Feel the Wind (1990) or Vicki Cobb's I Face the Wind (2003, both HarperCollins), both of which offer more thorough information for young readers.-Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

[Editor's Note: The following is a combined review of RAIN, CLOUDS, SNOW, and WIND]--Marion Dane Bauer brings the wonders of weather to the youngest readers and listeners in her Ready-to-Read books, CLOUDS, RAIN, SNOW, and WIND. She respects her audience and in each book provides much to think about. Paula Parker’s expressive narration is paced for young listeners to take in factual information—for example, that cirrus means “curl” and stratus means “layered”—and then observe this fact portrayed in illustration. Deceptively simple science —that cold and hot air are continually changing places, for example—is given the studied measure necessary to take it in. Additional facts about the topic conclude each book. Background music completes each recording. A.R. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2011 - AudioFile