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1) Leaf man
Author
Language
English
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Description
A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him. Illustrations made from actual fall leaves on die-cut pages.
5) Wind
Author
Language
English
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Description
Simple text describes the wind, how it is formed, and its effects on the world.
6) Windblown
Author
Publisher
Owlkids
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Colorful and oddly shaped scraps of paper blow in the wind. One by one, they take shape, transforming into animals--each one with its own story to tell.
8) Wind
Author
Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and simple text explain what wind is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and how wind can become a storm.
9) Ever
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 4
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate--to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made--through a series of quests that might make her immortal.
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Language
English
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Description
The wind has sculpted Earth from the beginning of time, but it has also shaped humans-our histories, religions and cultures, the way we build our dwellings, and how we think and feel. In this poetic, acclaimed work, Jan DeBlieu takes the tempests of her home, the North Carolina Outer Banks, as a starting point for considering how the world's breezes and gales have made us who we are. She travels widely, seeking out the scientists, sailors and sages...
12) Wind
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of wind. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade.
17) The red hat
Author
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--
Author
Series
Big Bear (Maureen Wright) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Big Bear thinks that his tremendous sneezes are causing the leaves and apples to fall off the trees and the geese to fly away, but when the wind finally convinces him otherwise, he knows what to do.
19) A windy day
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Series
Language
English
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"Tara and Jay help show beginning readers where to look for wind in the outdoors in this charmingly illustrated story with appropriately leveled text"--
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Although sometimes destructive, wind is one of the elements that make life possible. Wind warms the higher latitudes and moderates the equatorial regions, and carries evaporated moisture from the oceans to the land. Even hurricanes are an essential part of the planet's self-regulatory system. This book is the story of humankind's long struggle to understand wind and weather, from the wind gods of ancient times to early discoveries of the dynamics...
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