The wind, in the form of a mischievous child, indulges in such playful antics as shaking tree branches against windows and blowing snow inside.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-The wind, described as a mischievous child, is up to all sorts of benign and amusing tricks. "The wind can skim sailboats across a pond/or take a kite up higher and higher/or set a windmill spinning with a finger flick." Kirk's double-page illustrations convey motion, allowing readers to see and sense the force that plays with autumn leaves, rattles the clothesline, and kicks newspapers along city streets. The oil paintings are rather stylized and simplified, but encourage careful examination. This personification of wind will be fascinating to youngsters and a boon to creative teachers or librarians.
Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 4-6. Brimming with whimsy, this story of the wind and how it dances and darts through the world will capture the imagination of little ones. Cast in the form of a mischievous boy, the wind skims the water so that toy boats can sail and sends windmills spinning with a flick of his finger. One especially nice spread shows the wind playing in a pile of leaves that scatter here and there at his touch; another features the transparent wind-boy kicking newspapers down a city street. Kirk's oil paintings combine a 1930s style with a modern airbrushed look that's eye-catchingly fresh. The text is simple but effective. Kids and their parents will be glad to see this on the library shelves. Ilene Cooper
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My boy wants this book read to him every night,
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It's rare that my 3 year old boy loves a book so much that he wants it read to him every night. This is one of those books. Not a lot of words on each page, which is good. My little boy wants a lot of books read to him quickly. Every page has the wind represented as a happy, smiling boy doing some play, like blowing sand around or kicking newspapers down the street. They are lovely pictures that my son loves.
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