Sun, rain, wind, or snow, these stories capture weather in all its forms
A Perfect Day
Author: Carin Berger
Illustrator: Carin Berger
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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Take children + one snowy day and you have A Perfect Day. Whether sledding or skiing; skating or snowball fights; snow angels or snowmen; snow inspires creative fun that lingers long after the day is done. A perfect book for a snowy day.
Awards: 3×3 Magazine, International Picture Book Show, [Merit] 2013; Selected for the Original Art Show, The Society of Illustrators, 2012
Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie
Author: Jennifer Berne
Illustrator: Keith Bendis
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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Calvin Can’t Fly is a wonderful tale about a starling that finds everything he could ever hope to learn in a book, except, of course, how to fly. Unfortunately, winter is coming and he and his family must fly south. With a bit of ingenuity – and a lot of string – Calvin “flies;” yet, when a dangerous storm blows in, only Calvin knows what to do. A terrific message that shows we can all “soar” when we read.
Float
Author: Daniel Miyares
Illustrator: Daniel Miyares
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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From start to finish, Float is brilliant. Beginning with a boy and his paper boat, the story takes the reader through his rainy-day adventure until an unforeseen event sends him home. Yet, it is here that his father shows him that the end of one adventure simply makes way for another. Diagrams at the beginning show how to make a boat and at the end, an airplane – all from paper.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild Selection; ALA Notable Children’s Books; CCBC Choices; Kansas State Reading Circle List, Primary Title; New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; Young Hoosier Book Award Master List (IN); Wisconsin State Reading Association’s Reading List
Flood
Author: Alvaro F. Villa
Illustrator: Alvaro F. Villa
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 6 to 8
Using only pictures, one family’s life is shown before, during, and after a flood. The message of perseverance in the face of disaster is brilliantly done.
Awards: 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, Silver Winner; 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Snow
Author: Uri Shulevitz
Illustrator: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
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Follow the anticipation of one child as he waits for the snow to fall…and waits…and waits… But when the adults around him don’t believe the snow will fall or, ultimately, amount to much, guess who’s in for a surprise?
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book; American Library Association Notable Children’s Books; Booklist Editors’ Choice; Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award; Charlotte Zolotow Award; Golden Kite Award Winner; New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year; Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year; School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
The Snowy Day
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Viking Press
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
Follow one boy’s snowy-day adventures as he climbs up “mountains” and slides back down; creates frozen pictures with footprints and sticks; makes snowmen and snow angels; snowballs (and snowball fights), and, of course, the warmest of memories in this classic winter tale.
Awards: Caldecott Medal Winner, 1963; Film version wins Venice Film Festival Lion of Saint Mark Award for best short film for children, 1965; New York Public Library’s 150 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century, 1996