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Wind Watchers
The Caldecott Honor-winning author and illustrator of Wonder Walkers showcases the wind's ever-changing, blustery nature through spectacular collages in this gorgeous picture book that brings the weather to life. A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book! "This tender tale highlights the beauty of the natural world while inviting readers to find wonder in everyday moments."--Booklist
Seasons come and go, and the wind wafts its way through them all. This delights a family of children, and when they ask the wind, "How will you blow today?" they marvel at the surprise answers they'll receive. Will the wind send gentle breezes that tickle and delight, cooling them off on hot days? Or strong gusts that knock their hats off and send them running inside on stormy days? Only one thing is for certain to the wind watchers--the wind is an always-changing wonder that constantly takes their breath away! Complete with stunning, richly textured collage illustrations and lyrical text, this thoughtful and whimsical picture book demonstrates nature's dynamic abilities, celebrating its awe-inspiring connection to those who watch.
Seasons come and go, and the wind wafts its way through them all. This delights a family of children, and when they ask the wind, "How will you blow today?" they marvel at the surprise answers they'll receive. Will the wind send gentle breezes that tickle and delight, cooling them off on hot days? Or strong gusts that knock their hats off and send them running inside on stormy days? Only one thing is for certain to the wind watchers--the wind is an always-changing wonder that constantly takes their breath away! Complete with stunning, richly textured collage illustrations and lyrical text, this thoughtful and whimsical picture book demonstrates nature's dynamic abilities, celebrating its awe-inspiring connection to those who watch.
Book Details
- Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
- Publish Date: Mar 4th, 2025
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.40in - 10.40in - 0.40in - 0.90lb
- EAN: 9780593616550
- Recommended age: 03-07
- Categories: • Science & Nature - Weather• Concepts - Seasons• Social Themes - New Experience
About the Author
Micha Archer (MichaArcher.com) wrote and illustrated the Caldecott Honor Book Wonder Walkers, as well as the Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Daniel Finds a Poem and its companions, What's New, Daniel? and Daniel's Good Day, and has also illustrated several other picture books, including Girl Running (by Annette Bay Pimentel). Micha works in inks and collage on paper she creates with homemade stamps and layered tissue paper. She comes from a long line of artists and teachers and taught for many years in a kindergarten. She lives in western Massachusetts in the house she and her husband built, surrounded by gardens and forests to roam in.
Praise for this book
* "Follow a trio of children through the seasons as they ask the Wind, 'How will you blow today?' In spring, the brown-skinned youngsters' dark hair dances animatedly in the breeze as 'Wind answers with a puff of the petals, making them flutter and fall.' The lightly personified Wind is playful, even mercurial. In summer, it might respond favorably to their pleas for 'one big whoooshhh' to lift their kite. Other times, Wind--who likes 'to be WILD!'--might cause a tumultuous storm. The narration is conversational, even breezy at times. Short, frequent pops of alliteration and compelling turns of phrase feel wonderfully lyrical, such as a young skater thanking the wintry Wind 'for the extra-looooong glide.' Brilliant acrylic ink and intricate collage illustrations are as exuberant as the Wind. The pages are briskly busy, from an autumnal spread showing seed pods soaring as a child watches in awe to a serene, almost quiltlike image of youngsters lying languidly near a pond on a hot summer's day, begging Wind for a cool gust. The full-bleed spreads are dynamic, featuring gloriously luminous, deeply saturated colors and breathtaking changes of perspective, such as wide eyes peeking out a window onto blurred streaks of 'swirling snow.' Upon reaching the satisfying last page, in which the Wind says, 'Sometimes my work takes my breath away!' readers will agree: 'It takes away ours, too.' Joyful and poetic, a tale that will delight all year long." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "In lilting words and elegant collage spreads by Caldecott Honoree Archer, three children are shown encountering the varied powers of wind across the seasons. . . . Fully developed right to the edges, tapestry-like spreads consistently offer new things to find--the interesting shadows of beach umbrellas, a distant house with its windows alight--in this captivating year-long study of an elusive, invisible force." --Publishers Weekly