• Amy Loves the Wind by Julia Hoban, illus. by Lillian Hoban. (1988) Ages 0-4
  Amy visits the park on a windy day and sees the wind blowing leaves, balloons, a kite, and a little boy’s cap—but knows her mommy won’t let her blow away.
• Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets. (1963) Ages 3-7
  Wind is personified as a playmate for Gilberto in this story. Sometimes he cooperates, like when he fills the sails of a toy sailboat, but sometimes his caprices frustrate Gilberto.
• I Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb, illus. by Julia Gorton. (2003) Ages 3-7
  This informational book makes the scientific process accessible to preschoolers by posing questions about wind and then answering them through simple activities.
• It is the Wind by Ferida Wolff, illus. by James Ransome. (2005)
  An boy looks out his bedroom window, listening to night noises from the splashing of the toad to the flip-flapping of the sheet on the clothesline, and finally rests as the wind “sighs good night.”
• Like a Windy Day by Frank Asch, illus. by Devin Asch. (2002) Ages 3-7
  “I want to play like a windy day,” declares a little girl who then flies through this book stealing hats, waving flags, and making umbrellas fly.
• Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. (1997) Ages 5-8
  To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind as her partner.
• Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson, illus. by Buket Erdogan. (2005) Ages 1-5
  As a mouse discovers the creatures around him-one who is “hidey insidey,” another who is “fluttery buttery”—his mother identifies them (the snail, the butterfly). Then “Whoosh! blows the wind,” and whisks the animal away.
• The North Wind and the Sun by La Fontaine, illus. by Brian Wildsmith. (2007) Ages 4-8
  Originally published in 1987, this is Wildsmith’s version of the classic tale (also attributed to Aesop) about a competition between the fierce wind and the gentle sun.
• The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins. (1974) Ages 1-5
  Rhyming verse and colorful illustrations show the pursuit of a items swept away by the wind.
• The Windy Day by G. Brian Karas. (1998) Ages 4-8
  A tidy town loses all semblance of order and routine when the wind picks up. It sweeps through town, “carrying breath" from long ago and far away.

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