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2) Leaf Man
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
8) Wind
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st Aladdin ed.
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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.
10) Ever
Author
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.
11) The windy day
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
One day the wind blows into a tidy little town, giving a tidy little boy named Bernard a hint of how wonderful and exciting the world is.
Author
Publisher
Polity
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 150 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows the wind's touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity, humans have borne witness to the wind and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet, despite its presence at the heart of human experience, the wind has evaded scrutiny in our chronicles of the past.... Alain Corbin sets out to illuminate the wind's storied history. He shows...
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
viii, 344 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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...
17) Wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Corp
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple discussion of the causes of air movement, uses of wind power, and such phenomena as hurricanes and tornadoes.
18) The wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
19) What is wind?
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces wind, describing how changes in air pressure make the winds blow, and explains why wind is an important factor of weather.
20) Wind is to feel
Author
Publisher
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Desc
[32] p. col. illus. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses simple observations and activities that reveal some of the characteristics of the wind.
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