The Storm Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

by Charlotte Zolotow

Book Overview

A Caldecott Honor book about a little boy's curiosity during a summer storm, poetically written by celebrated author Charlotte Zolotow and with stunning illustrations by Margaret Bloy Graham. This beautifully crafted story is perfect to pull out and enjoy on rainy days and for classroom discussions on weather patterns. It is a day in the country. Quiet, dusty, expectant. Everything is hot and still. Then the hazy sky begins to shift. Something is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064431940
• ISBN13: 9780064431941
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Poetic, suspenseful prose

I get this book out when the summer monsoons come to Arizona every year. And my kids -- especially my oldest son -- always wish we lived in a house with a tree swing, like the house in the illustration. Every time I read this to my family, I am surprised by how much text there is. All I ever remember from year to year are the illustrations -- they are powerful illustrations. (This is the first year I noticed that the illustrator is Margaret Bloy Graham, who did "Harry the Dirty Dog". We love that one, too.) I love the descriptive text. My 3rd grader, whose vocabulary has undergone a transformation this past summer, was reading this out loud to his little brother with all the inflection and sound effects that any little boy could want. This is a book to keep -- it is fresh and interesting every year.

Awesome and Cherished Book

I loved this book as a child and bought it for my child and he loves it too. Whenever it rains or storms we get the book out and read it. The book creates a very "cozy" feel. 5 STARS!

The Storm Book

The beginning of the Storm Book, starts out with the build of a big storm. The storm first striked with lightning and thunder, something the young boy in the book hasn't heard or seen. The thunder and lightning leads to heavy rain. After the storm pasts, the boy asked what the curving, misty arch of color was. His mother told him that it was a beautiful rainbow.I enjoyed the story very much. The words they used to describe the surrounding was very well done. This story could very possibly happen in real life. The pictures are very good. I hope you decide to take a look a this book, I'm sure you will be pleased...

Excellent book for showing how different people see storms!

I really enjoyed how the book described the different experiences people had with the same storm. I love storms so the book was that much more interesting to me!