The Storm

by Kathy Henderson

When a fierce storm threatens their seaside home, Jim and his mother take refuge at his grandmother's house up the hill.

25 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

Kathy Henderson is an artist, printmaker and illustrator, as well as an author. She has written many books for children of all ages including In the Middle of the Night, The Year in the City, Fearless Fitzroy and The Little Boat, which won the Kurt Maschler Award and was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize. She has also illustrated a number of books herself including And the Good Brown Earth and The Storm which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and her collection of poems The Dragon with a Big Nose which was shortlisted for the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award 2014.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a gale raging and a little boy living next to the sea, looks out of his window and notices the sea has crept over the marshes and a flood is coming. They leave their home and stay for the night at Grandma's house which is higher up in the village. The next day everything is back to normal and the sea is as quite as a lamb.

Bought for 50p from a library sale, a nice picture book story about the weather, danger and your environment changing, reassuring that all was back to normal in the end.