Feel the Wind: A Hands-On Picture Book About Weather Science for Kids (Ages 4-8)

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2

by Arthur Dorros

Have you ever felt the wind tickle your face or heard it whistle through your window? Did you know that some wind travels faster than a car?


Air is always moving. We can't see air moving, though we can watch it push clouds across the sky, or shake the leaves of a tree. We call moving air the wind. In this enlarged edition, find out about the wind - what causes it, how it can be used to help us, and how it affects the weather.

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Childrens, School, Kids, Nature

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1989

Reviews

[Khadija Bensaadoun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feel the Wind can be used for a 4th grade lesson on weather and seed germination. I would discuss the importance that the wind plays transferring seeds from different planes. For weather I could discuss how the wind affect the weather pattern of different places.

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Feel the Wind (Let us read and find out Science Stage 2) by Arthur Dorros- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of Wind. (1) In order to study and predict change in weather, scientists study the speed and direction of wind, (2) students can construct a weather vane with the help of a pencil, pin, paper, water drinking straw. (3) children can feel the wind by standing near a window, by standing near drying clothes line, tree leaves fluttering, waves formed in water in a pond, (4) you can hear the wind whistling from small holes in walls, (5) if you stand on the top of a high rise building, you can hear the strong wind sound, (6) Sun’s rays fall on the earth, On Equator, sun’s rays fall straight, therefore, the area is hot, (7) tropical area is less hot, (8) sun’s ray fall slanted on northern and southern parts of the earth, therefore, these areas are cold, (9) hot air is light while cold air is heavy, therefore, cold air replaces hot air in speed, thus, creating wind and consequently change in weather, (9) comparative effect of sun’s ray heat is can be felt in the middle of the road and on the grass growing on both sides of the road, the grass is cooler than the middle part of the road, (10) the speed of air in a hurricane can be up to 100 miles per hour, (11) children can experience the speed of air by cycling in the direction of the wind and by cycling in the opposite direction of the wind, (12) kites fly, boat floats and gain speed because of wind, (13) in a wind mill, wind rotates the fans of the mill. This energy is used in saw mills, flour mills, generation of hydroelectricity, (14) wind flies the clouds with its speed from one place to another, this creates change in weather, (15) winds are named on the basis of the direction from which they start, north winds, south winds etc., (16) chinook are hot winds which blow from Rocky mountain and convert ice into water, (17) Sirocco is hot wind from North Africa. Coloured illustrations help the reader in relating to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explains the basics of air currents on Earth and how that forms wind. The book then examines some of the ways we use wind, how wind impacts weather, and a few special names for winds.

This does an excellent job of explaining how hot air rising and cold air moving in to fill that space causes wind. It also explains how this happens on a grand scale over the Earth thanks to the equator being hotter than the poles. It doesn't get into the Coriolis effect (how the rotation of the Earth impacts winds), but it still does a very good job of explaining the details up to that point. (And adding in the Coriolis effect for littles just may blow their minds, since just the fact that hot air rises and cool air is heavier will be enough to keep their brains plenty occupied.) A fantastic resource for weather units and curious kids.

[Maggie Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

After looking at Feel the Wind, this is an excellent book to read to young readers aloud because the students can relate the book information related to the lesson in the curriculum. When looking at the illustrations, it is important to look at the text and illustrations to discuss the correlation of each other. The will realize that with the images, the air of the earth is warmed by the sun and this allows the students why the wind blows the way it does. The young readers can also look into why hot air rises and why cold air is lower to the ground. As an activity, I think it would be cool to do a science experiment that is related to the sun and how the sun touches different surfaces and why some surfaces get hotter. We can also measure the wind and at what direction is may be blowing.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Browsing books to give my friends' children as gifts since I won't gift anything I haven't first read myself.

I'm torn about this one. It's definitely pretty universally applicable, no matter where a child lives. It's borderline textbook, though, more than some of the books in this series that made science feel more fun and less dry. When it comes to considering this series on its gift-worthiness vs library borrow, those are the two factors I weigh most heavily. I really like the books that offer a bit more of a real-life experiment to drive home the concept and I didn't really get that from this one.

[Hannah Falgout · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Feel the Wind" by Arthur Dorros.
As an adult, I also learned something from this book. This book talked about how the wind worked and what wind is. The illustrations looked watercolor painted, which I liked as it gave it a soft whispy feel like the wind. The illustrations were full of color and offered very diverse illustrations. I know your little ones will love this book, and it is also an excellent read for older kids.

[Emily Heid · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is all about wind, as you can imagine based on the title. This demonstrates how wind affects different things throughout the day, like trees, hot air balloons, curtains, clothes, city skylines, etc. I think this book is made for science integration. It is fun for students to read, but also teaches them something!

[Checkthebook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great non-fiction book will build the "prior knowledge" of the world that kids need in order to read well. The reading skill level is late 2nd/early 3rd grade. The drawings are tznius. I plan to try the craft project with my students.

[Kamakshi · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book with simple explanation and clear illustrations .The examples are appropriate keeping near to far approach in mind.I used it with 4th graders on a windy day.

[Becca Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for an elementary science class! It has good illustrations and a lot of facts about wind and how wind is created.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for science loving kids, an educational read that helps young minds understand air, and how it moves around us.

[Spencer · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Gift from Harper's grandmother

Very educational. If you want your kid to be well informed about wind, this is the book for you

[What April's Reading · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, but good, information about wind. Great for lower grade unit studies.

[Sharonneika · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book that gives information about the wind in a simplistic illustrated form. The illustrations are great for kids. It inform them about other ways that the wind take form such as hurricanes, and it tell what it can be helpful for (pushing a sailboat). In the back of the book there are two experiments the students can perform. One of the activities is to make a vane.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple but not over simplified prose. We read this outside by a pond on a breezy day and we were able to observe all of the stuff described in the book first hand. I would give it 4 stars for content, but I am very discerning when it comes to illustrations. Illustrations are fine, but nothing spectacular.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an easy way to learn about the wind point by point. We hear it and feel it, and this book explains what creates wind and how it affects us, and more very interesting and educational information. In the back of the book are instructions for how to make your own weathervane. Nicely illustrated.

[Christy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book gives explanations about wind and moving air. Examples and illustrations are great for children. It also explains how we are surrounded by air and its's other forms;hurricanes, the pushing of sailboats. This book also contains experiments in the back.

[Katharine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple explanations and examples with clear illustrations. Two activities given: ride your bike into the wind and with the wind from behind, and how to make a weather vane using a straw, pencil, paper, thumbtack, and stapler.

[Alexis Levine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Feel the Wind is an okay story. If I were to use this book I'd implement it with children in grades 3rd-5th when they're going to be learning about wind, hurricanes, tornadoes, and different weather patterns. In the back of the book there's a great activity that has the children make windmills.

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was expecting a storybook, so I was a bit disappointed while reading (I should have checked the spine to see that it's non-fiction!). However, it's very informative and great for teaching concepts about wind to school-age children.

[Abi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feel the Wind was not my favorite. But, I would use consider using this book for 3rd-5th graders when teaching about wind, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other various weather patterns.

[Bobbie · Rating 1 out of 5]

it was ok they teach you how to tell what way the wind is miving o how to ride a bike in the wind.

[Erienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for Louie's weather study. Nice amount of info for the size of the book and for the age level.