When the Wind Blew - Hardcover

Brown, Petra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585369691 ISBN 13: 9781585369690

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, 2017

Synopsis

While Big Bear and Little Bear are snuggled up for the night, a wild storm rages. The bears wake up to find that the wind has knocked down all of the trees in their forest, they'll have to move. Little Bear is distraught. He loves their home! But Big Bear helps him understand that home isn't where you are, but who you're with. Author and illustrator Petra Brown's sweet, superbly rendered characters and tender story are perfect for helping little ones deal with a move or change.

About this title

About the Author:

Petra Brown's first picture book If Big Can . . . I Can, written by Beth Shoshan, was shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Awards for Best Emerging Illustrator. Her work with Sleeping Bear Press includes the popular Love You series with its newly released Mommy Loves You.

Review:

To help with some of the questions my children have been having about what happens after an event like a big storm we have been reading When the Wind Blew by Petra Brown. This book is for ages 4-8 but even older kids (like my almost 10 year old) can benefit from the conversations that this book can easily start for you.

Petra Brown does a lovely job of tackling a very scary subject for kids and making it much less scary with her friendly illustrations and cute interactions between Big Bear and Little Bear. I really appreciate how this has made it easy to reassure my kids that as long as we're safe and together we are home. --The Simple Moms

VERDICT With its lovely and meaningful illustrations, this book makes a perfect lap read to be cherished by caregivers and their children. A general purchase for any primary collection. --School Library Journal --Jasmine L. Precopio, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh

When the Wind Blew is a visually and conceptually beautiful book that is so much more than just a book about forest animals. It is also about life and the lightning-fast and ofttimes irreversible changes that happen as we live it and in many cases, often while little ones are asleep. It is about adults and guardians providing stability and security and words of wisdom and comfort when scary things happen. It's about children gaining strength from that wisdom and realizing that life does indeed go on.

Ms. Brown's prose is sweet, innocent and so realistic that young readers will easily identify with Little Bear s hopes and fears. --Picture Book Depot

About this edition

• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1585369691
• ISBN 13: 9781585369690
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Brown Petra