A Boy Asked the Wind

by Barbara Nickel, Gillian Newland (Illustrations)

A spectacular picture book, with text in subtly linked beautifully composed four-line stanzas, evoking winds around the world, including those in the Canadian west, off the coast of Central America, Capetown, and the Middle East. Illustrations are muscular, organic, powerful evocations of the power of those winds.

Genres: Picture Books, Canada, Childrens, Cultural, Nature, Poetry

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 2015

Reviews

[Kay Mcaloney · Rating 2 out of 5]

This took me a while to decide what to write as my review. This was a good book except for the several pages with army tanks, guns, blood and war. This is a children’s book and could have done in a much better way, both in the words and the illustrations. There is no way I would read this to my kids at school or at home.

[StoryTimeReadAloud · Rating 4 out of 5]

A boy asks the wind what its name is and where it lives. The wind takes the boy around the world showing him some of the places it lives and what it is called in different areas. Some names: Chinook, Papagayo, Cape Doctor, Shamal, and Zephyr.
The pictures vary between lovely and somber as the wind takes us past buffalo and marlin to smog covered towns and war ridden cities.

[Angelina · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ideas is good, but I was'nt impressed by the rhyming text. The pictures aren't that special, either.
Chinook
Zephyr
Shamal
Papagayo
Cape Doctor

[Mackenzie Virginia · Rating 4 out of 5]

5 stars for illustrations

[Ayren Daniels]

this book is full of diversity. it is full of thought provoking ideas. it is age appropriate with its honesty.

[Barbra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Told in verse, we follow the wind as it blows all over the world. In many places the wind is affected by geography and climate and has different names. This beautifully illustrated book can be interpreted in many ways: as poetry, science, art and social studies. Inquiring minds ages eight to adult will enjoy this story.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations are good but the poetry isn't very lyrical.

[Monique · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully written.