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Springtime Weather Wonders
Hail to Spring!
Springtime weather can bring big storms. Lyrical, rhyming text takes young readers on a journey with furry and feathery friends to experience springtime hail.
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
About the author
Charles Ghigna
128 books50 followersCharles Ghigna - Father Goose® lives in a treehouse in the middle of Alabama. He is the author of more than 100 books from Random House, Disney, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Time Inc. and other publishers. He has written more than 5,000 poems for children and adults that have appeared in anthologies, newspapers and magazines ranging from The New Yorker and Harper’s to Highlights and Cricket magazines. He served as poet-in-residence and chair of creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, instructor of creative writing at Samford University, poetry editor of English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English, and as a nationally syndicated poetry feature writer for Tribune Media Services. He speaks at schools, conferences, libraries, and literary events throughout the U.S. and overseas, and has read his poems at The Library of Congress, The John F. Kennedy Center, American Library in Paris, American School in Paris, and the International Schools of South America. For more information, visit his website at FatherGoose.com
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November 30, 2018
about all the things hail does when it falls in spring. Okay again not my favorite in the series.
April 11, 2020
must read, so happy and fun!! spring is the best. fun gorgeous illustrations.
March 30, 2021
Wonderful story
The children loved this story and had lots of questions when I read it to my daycare class. Beautiful pictures.
The children loved this story and had lots of questions when I read it to my daycare class. Beautiful pictures.
February 2, 2016
Springtime brings all kinds of weather. Sometimes that weather includes hail. Join a little kitten and puppy as they explore their world and enjoy the adventure of hail. They encounter all sorts of animals and places as they explore. Puppy and kitten will learn all about hail as they run through the city and countryside.
Bright, colorful illustrations fill each page. Large font, rhyming lyrical words, and simple vocabulary make this a fun to read book for young children. The story is told with the illustrations and tells the reader all of the things that the hail does to make to the world. At the end of the book, the reader will find interesting and fun facts about hail. The publisher has included additional resources online. The website has projects, games, and more that children can access to learn more about the subject. Parents will enjoy the rhythmic reading style and the education the children are learning while having fun. This book would make a great addition to any classroom and could be used for science or story time reading.
I received this book free of charge from Children's Lit in exchange for my honest review.
Bright, colorful illustrations fill each page. Large font, rhyming lyrical words, and simple vocabulary make this a fun to read book for young children. The story is told with the illustrations and tells the reader all of the things that the hail does to make to the world. At the end of the book, the reader will find interesting and fun facts about hail. The publisher has included additional resources online. The website has projects, games, and more that children can access to learn more about the subject. Parents will enjoy the rhythmic reading style and the education the children are learning while having fun. This book would make a great addition to any classroom and could be used for science or story time reading.
I received this book free of charge from Children's Lit in exchange for my honest review.
February 1, 2023
“Springtime lightning flashes, soars. Springtime thunder rumble, soars. Storms being hail that falls like rain… rapping, tapping on the plane.”
❤️ Cute artwork and the writing flows beautifully
💫 The only thing that could have made this better would have been a bit of a story (it would switch it from a four to a five for me. As it is, if I still had very littles in the house, I’d probably buy it. As it is, I might check it out again but I wouldn’t buy it since it isn’t one I’d want to read year after year)
📆 I’d either read it in spring or whenever your area usually gets hailstorms
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Check out StorytimeCorner.com to see our favorites grouped by time of year/theme we’d recommend reading them.
My Ranking System:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely love everything about the book and would buy it
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love the book but there are enough “wishes” that I wouldn’t buy it but I’d definitely check it out again
⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m glad I read it once but it is a one time read and never again
⭐️⭐️ I was bored and wish I had the time back that I spent reading it
⭐️ I really didn’t like it and would advise people NOT to read it
❤️ Cute artwork and the writing flows beautifully
💫 The only thing that could have made this better would have been a bit of a story (it would switch it from a four to a five for me. As it is, if I still had very littles in the house, I’d probably buy it. As it is, I might check it out again but I wouldn’t buy it since it isn’t one I’d want to read year after year)
📆 I’d either read it in spring or whenever your area usually gets hailstorms
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Check out StorytimeCorner.com to see our favorites grouped by time of year/theme we’d recommend reading them.
My Ranking System:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely love everything about the book and would buy it
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love the book but there are enough “wishes” that I wouldn’t buy it but I’d definitely check it out again
⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m glad I read it once but it is a one time read and never again
⭐️⭐️ I was bored and wish I had the time back that I spent reading it
⭐️ I really didn’t like it and would advise people NOT to read it
April 1, 2016
Spring is prone to all kinds of weather.
I didn't realize the title of this book would so literally describe its content, but it's definitely about the stormier side of springtime weather. The illustration style is unique and offers plenty to look at, and even though I think it might have been nice to show a little bit of change toward the more traditional spring weather near the end it was a fun and different book for the seasons. (And it seemed fitting that we read this book on the day of a most notable springtime snowstorm.)
I didn't realize the title of this book would so literally describe its content, but it's definitely about the stormier side of springtime weather. The illustration style is unique and offers plenty to look at, and even though I think it might have been nice to show a little bit of change toward the more traditional spring weather near the end it was a fun and different book for the seasons. (And it seemed fitting that we read this book on the day of a most notable springtime snowstorm.)
February 11, 2015
nice pics for little ones, easy way to explain hail and more info in back, nice rhymes
April 10, 2016
Very cute, short book about spring. I really enjoyed it and so did my daughter.
February 28, 2024
If you're looking for a cute but very short read, this is the book for you.
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