Fiction

Kirsten Snowbound (The American Girls Collection)

In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies, and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.

Karen's Hurricane (Baby-Sitters Little Sister)

A hurricane is blowing toward Connecticut, and Karen is fascinated to watch the weather reports about the storm that shares her name. Hurricane Karen hits and leaves its mark on Stoneybrook, including tearing down a beloved old tree.

Peter Spier's Rain (Reading Rainbow Book)

This wordless picture book captures the beauty and wonder of a brother and sister's joyous experiences in the rain. Come along as they explore their neighborhood, splash through puddles, see where the animals hide, and make footprints in the mud. From the first small drops of rain to the clear blue sky of a bright new morning, Peter Spier's Rain will delight parents and children again and again.

Winter is for Snowflakes (Pictureback(R))

Winter is for snowflakes.
It’s the season I love best.
When I wake up to falling snow,
I hurry to get dressed.

In simple, lyrical text, a boy expresses his love of winter activities, from bundling up in his winter garb to sledding with his little sister to warming up with a cup of noodle soup.

The Schoolchildren's Blizzard (On My Own History)

My Red Mittens

A small boy delights in a winter's day as he dons a new pair of fuzzy red mittens and goes out to play in the snow. Children will love touching the flocked red mittens throughout, as they follow the boy's adventures building a snowman, knocking down icicles, packing snowballs, and more. This charming book evokes that special wintertime feeling, second only to a sunny day covered with new-fallen snow.

And Then It Rained . . .: ...And Then the Sun Came Out...

And then it rained...

And what a long time since it has rained! A whole apartment building full of overjoyed neighbors revel in the raininess. It's the perfect day to read a book on dinosaurs, to stay home and bake bread, or even to go out for a splishy-splashy adventure to a café with your father for a bowl of hot soup.

But when it keeps raining day after day after day, baking bread becomes dull, and splishy-splashy walks become plain old wet ones and not at all adventuresome. You begin to long for the kind of weather where you'd want to eat ice cream, not soup. Naturally everyone starts grumbling....Everyone, that is, except for the wise father of one grouchy little boy because...

The sun comes out! And what a long time since it has come! A whole apartment building full of overjoyed neighbors celebrate the sunniness. For it's the perfect day to go roller skating, visit the bakery, or put on your shiny cool sunglasses and stroll out for a sunny day adventure, including a ringside seat at an outdoor café with your father for a dish of ice cream.

But when the sun gets hotter and hotter, day after day after day, roller skating gets exhausting, and a walk becomes less and less of an adventure and more and more uncomfortable. You begin to long for the kind of weather where you'd want to eat soup, not ice cream. Naturally everyone starts grumbling....Everyone, that is, except for the wise father of one grouchy little boy because...

Elmer's Weather (English-Gujarati) (Elmer series)

Elmer loves to play in all kinds of weather – wind, fog, snow, rain and sun.

Snowbear's Winter Day (Winter Wonder Book)

Franklin and the Thunderstorm (Franklin)

Franklin is terrified of thunderstorms. One day, as a storm approaches, a flash of lightning sends him into his shell. He refuses to come out until his friends make him laugh with their tall tales about cloud giants and how they cause storms. When Beaver explains what really causes lightning and thunder, Franklin begins to feel much safer.