The wind has sculpted Earth from the beginning of time, but it has also shaped humans-our histories, religions and cultures, the way we build our dwellings, and how we think and feel. In this poetic, acclaimed work, Jan DeBlieu takes the tempests of her home, the North Carolina Outer Banks, as a starting point for considering how the world's breezes and gales have made us who we are. She travels widely, seeking out the scientists, sailors and sages...

Explains what causes wind and how it affects our environment. Includes instructions for making a weathervane.

A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him. Illustrations identify different kinds of leaves.

Mad at the wind for blowing everything away, Jack tries a succession of ways to stop it.

"Introduces wind through fun, poetic text and colorful illustrations." -- Provided by publisher.

When a big wind blows her annoying little brother away, Flora decides to save him despite the many tempting offers she gets for him from, among others, a cloud, an eagle, the man in the moon, and the wind itself.