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Good Night Wind



by
Linda Elovitz Marshall
illustrated by
Maelle Doliveux

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Holiday House
Imprint
Holiday House
ISBN
9780823437887

Awards and Honors
CPL Best Books - 2019
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JLG Category

Primary

Whooosh! Winter Wind works hard all season long, blowing leaves and sculpting snow drifts. By the time spring arrives, Wind is exhausted, but who will allow such a chilly presence to settle in for a rest?

Author’s note. Full-color illustrations.

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Details

Format

Print

Page Count

32

Trim Size

10" x 8"

Dewey

E

AR

3: points 0.5

Lexile

600L

Genre

Fiction

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Mar 2019

Book Genres


Topics

Winds. Naps. Sleep. Fairy tales and folklore. Yiddish folktales. Winter. Spring. Seasons.

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Praise & Reviews

Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:

Kirkus Reviews*, The Horn Book Magazine, Publishers Weekly

Horn Book

Near the end of wintertime, the wind—personified in Doliveux’s striking illustrations as a large blue body affixed with different-colored and -textured strips of paper, depending on its changeable mood—is tired. It seeks rest in the chimney of a house, under a tree, on top of a rock, and in a country inn, but is each time chased away (“‘YOUCH!’ grumbled the tree. ‘Something icy is freezing my roots!’”). Increasingly frustrated, Wind rages, unleashing a blizzard that frightens a young girl’s little brother. The girl stands up to Wind, telling it to “STOP!” and recognizing its behavior for what it is: a temper tantrum. “Wind is acting like a tired, angry baby,” she says, and one who needs a nap. The children find an outof- the-way resting spot for Wind, and in doing so, make a friend for all seasons. Marshall’s story was inspired by a Yiddish-language tale, “The Wind Who Got Angry,” first published in 1921; while the resolution to her version isn’t entirely satisfying (why wasn’t the cave annoyed by Wind’s presence?), readers should appreciate the cleverness and problem-solving abilities of her young characters, not to mention their empathy. Some of the illustrations can be difficult to “read” through all the swirls and whirls of paper; others, such as a midnight-blue nighttime scene of the wind making its way through town and an icy-blue one showing the girl face-to-face with the wind’s wrath, are standouts.

Praise & Reviews

Horn Book

Near the end of wintertime, the wind—personified in Doliveux’s striking illustrations as a large blue body affixed with different-colored and -textured strips of paper, depending on its changeable mood—is tired. It seeks rest in the chimney of a house, under a tree, on top of a rock, and in a country inn, but is each time chased away (“‘YOUCH!’ grumbled the tree. ‘Something icy is freezing my roots!’”). Increasingly frustrated, Wind rages, unleashing a blizzard that frightens a young girl’s little brother. The girl stands up to Wind, telling it to “STOP!” and recognizing its behavior for what it is: a temper tantrum. “Wind is acting like a tired, angry baby,” she says, and one who needs a nap. The children find an outof- the-way resting spot for Wind, and in doing so, make a friend for all seasons. Marshall’s story was inspired by a Yiddish-language tale, “The Wind Who Got Angry,” first published in 1921; while the resolution to her version isn’t entirely satisfying (why wasn’t the cave annoyed by Wind’s presence?), readers should appreciate the cleverness and problem-solving abilities of her young characters, not to mention their empathy. Some of the illustrations can be difficult to “read” through all the swirls and whirls of paper; others, such as a midnight-blue nighttime scene of the wind making its way through town and an icy-blue one showing the girl face-to-face with the wind’s wrath, are standouts.

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