The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

The Wind Blew Reviews

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  Lisa Vegan

  This is a fun read aloud book for preschoolers and a useful beginner reader book, but it wasn’t that great, in my opinion.
  
  The premise of the wind taking everything away and into the air (and then what happened) was good. But, while the story is fun to read aloud, the rhyme doesn’t quite work in a place or two. And while the illustrations are colorful and fun to match up with what the wind is doing at any particular time, and I think many children will enjoy doing that and will like the colorful pictures, the art style doesn’t wow me. Worst of all, the facial expressions of the people running after their possessions as the wind carries them merrily along are, in all but a couple pictures, nearly expressionless. It was kind of weird. And, it could have been so much better. Rereading did help me see that people’s facial expressions do change from page to page, but I think in too subtle a way to be sufficiently entertaining or amusing.
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  Brandy

  A sweet simple story about the wind.
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  Katy Larson

  This rhyming picture book is lighthearted, yet conveys the strength and power of the wind. The wind gathers everything in sight as the book continues, until it scatters everyone’s belongings all around, truly portraying how the wind affects us on a windy day. This book could have had a more relevant ending. Rather than introducing a new character on a boat, the author could have tied in one of the possessions that the wind had taken at the beginning of the story in order to make the story feel complete. This story is believable, as it clearly speaks of wind in a way that the reader can draw from personal experiences and know that the wind in the story aligns with wind in their life. The wind is strong and swipes up whatever is in it’s path. After each page and event was stated, the rhyming words and illustrations left a smile on my face. I loved this book, it was one of my favorite picture books I've ever read and would be great to read to a class on a windy day, to teach students about the weather and how strong it can be. It can also be used for lessons, as it contains rhyming.
  
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  Prabhat sharma

  The Wind Blew, A rhymed tale describing the antics of a capricious wind. by Pat Hutchins – Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story “Gale forces Wind” A strong wind is blowing. The effect of the wind is that it blows whatever comes in its way. It blows Mr. White’s umbrella, Priscilla’s balloon, the twins’ scarves, even the wig on the Judge’s head. It pulls a kite, a shirt hanging on a line to dry, a handkerchief from a boy’s nose, when he is about to blow his nose, all letters from a Postman’s bag, a flag hinging on a pole two mufflers hanging on the neck of twins, the newspaper. Now, the wind is tired. It mixes all the items and throws it on the ground. The wind changes its mind and moves towards the sea. With rhyming verse and colorful illustrations, Pat Hutchins takes us on a merry chase that is well worth the effort for all children and elders. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.
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  Rachel Hatcher

  Summary:
  This book is about the wind. The wind would blow, and blow, and blow so more. This wind would also take everything with it. But, one day, the wind changed it's mind!
  
  Evaluation:
  I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars because the book has a good plot and the illustrations are bright and vibrant. I think students would enjoy this book a lot.
  
  Teaching Point:
  This book would be great to use for a lesson on sequencing or also for recalling events. There are many events that happen in the book, so it would be perfect for either of these lessons.
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  Matthew

  Fun, very cartoonish illustrations, but not much to it. It's about the wind...and how it blew everything into the air and when the wind stopped blowing, everything came down again. Then the wind went to sea... The end. I just thought it was going somewhere special or was waiting for a fun twist. But no. The illustrations are what saves this book. The Wind Blew... and so did this story, kinda, by Pat Hutchins (1974). I think it could potentially make for a good toddler read-aloud. My rating - 2/5
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  Luisa Knight

  The windy season in England.
  
  Ages: 3 - 7
  
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  Jill

  A simple story about the wind picking up and blowing several different people's things up and away. Very little plot or storyline, but my students really enjoy the comic value and trying to anticipate what the wind will grab next!
  
  Great book for the classroom for reinforcing making predictions and/or order of events in a story.
  
  
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  Jill

  This book was all right.
  
  It was Let’s Find Out’s suggestion to go along with their wind issue. It rhymes (mostly) and is a quick read, but the ending was a little odd and, while the class listened and were engaged, they weren’t super excited about it. If I was dying for a book about wind, maybe I’d read this again, but I’m not in a rush to do so.
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  Kimberly Austin

  Good book on where the wind can carry items away in a large gust of wind. There were several items that were blown away like a newspaper, a wig, an umbrella, etc. At the end the gust stops and all the items come back down. Good book for preschool through 1st grade.
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  Aneesa

  How do you get your kid to just sit quietly and look at the pictures in a book like this. I don't want to read it over and over, and it seems like the story can be told silently. Clearly the point of reading is not being alone.
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  talia

  Simplistic, predictable story of the wind blowing things away. Fun illustrations
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  Rachel

  Cute story about the wind. Might be a good one to use during a severe storm to make it a little less scary. We used this as a 'find the object' book.
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  Diana

  This is a quick, easy read, and with stories about wind are in short supply, it was a keeper. The story is simple, and I wasn't a huge fan of the art, but the kids liked it, and that's something.
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  Mary

  Read-Aloud Revival Recommendation for May Picture Books. Cute, quick story. Set in Britain; what's not to love about that?
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  Becker's School Supplies

  We loved this book so much we put it in our Book Corner!
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  Lynn A. Davidson

  The wind blew things up and away on a very windy day.
  Rhyming story with nicely complementary illustrations.
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  Stacie

  Lots of wind, annoying the people, all elegantly captured in the illustrations.
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  Melissa Koser

  The premise is fun, the story is not. The words do not rhyme, so don't waste your time.