Beverley Boorer
The Very Windy Day
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(Beverley Boorer Sept. 16, 2014)
The day starts off calm and two children enjoy playing in the sandpit. Jake wishes there was something exciting to do like play on the beach or go to a birthday party with balloons. Gradually, the wind increases as a gale blows in. When the tree nearby falls onto their roof, Jake is confused about whether his wish for something exciting to happen caused the disaster - or was it those ants he saw under the tree?
Parents will love reading this story and children will enjoy listening to the many enchanting descriptions of the beach and the weather changing. A great story that has been published in the Australian School magazine not once, but twice. Older children will also love the escalating excitement of a day that changes from calm, to very windy, to disastrous and how the children and their parents cope with it all.