Books with title Windy Day: The Windy Day

The fifth novel featuring Leaphorn and Chee by New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, now reissued in the Premium Plus format.The corpse had been “scalped,” its palms and soles removed after death. Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police knows immediately he will have his hands full with this case, a certainty that is supported by the disturbing occurrences to follow. A mysterious nighttime plane crash, a vanishing shipment of cocaine, and a bizarre attack on a windmill only intensify Chee’s fears. A dark and very ill wind is blowing through the Southwestern desert, a gale driven by Navajo sorcery and white man’s greed. And it will sweep away everything unless Chee can somehow change the weather.

For Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police, the case begins when he finds a pair of boots in the rabbit brush beside a wilderness trail. The boots' owner lies nearby, his palms and soles "scalped" in what appears to be a witch's scavenging. The federal investigators tell Chee to mind his own business. But a series of disturbing events draws Chee into a dangerous web of intrigue spun by Navajo sorcery and white greed.

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.

Have you ever wondered what sways the trees, and makes the leaves dance across the grass? Follow the billowing wind as it flies a kite, fills the sails of tall ships on the sea, makes birds fly and catches the massive wind turbines to generate electricity for a village! Illustrated by Elena Temporin, illustrator of "The Snowy Day and Lullabies". This is a perfect present which will capture inquisitive imaginations.

Here's a new scratch-and-sniff book featuring Clifford The Big Red Dog and his pals from the popular PBS TV show!It's a windy day on Birdwell Island--so windy that Emily Elizabeth's painting blows away! Clifford retrieves it for her, but he causes a little trouble along the way. He knocks over a bag of peanuts (you can sniff the peanuts!), he splatters grass all over people (sniff the grass), and more! But when a tornado threatens Birdwell Island, Clifford is everyone's hero.

A young girl sets out on her own to fly her kite and encounters a pirate cloud full of goblins looking to cause trouble. She is rescued by a big black wolf who scare the goblins away and stays to help her fly her kite as high as possible. Their friendship teaches her courage (which is what she names the wolf). An adorable, simple children's story by three-time Eisner nominee Tony Sandoval. The illustrations are magical and the tale itself is very cute.

The fifth novel featuring Leaphorn and Chee by New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, now reissued in the Premium Plus format.The corpse had been “scalped,” its palms and soles removed after death. Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police knows immediately he will have his hands full with this case, a certainty that is supported by the disturbing occurrences to follow. A mysterious nighttime plane crash, a vanishing shipment of cocaine, and a bizarre attack on a windmill only intensify Chee’s fears. A dark and very ill wind is blowing through the Southwestern desert, a gale driven by Navajo sorcery and white man’s greed. And it will sweep away everything unless Chee can somehow change the weather.