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left_unsupervised's review
3.0
I had big expectations for this one, because I felt like the title was very powerful. It is a good look into what activities can occur during a storm. Passing time is different for everyone so it opened my eyes to some possibilities.
inkygirl's review
5.0
"I am the storm. And when the storm passes, as it always does, I am the calm, too." Beautifully illustrated, lyrical and moving text. This gorgeous picture book would be a perfect read for children who are anxious about storms, but there are also so many opportunities for deeper discussions about personal empowerment.
heisereads's review
5.0
Beautiful! An important message about the strength we all hold inside us to withstand the storms and that storms do pass. Backmatter adds details about each type of storm featured in the book (tornado, blizzard, wildfire, hurricane).
books_plan_create's review
5.0
Love the text, love the luscious pictures, love the diversity, and love the strength.
yapha's review
5.0
Great look at natural disasters (tornadoes, blizzards, wildfires, and hurricanes) for grades K & up. My favorite line, "It's okay to be scared. Nature is strong and powerful. But, I am strong and powerful, too." Highly recommended!!
little_silver's review
3.0
Have a young child in your life who experiences a fear of severe weather? This book covers tornadoes, blizzards, wild fires, and hurricanes. While the affirming message of togetherness and strength is well-done, it might be too varnished for older kids who have seen devastating results either in images or in real life. For example, the book shows neighbors helping each other clean up but the houses are all still standing.
jilliannelarson's review
2.0
Nice uses of similes and metaphors and would be very helpful when explaining those devices to children, however, this book is extremely insensitive towards families and communities that have already been wrecked by natural disasters. You can teach children to be calm but you can’t teach them that they can always “return home” after a hurricane when their homes have already been wiped away by hurricanes. It’s obvious that the author is from Massachusetts and has never been personally impacted by any type of natural disaster.
abigailbat's review
This is a beautiful and comforting book about all kinds of severe storms that reassures children that once the storm passes (as storms always do) calm will be restored. This would be the perfect book to calm children who have high anxiety about storms. Although nothing truly bad happens to any of the families depicted, you do see them cleaning up a bit in the aftermath of the storms (shoveling snow, cleaning up ash after wildfires, etc.). This is a book that urges young readers to be brave and says that even though storms are strong, you're strong, too.
katrinadreamer's review
4.0
A great book for kids who are fascinated and/or scared by storms...or both. It covers tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, and blizzards. It even gets into the fact that some people (if they can) leave their homes during big storms to find safety. As climate change rages on, more and more kids will experience these things and will need help understanding them. I liked the lines, "It's okay to be scared. Nature is strong and powerful. But, I am strong and powerful, too."