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Mood swings - Books on Wind and its moods for every age!

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Title: Gilberto and the Wind Author & Illustrator: Mary Hall Ets Publisher: Puffin Books Age group: Preschool or 4-8 yrs Little Gilberto runs outside with a balloon hearing the wind call him you-ou-ou . But Wind snatches his balloon away and leaves it on top of a tree. Just like he takes away the clothes from the line or the umbrellas in the rain. Or sometimes Wind is so moody that he wouldn’t even help his kite go up high! But then we also read of all the good times, of how Gilberto and Wind play together with paper sailboats, bubbles and pinwheels. The book ends with a picture of Gilberto flat, with face to ground saying, Oh Wind! Where are you? Sh-sh-sh-sh , answers the Wind, and he stirs one dry leaf to show where he is. A small boy, a list of fun things, and the friendly breeze thrown in – what more to lift the spirits in a child? Sketches using just three colors, the illustrations more than “capture” the invisible friend for us. Personifying wind with all its tempe