Debra Kempf Shumaker
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Wind is a Dance

Poet­ic text and ethe­re­al illus­tra­tions com­bine with sci­ence facts about wind in this delight­ful infor­ma­tion­al pic­ture book. “You can feel wind … but you can’t see it. What is wind?” This explo­ration of dif­fer­ent types of wind pairs lyri­cal descrip­tions of wind types with acces­si­ble, infor­ma­tion­al side­bars about each.

reviews

“A first choice for any library.” *Starred Review* (School Library Journal)

“A series of pirou­ettes both airy and infor­ma­tive.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“A worth­while pur­chase.” (Book­list)

illustration from Wind is a Dance by Josee Bisaillon
illus­tra­tion © Josée Bisail­lon for Wind is a Dance, writ­ten by Debra Kempf Shu­mak­er, pub­lished by Kids Can Press, 2024
Wind is a Dance

Wind is a Dance
writ­ten by Debra Kempf Shu­mak­er
illus­trat­ed by Josée Bisail­lon
Kids Can Press, Octo­ber 1, 2024

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honors

Wind Is a Dance was named an NCTE (Nation­al Coun­cil of Teach­ers of Eng­lish) 2025 Notable Book in Poetry.