blizzards

An exploration of blizzards that provides accounts of individuals who have survived one, explains what causes them, and discusses related disaster prevention and safety procedures.

Rafael Silva takes his kids along on a last minute business trip, planning to squeeze in some family fun skiing at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but an unexpected blizzard makes them thankful their mother Ana, who stayed at home, insisted they bring extra warm clothes and snacks.

Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers in kindergarten through third grade to the characteristics of blizzards.

A little girl gets out of school early when a blizzard hits, experiences a scary car ride home with her parents, and watches as the snow piles up and whirls in the air outside her house. Explains how to be safe if stranded in a car during a blizzard, and discusses such topics as windchill and frostbite.

An exploration of weather that provides information on thunderstorms, earthquakes, blizzards, hurricanes, and other phenomena and offers tips on how to prepare for and stay safe during extreme weather conditions.

When a blizzard hits town on the night of the big Carol Sing winter celebration, Grandma must drive a snowplow after her sons get stuck in the snow.

In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.

After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

Jamie is disappointed when a huge blizzard cancels her birthday party, until unexpected visitors arrive to create a winter picnic and a very special birthday.

Old Maynard Jenkins tells about the terrible blizzard that occurred one Christmas when he was a boy, when the weather was so cold in Lizzard, Indiana, that Santa Claus moved his workshop there and it snowed for two weeks straight.