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Gr 4–6—"Can you ever really see the wind?" "Can you ever really know the wind?" Two short questions and poetic suggestions toward the beginning of this book invite readers to personally experience wind. "Lift your face to the breeze—/ let it bathe your cheeks/ sift through your hair/ tease your fingertips./ Listen/ while the wind whispers its name." This fanciful idea of the whisper leads directly to the "Bull's-Eye Squall," a poem about the squall blowing off the coast of South Africa. The winding tour goes on through 13 more places around the world where specially named winds b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More