Booklists

From the Pigeon Post essay of September 24th, 2009 of the same name.

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema and Beatriz Vidal Recommended
	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett Recommended
	Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton Recommended
	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Recommended
	Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian Recommended
	Sam Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness Recommended
	Snow by Uri Shulevitz Recommended
	Noah's Ark illustrated by Peter Spier Recommended
	Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin R. Tresselt Recommended
	White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin R. Tresselt and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin Recommended
	The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg Recommended
	Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer and illustrated by Karen Ritz Recommended
	Hurricane by David Wiesner Recommended
	Umbrella by Taro Yashima Recommended
	Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham Recommended
	Clifford and the Big Storm by Norman Bridwell Suggested
	Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss Suggested
	Snowballs by Lois Ehlert Suggested
	Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets Suggested
	Drylongso by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested
	Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse and illustrated by Jon J. Muth Suggested
	River Friendly, River Wild by Jane Kurtz and illustrated by Neil Brennan Suggested
	Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis Suggested
	Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco Suggested
	Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop and illustrated by Peter E. Hanson Suggested
	Kate Shelley by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Max Ginsburg Suggested
	Brave Irene by William Steig Suggested
	Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens and illustrated by Margot Tomes Suggested
	The Snow Walker by Margaret K. Wetterer and illustrated by Mary O'Keefe Young and Charles M. Wetterer Suggested

Independent Reader

	The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustarted by Evelyn Copelman and W. W. Denslow Highly Recommended
	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Highly Recommended
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and illustrated by Tudor Humphries Highly Recommended
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and illustrated by Donald McKay Highly Recommended
	The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Highly Recommended
	The Good Dog by Avi Recommended
	Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Recommended
	Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Recommended
	Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	Inkheart by Cornelia Caroline Funke Recommended
	Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow Recommended
	Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Recommended
	Seaman by Gail Langer Karwoski and illustrated by James Watling Recommended
	Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill Recommended
	Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman Recommended
	Abel's Island by William Steig Recommended
	The Cay by Theodore Taylor Recommended
	Williwaw! by Tom Bodett Suggested
	The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck Suggested
	Tornado by Betsy Cromer Byars and illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami Suggested
	Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford and illustrated by George Hughes Suggested
	The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested
	Powder Monkey by Paul Dowswell Suggested
	The Day It Rained Forever by Virginia T. Gross and illustrated by Ronald Himler Suggested
	Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale Suggested
	Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow Suggested
	Blizzard by Jim Murphy Suggested
	Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca Suggested
	Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Sucie Stevenson Suggested
	Tornadoes by Seymour Simon Suggested

Young Adult

	The Wanderer by Sharon Creech and illustrated by David Diaz Recommended
	Halsey's Typhoon by Bob Drury Recommended
	Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Recommended
	Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Recommended
	The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough and narrated by Edward Herrmann (AUDIO CD) Recommended
	Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian Recommended
	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and illustrated by Bernie Wrightson Recommended
	The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk Recommended
	The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Recommended
	Flood by Kathleen Duey Suggested