Thanks to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for a free digital copy.

This is a lovely and poetic book that shows a girl and her family making the best out of a horrible situation.

When The Wind Came by Jan Andrews is a dark tale of a home being destroyed by the wind and the immediate aftermath for the affected family. Told from the perspective of a child, the tale is written in simple but impactful sentences. This is a dark story, but an important one. Natural disasters are common and this book certainly paints a picture of what can happen. This book can provide teaching opportunities regarding resiliency, the importance of family, and the medicinal effects of joy and laughter. The illustrations are gorgeous and convey the emotions felt by the book. Overall, I recommend this book.

Thank you to Kids Can Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ARC.

I am a huge sucker for stories written in prose and I love how this book used its poetry to tell its tale. The illustrations were so soft but showed the darkness looming when needed. Overall, I loved this book and hope others will give this a read as well.

This is a beautiful story about a girl who faces challenges when her house is destroyed during a wind storm. The little girl is resilient and even during the darkest times find hope and joy. The mother demonstrates that you can still make a lunch from what she can find after the storm has raged though their home.
During the climatic part of the story, the pages are black and sprinkled with words of silence, This invokes emotion, and tension and sets up the situation for how the little girl and her family will handle this traumatic event.
The illustrations are warm, and although simplistic, show the joy after the devastation has occurred.
The message is clear, hope can be found in bubbles, laughs when even things are rough, and the ability to find the good in the bad.

Special thank you to Kids Can Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this ebook.

When the Wind Came
by Jan Andrews
A child's point of view of the devastation of a twister, or tornado. The book shows how things change quickly and how helping each other would make events of disaster easier.

This book is a child’s point of view before, during, and after a natural disaster. It also show how to find the positive in negative situations.

Thank you, Kids Can Press, for the advance reading copy.

The book tells a story of a family facing difficulties due to a sudden storm and what they had to do when it ends. It is such a beautiful storybook showing how the kids are helpful and how family sticks together in times of difficulty. Such a heartwarming read.

The illustrations are really good.

A story about a girl and her family who go through a storm on their farm together. An emotional tale with a definite lesson at the end.

This is one of those books that looks simple, but is deep. The family runs to the root cellar when a tornado or something like that looms on the horizon, and they wait in the darkness. And on those pages, it is just darkness, with text on top.

When the family emerges, the animals are freed from their barn, and all that remains is the floor and fireplace, and the family makes dinner.

The girl washes the dishes, and makes bubbles to lighten the mood. She says it makes all the difference and no difference.

Short and too the point, and a good look at how in shock you are when disaster hits.

<em>Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.</em>

Sterling work, as a girl witnesses a dust bowl-type storm wipe the family home from the earth. The impact of the storm is very well done, from a debuting artist, and the really tight and succinct text packs a lot of punch with its final paradox. With great use of the blank page, this conveys a lot of emotion with its brevity, and I certainly wish it well as a result. If the estate of the late author (who never fully recovered from falling down stairs, ffs) has more like this, the world would be a better place for it.