When the Wind Blows
Reviews & Endorsements by Authors, Journalists, Scientists & Environmental Leaders
Reviews & Endorsements by Authors, Journalists, Scientists & Environmental Leaders
Bill McKibben
"The wind blows a lot here where I live, and so it
makes me happy to think of it being put to good use.
When the Wind Blows is a book for kids to read to
their elders, so we can get moving!"
makes me happy to think of it being put to good use.
When the Wind Blows is a book for kids to read to
their elders, so we can get moving!"
Bill McKibben
Founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement
Bestselling author of The End of Nature and a dozen other groundbreaking books
Endowed Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College
2013 Winner of the Gandhi Peace Award
Founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement
Bestselling author of The End of Nature and a dozen other groundbreaking books
Endowed Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College
2013 Winner of the Gandhi Peace Award
Mark Ruffalo, courtesy The Solutions Project
"This book is a beautiful and fun way to help our children
understand the future of electrical energy generation.
If you are looking for a book that inspires hope in your
little ones and teaches them about a world free of dirty,
harmful fossil fuels, When the Wind Blows is it."
understand the future of electrical energy generation.
If you are looking for a book that inspires hope in your
little ones and teaches them about a world free of dirty,
harmful fossil fuels, When the Wind Blows is it."
Mark Ruffalo
Founder, Water Defense
Co-Founder, The Solutions Project
Clean Water & Clean Energy Advocate & 2011 Global Green Awards Winner
Founder, Water Defense
Co-Founder, The Solutions Project
Clean Water & Clean Energy Advocate & 2011 Global Green Awards Winner
Michael E. Mann
"It is challenging to find climate change-themed books that
leave their readers not with fear and despair, but with
optimism and empowerment. So, When the Wind Blows by
Stacy Clark (and wonderfully illustrated by Brad Sneed),
arrives as a breath of fresh air. Read this book with your
children (or grandchildren), as I did with my own nine
year-old daughter. You will come away inspired, hopeful
and ready to fight for a green energy future."
leave their readers not with fear and despair, but with
optimism and empowerment. So, When the Wind Blows by
Stacy Clark (and wonderfully illustrated by Brad Sneed),
arrives as a breath of fresh air. Read this book with your
children (or grandchildren), as I did with my own nine
year-old daughter. You will come away inspired, hopeful
and ready to fight for a green energy future."
Michael E. Mann
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University
Bestselling author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
(now available in paperback with a guest Foreword by Bill Nye "The Science Guy")
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University
Bestselling author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
(now available in paperback with a guest Foreword by Bill Nye "The Science Guy")
Eric Pooley
"There's poetry, magic and power in a seaside breeze--and
When the Wind Blows captures them all to share an
inspirational view of a renewable energy future. Stacy Clark
and Brad Sneed have created a book that will transport
young minds and lift hearts of every age."
When the Wind Blows captures them all to share an
inspirational view of a renewable energy future. Stacy Clark
and Brad Sneed have created a book that will transport
young minds and lift hearts of every age."
Eric Pooley
Author of The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth
SVP Strategy & Communications, Environmental Defense Fund
Author of The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth
SVP Strategy & Communications, Environmental Defense Fund
Gordian Raacke
"What an ingenious, beautiful and fun book to help kids
(and grown-ups) connect the dots between nature and
renewable energy! Thank you, Stacy Clark."
(and grown-ups) connect the dots between nature and
renewable energy! Thank you, Stacy Clark."
Gordian Raacke
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Long Island
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Long Island
"When the Wind Blows is a wonderful book about harnessing
the wind's energy and how it is transformed from a force
of nature that spins turbines into electricity that powers our cities."
the wind's energy and how it is transformed from a force
of nature that spins turbines into electricity that powers our cities."
Sara London
"Stacy, in When the Wind Blows, you have transformed
your narrative of a decade ago into a delightfully instructive
21st century adventure in Wind! Words and images blend
beautifully on the vibrant pages. Children and parents will love it!"
your narrative of a decade ago into a delightfully instructive
21st century adventure in Wind! Words and images blend
beautifully on the vibrant pages. Children and parents will love it!"
Sara London
Former New York Times Children's Book Reviewer
Creative Writing & Literature Lecturer at Mt. Holyoke & Smith Colleges
Iowa's Writers' Workshop Graduate
Former New York Times Children's Book Reviewer
Creative Writing & Literature Lecturer at Mt. Holyoke & Smith Colleges
Iowa's Writers' Workshop Graduate
Josh Fox
"Every parent should read When the Wind Blows
to their kids and to their parents!"
to their kids and to their parents!"
Josh Fox
Oscar Nominee for GASLAND (2011) - Best Documentary Feature Film
Co-Founder of The Solutions Project
Oscar Nominee for GASLAND (2011) - Best Documentary Feature Film
Co-Founder of The Solutions Project
Dianna Hutts Aston
"When the Wind Blows is a breath of fresh air. The rhyming, fluid verses and double-page artwork are awe-inspiring. Looking out across the Gulf of Mexico, from my home here on Mustang Island, gusts of wind now fuel my imagination. The abandoned oil platforms that occupy the Gulf are transformed into foundations for some of our country's first offshore wind farms! From my home to the Outer banks, from the Jersey Shore to the harbors of Maine, and from San Diego to Seattle, I see windmills energizing seaside towns all across America. Packaging science, technology and smart energy solutions into exquisite non-fiction picture books is a clever way to launch the next generation of clean energy engineers and entrepreneurs. Stacy - I'm so proud of you!"
Dianna Hutts Aston
Author of 14 children's books, including A Moon Over Star (a Coretta Scott King Honor book), which President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama read to children at their inaugural visit to a D.C. charter School.
Author of 14 children's books, including A Moon Over Star (a Coretta Scott King Honor book), which President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama read to children at their inaugural visit to a D.C. charter School.
Ross Gelpspan: Image Courtesy Robert Shetterly
"In When the Wind Blows, Stacy Clark and illustrator Brad Sneed have created a most comforting vision of a clean energy future provided by an abundant, benevolent and inexhaustible renewable resource. The book honors the curiosity of so many young minds who want to know how things work by providing them with a simple blueprint for building a world where emissions-free electricity powers towns and cities. WIND is a nod to the ability and willingness of mankind to adapt and evolve in response to the epic challenges of a warming planet."
Ross Gelbspan
Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Journalist
Author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point
Featured in Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship -
a stunningly beautiful book by Robert Shetterly
Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Journalist
Author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point
Featured in Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship -
a stunningly beautiful book by Robert Shetterly
Mark Z. Jacobson
"When the Wind Blows is literally poetry in
motion, flowing like a sea breeze
powering the next generation
with clean wind energy."
motion, flowing like a sea breeze
powering the next generation
with clean wind energy."
Mark Z. Jacobson
Director of Stanford University's Atmosphere & Energy Program
Co-Founder, The Solutions Project
Director of Stanford University's Atmosphere & Energy Program
Co-Founder, The Solutions Project
Carl Safina
"When the Wind Blows is a beautiful, friendly book.
Its message, ultimately, is nothing less than
how to open a path toward a bright and breezy
future for the children we love."
Carl Safina
Author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel (July 14, 2015)
Its message, ultimately, is nothing less than
how to open a path toward a bright and breezy
future for the children we love."
Carl Safina
Author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel (July 14, 2015)
"The poetic composition celebrates the power of wind as a renewable-energy resource. Intriguing, easily informative and even inspiring."
Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
Pete Seeger at the 2007 Clearwater Festival (photo by Anthony Pepitone)
"I envision children and their reading companions relaxing as they read When the Wind Blows, taking refuge in the images of a breezy, summer day on the shore, and pondering a world where Earth's clean energy is harnessed."
- Pete Seeger June, 2009
- Pete Seeger June, 2009
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