Weather Fiction

Small talk is a staple of conversation. We say "How are you?", but we may not really want to know. We remark about the weather, but it’s usually just a way to feel less awkward. Classic storyteller O. Henry introduces us to Bud on a trip to New York. In Bud's world if you bring up the subject of weather you'd better be willing to carry on a meaningful conversation.

Big raindrops were pattering on the dark windows. It was one of .those disgusting summer holiday rains which, when they have begun, last a long time - for weeks, till the frozen holiday maker grows used to it and sinks into complete apathy. It was cold; there was a feeling of raw, unpleasant dampness. The mother-in-law of a lawyer, called Kvashin, and his wife, Nadyezhda Filippovna, dressed in waterproofs and shawls, were sitting over the dinner table in the dining room.

Brian, and his trusty assistants, Linda and Jayne, find that their plans to attend a conference in New York are disrupted by Hurricane Sandy. Team bonding takes on a whole new meaning when they have to move to more cramped accommodation.

This is an educational book about the weather.

Pete the Bee and the Chilly Weather is the 14th of 20 individual Pete the Bee stories written by British author Paul Cook. The stories are centered around the rescue farm where Pete and his friends live. The animals, which include Shebdon the Shire horse and Brandon the Fly, share many adventures together, but Pete usually saves the day. These lighthearted stories can be enjoyed by children of all ages.

Amelia Bedelia is feeling under the weather. While it rains cats and dogs outside, Amelia Bedelia is stuck in bed with a fever. She passes the time by learning all about weather around the world. And with a lot of rest and a big bowl of Mrs. Adams' chicken soup, Amelia Bedelia will be back on her feet soon.

We've all heard that if we don't like the weather just give it five minutes and it will change. This short story by humorist Mark Twain may have been the origin of the idea. Twain seems convinced that no weather is more varied than in New England. No forecast is so difficult to claim as true as New England. Then again, each region could make the claim and be proud of their prognostication.

What are tornadoes? Blizzards? Hurricanes? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of severe weather in this book. Accessible text describes severe weather conditions and encourages students to be weather aware and to take proper precautions in the event of severe weather.

Is it rainy? Cloudy? Stormy? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of observing weather conditions in this book. Accessible text describes the different weather conditions and encourages students to think about and engage with the weather that is just outside their windows!

In a rural Appalachian town, a man reckons with the violence and lassitude of his neighbors after a dark and confusing encounter in the woods. His life, as dull and steady as the weather hanging over the town where he lives, becomes a phantasmagoria when he is haunted by waking nightmares about a dead girl no one else can see. In this short work of Appalachian magical realism, a man is plagued by the ghosts of murders he didn't commit.

Meet Tammy, a demigoddess gifted with a water affinity. Her only problem? She resides in perpetually soggy England, where her unfortunate rain allergy complicates life. One fateful day on her way home, she stumbles upon a flash flood and a teenage werewolf, sparking a chain of events that will alter her destiny forever.

When hard-working TV producer Elizabeth "Liz" Mudd is fired from a local news program, her career begins to look as bleak as her hapless love life. After stumbling into a job working for a failing morning news show, Liz decides to revitalize it by bringing on her idol and long time crush, reporter Dawn Reynolds. World-renowned Dawn Reynolds has spanned the globe reporting the news for nearly two decades, yet, even with all the success, her romantic life seemed bleak. That is until she meets the charmingly beautiful Liz Mudd.

Estos cuentos de Horacio Quiroga nos siguen asombrando y despiertan engrandes y chicos la fascinación por lo desconocido, por más espantos o que sea. Es que se trata del horror cotidiano, real y conocido. Puede ser el que alberga un cómodo e inocente almohadón de plumas, los hermanos idiotas de una malcriada niñita, unos espectros que habitan las salas de cine o un insólito vampiro que, inexorablemente, terminará atrapando a su víctima. Historias para atesorar, para asombrarse y asustarse, como pasa siempre con la gran literatura de terror.

Thunder roars in the cloudy skies over El Monte, Southern California, during October of 1955, as friendship, fun, fall leaves, and mystery fill the pages of Ferocious Fall: Our Wild Weather Escapes, the third volume in a four book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann. Join two eleven-year-old, All-American kids, Pete and Carol Ann, and a beagle puppy, as they scramble from one weather-filled adventure to another.

Sal Brooks og resten af holdet fra Vatikanets hemmelige antimagikorps bliver tilkaldt af en lokal antikvar, hvis antikvariat er blevet totalsmadret. Der er ingen tvivl om, at han har fået fat i den forkerte bog og har sluppet farlig magi ud, da han åbnede den. Men var det med vilje? Og hvor fik han bogen fra? Sal og hendes kolleger er på bar bund... Magi findes, og nogle bøger bider fra sig. Følg Sal Brooks, den seneste rekrut på en hemmelig magisk mission, mens hun rejser verden rundt for at holde overnaturlige kræfter i skak.

This is a summary, analysis, and review of the book and not the original book. Jenny Offill's third novel Weather follows the thoughts of librarian Lizzie Benson as she deals with raising a family, helping her brother overcome addiction, and preparing for the end of the world. In Offill's signature style of disjointed autofiction, she takes the reader/listener on a journey through the mind of a woman obsessed with doomsday preparation in a world ever threatened by climate change and divisive politics.

What if you could talk to the weather? Sage dreams of playing with the rainbows, flowers, snowflakes, and the sun. But how will she do it, when they are out of her reach? Tag along with Sage, and discover the true power of imagination.

In the early days of spring when the snow begins to melt, plants and animals stir to life. Simple, rhyming text makes for an engaging read-aloud while back matter offers more detail about each of the creatures featured in this celebration of spring's arrival.

Why is it sunny outside one day and rainy the next? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of why weather changes in this book. Accessible text describes changing weather conditions and encourages students to observe and think about the changing weather in their own environments.

Acurrúcate en un día lluvioso a leer y explorar los ecosistemas de la pradera través de su clima y los cambios por los que atraviesa. En cada mes se destaca una tomenta típica de la estación y un animal de la pradera, que debe buscar refugio, esconderse, escapar o aguantar esas tormentas. Narrada en prosa lírica, esta historia es una celebración de las praderas que dominan el centro del territorio americano y de los animales que viven ahí.