S HEATHER WHIRL WEATHER GIRL HEATHER AND THE STORMY BIRTHDAY E Linda Oatman High N W Illustrated by Kris Aro McLeod KANE PRESS AN IMPRINT OF ASTRA BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS New York
Contents CHAPTER 1 A Gift from Nanny Pippa 7 CHAPTER 2 A Blinking Green Gem 15 CHAPTER 3 Somebody or Something Needs Help CHAPTER 4 Star of the Storm 30 CHAPTER 5 The Party Goes On 39 PREVIEW Heather and the Wildfires 43 Heather's Weather Journal Superstorms 46 Edward's Weather Photos 49 Notes from Blizzard 50 Fog's Tips and Advice 53 Activities Riddles and More About the Author 62 About the Illustrator 63 56 25
CHAPTER 1 A Gift from Nanny Pippa It was Heather Whirl's eighth birthday Her parents decorated all morning hoping for a beautiful October day for the backyard party But the sky grew dark and windy It started to rain Heather's blue eyes lit up with a shade of light purple Yay shouted Heather Whirl twirling in circles in the yard She threw her arms into the air dancing Rain rain don't go away she sang as her parents chased party streamers and napkins and balloons Heather's pets a big hairy dog named Fog and a lizard named Blizzard scurried about This wind reminds me of the twister we had when I was a kid Heather's father shouted as party decorations whipped around his head It was wild 7
