The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

MacKay, Elly

Red Sky at Night

40 pp. | Tundra | May, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-101-91783-1 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-101-91785-5

(3) K-3 Stunning art--photographs of paper dioramas in which two children and a caregiver sail through and frolic beside luminous seascapes--adds a narrative element to this collection of weather lore. Historical weather-prediction sayings in rhyme are each based on observations in nature: "Ring around the moon, rain will come soon. / Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning!"  Back matter explains each bit of "Weather Wisdom." Bib.

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty