• The cover of Storm's Coming! shows a girl in a yellow dress shouting and pointing at a lighthouse on Lake Superior under cloudy skies. Text: Storm's Coming! by Margi Preus, illustrated by David Geister.
1 1

Storm's Coming!

Storm's Coming!

$ 16.95

Get 10% off with a membership

$ 16.95 $ 16.95

Get an additional 10% off with a membership

Sale Sold out
Product Format

Author Margi Preus, Illustrations by David Geister

Minnesota Historical Society Press (September 15, 2016)

$16.95

Did you know that flowers, insects, and birds can help predict the weather? Near her lighthouse home, Sophie reads the signs and sounds a warning: “Storm’s coming!”

Description

WATCH: MNHS Storytime Video

Attentive young Sophie lives with her family at a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Superior. At this essential outpost, everyone has a job to do, whether baking bread, fishing for dinner, or caring for the light. And in this isolated place, in a time long before smartphones and Internet connections, news arrives only by ship, and information is sometimes gathered in unexpected places.

Sophie is attuned to her natural surroundings, and she reads signs in a dandelion bloom, a spider’s web, seagulls in flight, and even a squeaky door. All these clues lead her to one conclusion: a storm is brewing. Sophie scurries to spread the word—to family members tending the garden, hanging laundry, and picking blueberries. Most important, though: she needs to warn Papa of the impending change in the weather.

As the lighthouse keeper, Papa maintains the foghorn, checks the light, and polishes its lens, his chores focused on keeping the signal working properly to warn ships away from treacherous rocks. Will Sophie reach Papa in time to alert him about the storm? And will the lighthouse be ready to guide nearby ships as the sky darkens and rain begins to fall?

Author information

Margi Preus is the author of several award-winning books for young readers, including Heart of a Samurai, West of the Moon, and Enchantment Lake.

David Geister has illustrated twenty picture books, including Riding to Washington, The Voyageur's Paddle, and Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky.

Reviews and news

Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly blog post on books about lighthouses

Play off the Page

Looking for a Good Book

Story time video

Images

A girl in a yellow dress and a boy in blue overalls stand in a garden near a lighthouse, just like the cover of "Storm's Coming!" The boy holds veggies as the girl gestures; nearby are a dog and bee. Text is on the left.

In the lighthouse children’s book *Storm's Coming!*, a boy stands on a wooden raft reaching toward a rowboat where another boy ties a rope, as seagulls soar above Lake Superior and houses and trees line the distant shore. Text appears on the left page.

A yellow lighthouse stands on a rocky cliff above Lake Superior under a stormy sky. Lightning flashes and rain pours down. Text: "Just then, a big jagged flash lit the sky..." from Storm's Coming!.

  • 32 pages
  • Fully Illustrated
  • 10x10 inches
  • ISBN: 9781681340180
Want to get updates about MNHS Press books, news, and events?
View full details