Well, it finally happened: Eliana got majorly freaked out by a thunderstorm. I’m actually rather shocked that it didn’t happen sooner, but I’m crossing my fingers that I don’t have an extra bed partner tonight.
The instant that first flash of lightning streaked across the sky, tears started streaming down her cheeks, accompanied by wild eyes and jagged breaths. I tried reasoning with her (“You never thought it was scary before!”), distracting her, and entertaining her (who else’s dad told them that thunder is just God bowling?), but nothing worked. Finally, grasping at straws, I suggested that sometimes things that we don’t understand can be scary, and maybe we could find a book at the library to explain how lightning works so we don’t have to be scared of it. Lo and behold, she agreed!
So now I’m sitting here frantically Googling books about thunder and lightning so that I can stave off a future filled with midnight-shin-kicking. Hopefully, one of these will do the trick!
NONFICTION
Lightning by Seymour Simon
Thunder and Lightning by Helen Cox Cannons
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll by Franklyn M. Branley
FICTION
Just a Thunderstorm by Gina Mayer
Franklin and the Thunderstorm by Paulette Borgeois
Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle
Boom! Big, Big Thunder & One Small Dog by Mary Lyn Ray
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
Rufus and the Scary Storm: A Book About Being Brave by Lucy Bell
(This book is now available for pre-order and will be released in May 2018.)
