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This book would be good for the ages of first grade through eighth grade. If reading with younger students, you will need to have a guiding discussion to help them understand what they are reading. This would be good for social studies or science when explaining weather or historical events.

This book is about the blizzard that stuck states from Virginia to Maine in 1888. The book is broken into chapters that go through the timeline of events starting chapter 1 with explaining the peoples' disbelief for the dangerous storm and the skies as it approached. The book uses copies of real-life pictures from the time and dates of the storm. Using real life photos engages the reader to understand what life was like at the time of the storm.

Great narrative (and narrator) of the great blizzard of 1888 in New York - full of rich detail.

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It is only a snowstorm

The only reason I didn't give this book a thumbs up was because I don't know if I would read this in a classroom or not. The text is long and probably wouldn't entertain the students.

This book was a really interesting read. I really enjoyed being able to visualize this blizzard on each page of this book through drawn and real life images. The blizzard of 1888 was one of a kind and it is a very amazing story to tell. There are some images that cover the entire page so the reader can really pay attention to the image in a closer view. Very unique take.

This book would be perfect when talking about historical times with the blizzard that happened. I feel like the children would learn a lot of new information about it and also would enjoy hearing the stories of the survivors that faced it.

Blizzard is a wonderful biography written by Jim Murphy in 2000. This story tells about the harsh blizzard that hit Virginia to Maine and affected the life‘s of many citizens. The storm happened in 1888 and survivors are still telling their story. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.

“Throughout the afternoon and early evening, people made their way home, stumbling through front doors, exhausted and caked in a white glaze.”

This book uses real life photos of this story.

This nonfiction book takes place in 1888. It is about the Great Blizzard of 1888 that ranged from Virginia to Maine. It is a riveting story of a region brought to its knees by the three days and nights of hurricane force winds and unrelenting snow. Children will learn about men, women, and children who faced this terror head on.