What Was the Children's Blizzard of 1888?

January 1888 in the upper Great Plains was a brutally cold month, with highs around zero and lows often 30 below. On January 12th, warm air arrived from the Gulf of Mexico and people went out improperly dressed. In the middle of the day and without warning, a snow blizzard hit the area. A blizzard r......more

This was a good telling of this story, it's still a very sad story but I think kids will get a lot out of this story especially here in North Dakota. I actually only recently found out one of my great grandfathers was caught in this storm, was saved but later died from complications from that night.......more

This calamity won't be forgotten!......more

First sentence: January 12, 1888, started out as an unusually warm and sunny winter day in much of the central and midwestern parts of the United States. This area was known as the Great Plains. Premise/plot: This nonfiction book for young readers answers the question, What was the Children's Blizzar......more

I saw other books about the Children's Blizzard but knowing nothing about the event I thought I'd start here. The "What was" series is great at covering the subject. It explains it in a easy way to understand and covers all the who, why, what , when and where's. It explains about the technology of th......more