When Will It Snow? by Marty Crisp

by Marty Crisp

This story is about a little boy who wishes it would snow and is daydreaming about what happens when it snows

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Marty Crisp lives in Ephrata, Pennsylvania a town about forty miles west of Harrisburg in Lancaster County where she writes as a correspondent for Lancaster Newspapers. She is married, has four grown children and is very fond of dogs, a primary subject in much of her writing. As a writer primarily for children, she has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Maxwell Medallion awarded by the Dog Writers Association of America.

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is really creative and unique. The rhyming and wording are the best parts about the book. At first I wasn't sure with the mouthful of a character name, Peter Petrosky MacGregor O'Toole, that kept being repeated every time he asked or said something. But once I got past that I really enjoyed the story itself.

It's really charming that the boy loves winter so much that he's wondering when it will snow in June. He had all kinds of crazy ideas about what would happen and what he would do. Snow coming up to their 23rd floor, the reindeer pulling snow plows, stacking a tall snowman with a forklift, riding to Alaska on his sled, and my favorite, using his homework as kindling for a fire! So cute!

His mom pointed out that it was only June and he was crazy for thinking of snow. She told him not to be a fool, which rhymed with O'Toole but I couldn't believe she said that. Not okay!

It's cute that she wrote a book about her winter-loving son and had the character wearing mukluks in the summer and wool swim trunks. When I had first flipped through this and saw him sailing a boat and the line about Popsicle ports I thought this was going to be way out there and I'm glad I read this because it wasn't weird. It's such a nice idea.

The thing I didn't like was the illustrations. The characters look funny with these big faces, tiny dot eyes spaced far apart, a line for a mouth, and a tear drop shaped pink nose. They're really colorful though which I liked. And Santa and the reindeer were cute. The reindeer's legs curved like they didn't have joints but they were cute.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up at a book sale at a local SPCA. They were having a fill a bag sale for $5.
Skimming through it, the illustrations caught my eye, and I thought it looked cute.

I love the colors in here, lots of teals and pretty colors.

Apparently this used to be published as Totally Polar, but was renamed.
Although called a When Will it Snow, it actually takes place in June. And it mentions Santa, so you can read it any time, really.

The rhymes were unexpected and I enjoyed them.

Peter wonders if the snow will be so deep Santa will need a snowplow to clear it. His sled has a plow on the front and the reindeer's legs were so cute and funny-looking, just a curved line.
It was funny how Peter tore homework out and used it for fuel on the fire.

This was a cute book, with cute illustrations.

[Tori Biles · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because it showed how wild children's imaginations can really be. I love hearing about what kids think about and I think this book shows how much their imaginations can think up. It was easy to read out loud to children, which is something I think is a very important aspect to a children's book. Also, the illustrations in the book are enticing to children because they are fun and kind of bright, so they catch their attention.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story w/ cute illustrations about a funny named boy who longs for snow even in the summer heat! The kids love it!

[Shelley Alongi · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was cute. Sometimes I just like reading children stories simple and I also like snow and I am way over child age. But I am not too old to appreciate snow.

[Haaley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. It's simple but fun. The rhymes are entertaining as well as the illustrations. Comes with a twist.

[Rick Christiansen · Rating 2 out of 5]

putting this one in the ol donation pile

[Maddie Van Lith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book with the fourth grader I tutor and she enjoyed it a lot. I think this book captures the excitement of snow pretty well, and would be a fun winter read.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story covers about the season winter. The book can teach students aboout the usage of word "Will". At first, the sentences starts with "will" and makes a question and it changes to "we will" so makes a conclusion. The story makes children to wonder about winter time.

[Isela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Topic: Asking sentences

The pictures in the book is very colorful. It is an easy to read book. Furthermore, it has many questions in the beginning of the story.