Snowball

by Nina Crews

The weather report says "Snow." Yet there is no sign of it on Monday, or on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday. But oh, when it comes, it is as thick and white and wonderful (and perfect for snowballs) as the exuberant young narrator dreamed. Young fans who already love Nina Crews's striking photo-collage picture books will revel in this winter wonderland. Zip up your jacket and come outside. It's snowing!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, School

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 1997

About the author

Nina Crews is a well known author and an illustrator children's books. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Reviews

[Rakisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tana Hoban and Nina Crews make some of my favorite children's books using photography. Just something about them perfectly captures Brooklyn (NYC) life from a child's point of view. I always feel like I'm 6 years-old when I gaze at the pictures in their books. I love seeing myself reflected back in a familiar scenairo.

[Shavonne · Rating 1 out of 5]

I understand it is from a child's POV, but it is missing something. I had my boys tell me about the pictures and they came up with more than what the author did.

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite picture books-- speaks beautifully to The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Love the photographs/collage. Highly recommend, works for very young preschool readers as well as young elementary students- or for any adults who love picture books.

[Shari (Shira) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautiful photography, but the text does not live up to the pictures. Maybe it should have been a wordless book.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book has great photo collage illustrations. The words support the pictures. The content is not too complex. Over the years, time has changed to cityscape. Especially the cars look different now.

[Nancy Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the fact that photography is used and the text is simple.

[Eva Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, one BIG plus about this one is that it's all pictures. I keep telling Mama SHE needs to write a book like this, where it's all pictures. She's a photographer, right?
And the biggest plus is, it's about SNOW!!!!!!
And I can get how these kids just want it to SNOW ALREADY!!!
But you know what? I'm in homeschool and I want it to snow. I can't imagine sitting in a REAL school waiting for it to start snowing. Because if I'm at home and it starts snowing, you guys say "Come on! Let's go out in the snow!" Or I just go out myself. Unless you guys are driving, or Mikey comes too.
But in this school in the book, they have to just SIT THERE and wait. That's boring and I don't know what's worse: waiting for the snow to start, or just sitting there while it snows and you can't DO anything.
Either way, homeschool is for me.
And the other thing, too. It snows and this girl makes this BIG snowball and then what does she do? She just chucks it in the air! What a waste. You need to smack someone with it, or at least throw it at a tree.
Sometimes these books are just too nice.
It's ok, though, because of snow.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Snowball by Nina Crews shows Prospect Park Pre-schoolers in photgraphs as a class waits for a predicted snowfall that takes days to arrive.

The story is child centered, focusing on the child's point of view regarding the snowfall and the snowballs they make. The photo-collage picture book will appeal to young children.

For ages 2 to 5, snow, preschool, phonics, winter themes, and fans of Nina Crews.

[Ashleigh Cartmill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, it was alright. I didn't really care for the art medium, but that's more about personal taste

[Colleen]

The Cycle of the Seasons - unit 4
Leveled Books - Beginner

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

used this with the infant/toddler class--they seemed to like it. Nice photographs.

[Haim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice photo-collage illustration.