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When Winter Comes
Winter is a time for snowballs and sledding, mittens, crackling fires, and soup. Through splendid full-color photographs and a simple text, Robert Maass invites young children to bundle up and step into the coldest season of the year.
And don't forget Robert Maass's other books on the seasons also available in When Autumn Comes ; When Spring Comes ; When Summer Comes .
And don't forget Robert Maass's other books on the seasons also available in When Autumn Comes ; When Spring Comes ; When Summer Comes .
32 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1993
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February 4, 2012
When Winter Comes (An Owlet Book) by Robert Maass portrays a sampler of winter activities.
The text is in a large font and is well matched with the photographs.
Maass photgraphs many typical winter activities and scenes, including cold sunrises, ice-covered trees, warm coats, sledding, an outside thermometer, winter coats, icicles, throwing snowballs, unwrapping presents, Chanukah lights, buying root vegetables for soup, feeding birds, deer, animal prints in snow, ice hockey, wood fireplaces, warm winter hats, ice fishing, skating, skiing, snowshoes, paper snowflakes and hearts, snowmen and thinking of spring. Children appear in many photographs.
I like this useful winter sampler, which focuses mainly on child-centered activities and winter fun. Though the pictures are from 1993, I think they stand up well today. I will look for Maass' other seasonal books. I'd give this a 3.5.
For ages 2.5 - 6, winter, photographs, seasons, animals, holidays, and fans of Robert Maass.
The text is in a large font and is well matched with the photographs.
Maass photgraphs many typical winter activities and scenes, including cold sunrises, ice-covered trees, warm coats, sledding, an outside thermometer, winter coats, icicles, throwing snowballs, unwrapping presents, Chanukah lights, buying root vegetables for soup, feeding birds, deer, animal prints in snow, ice hockey, wood fireplaces, warm winter hats, ice fishing, skating, skiing, snowshoes, paper snowflakes and hearts, snowmen and thinking of spring. Children appear in many photographs.
I like this useful winter sampler, which focuses mainly on child-centered activities and winter fun. Though the pictures are from 1993, I think they stand up well today. I will look for Maass' other seasonal books. I'd give this a 3.5.
For ages 2.5 - 6, winter, photographs, seasons, animals, holidays, and fans of Robert Maass.
September 14, 2011
Dated photos notwithstanding, these books are calm and thoughtful introductions to the seasons.
Children and adults are shown helping some animals by placing bird feeders outside when the temperature drops, and supplying a horse with a cold-weather blanket.
However, there is a Veg*n Parent Alert: Other animals don't fare so well as there is an ice fishing scene complete with a tiny fish dangling from a hook, and a couple of people wearing fur hats and fur-trimmed coats, some of which appear to be real.
Children and adults are shown helping some animals by placing bird feeders outside when the temperature drops, and supplying a horse with a cold-weather blanket.
However, there is a Veg*n Parent Alert: Other animals don't fare so well as there is an ice fishing scene complete with a tiny fish dangling from a hook, and a couple of people wearing fur hats and fur-trimmed coats, some of which appear to be real.
June 13, 2019
A wonderful book for Kindergarteners. I read it every year for most of the 22 years that I taught Kindergarten.
December 19, 2021
Beautiful. Diverse representation.
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