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Winter Dance
Snow is coming, and it's time to get ready! The squirrel gathers nuts, the geese soar south, and the snowshoe hare puts on its new white coat. But what should the fox do? Each animal advises the fox that its own plan is best, but the fox thinks otherwise—yet it's not until he meets a golden-eyed friend that he finds the perfect way to celebrate the snowfall.
Stunning illustrations by the new talent Richard Jones are the perfect complement to the Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer's lyrical and playful homage to the natural world.
Stunning illustrations by the new talent Richard Jones are the perfect complement to the Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer's lyrical and playful homage to the natural world.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published October 24, 2017
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Marion Dane Bauer
170 books189 followersMarion Dane Bauer is the author of more than one hundred books for young people, ranging from novelty and picture books through early readers, both fiction and nonfiction, books on writing, and middle-grade and young-adult novels. She has won numerous awards, including several Minnesota Book Awards, a Jane Addams Peace Association Award for RAIN OF FIRE, an American Library Association Newbery Honor Award for ON MY HONOR, a number of state children's choice awards and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota for the body of her work.
She is also the editor of and a contributor to the ground-breaking collection of gay and lesbian short stories, Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence.
Marion was one of the founding faculty and the first Faculty Chair for the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing guide, the American Library Association Notable WHAT'S YOUR STORY? A YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO WRITING FICTION, is used by writers of all ages. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen different languages.
She has six grandchildren and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her partner and a cavalier King Charles spaniel, Dawn.
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INTERVIEW WITH MARION DANE BAUER
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Q. What brought you to a career as a writer?
A. I seem to have been born with my head full of stories. For almost as far back as I can remember, I used most of my unoccupied moments--even in school when I was supposed to be doing other "more important" things--to make up stories in my head. I sometimes got a notation on my report card that said, "Marion dreams." It was not a compliment. But while the stories I wove occupied my mind in a very satisfying way, they were so complex that I never thought of trying to write them down. I wouldn't have known where to begin. So though I did all kinds of writing through my teen and early adult years--letters, journals, essays, poetry--I didn't begin to gather the craft I needed to write stories until I was in my early thirties. That was also when my last excuse for not taking the time to sit down to do the writing I'd so long wanted to do started first grade.
Q. And why write for young people?
A. Because I get my creative energy in examining young lives, young issues. Most people, when they enter adulthood, leave childhood behind, by which I mean that they forget most of what they know about themselves as children. Of course, the ghosts of childhood still inhabit them, but they deal with them in other forms--problems with parental authority turn into problems with bosses, for instance--and don't keep reaching back to the original source to try to fix it, to make everything come out differently than it did the first time. Most children's writers, I suspect, are fixers. We return, again and again, usually under the cover of made-up characters, to work things through. I don't know that our childhoods are necessarily more painful than most. Every childhood has pain it, because life has pain in it at every stage. The difference is that we are compelled to keep returning to the source.
Q. You write for a wide range of ages. Do you write from a different place in writing for preschoolers than for young adolescents?
A. In a picture book or board book, I'm always writing from the womb of the family, a place that--while it might be intruded upon by fears, for instance--is still, ultimately, safe and nurturing. That's what my own early childhood was like, so it's easy for me to return to those feelings and to recreate them.
When I write for older readers, I'm writing from a very different experience. My early adolescence, especially, was a time of deep alienation, mostly from my peers but in some ways from my family as well. And so I write my older stories out of that pain, that longing for connection. A story has to have a problem at its core. No struggle
She is also the editor of and a contributor to the ground-breaking collection of gay and lesbian short stories, Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence.
Marion was one of the founding faculty and the first Faculty Chair for the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her writing guide, the American Library Association Notable WHAT'S YOUR STORY? A YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO WRITING FICTION, is used by writers of all ages. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen different languages.
She has six grandchildren and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her partner and a cavalier King Charles spaniel, Dawn.
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INTERVIEW WITH MARION DANE BAUER
-------------------------------------
Q. What brought you to a career as a writer?
A. I seem to have been born with my head full of stories. For almost as far back as I can remember, I used most of my unoccupied moments--even in school when I was supposed to be doing other "more important" things--to make up stories in my head. I sometimes got a notation on my report card that said, "Marion dreams." It was not a compliment. But while the stories I wove occupied my mind in a very satisfying way, they were so complex that I never thought of trying to write them down. I wouldn't have known where to begin. So though I did all kinds of writing through my teen and early adult years--letters, journals, essays, poetry--I didn't begin to gather the craft I needed to write stories until I was in my early thirties. That was also when my last excuse for not taking the time to sit down to do the writing I'd so long wanted to do started first grade.
Q. And why write for young people?
A. Because I get my creative energy in examining young lives, young issues. Most people, when they enter adulthood, leave childhood behind, by which I mean that they forget most of what they know about themselves as children. Of course, the ghosts of childhood still inhabit them, but they deal with them in other forms--problems with parental authority turn into problems with bosses, for instance--and don't keep reaching back to the original source to try to fix it, to make everything come out differently than it did the first time. Most children's writers, I suspect, are fixers. We return, again and again, usually under the cover of made-up characters, to work things through. I don't know that our childhoods are necessarily more painful than most. Every childhood has pain it, because life has pain in it at every stage. The difference is that we are compelled to keep returning to the source.
Q. You write for a wide range of ages. Do you write from a different place in writing for preschoolers than for young adolescents?
A. In a picture book or board book, I'm always writing from the womb of the family, a place that--while it might be intruded upon by fears, for instance--is still, ultimately, safe and nurturing. That's what my own early childhood was like, so it's easy for me to return to those feelings and to recreate them.
When I write for older readers, I'm writing from a very different experience. My early adolescence, especially, was a time of deep alienation, mostly from my peers but in some ways from my family as well. And so I write my older stories out of that pain, that longing for connection. A story has to have a problem at its core. No struggle
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January 11, 2018
What a beautiful book! The artwork is gorgeous. And you know me. I love pretty artwork.
As winter gets closer, Fox is wondering what he should do. He gets advice from other animals, but none of it is right for him until he meets another fox. Together, the two foxes dance with the falling snow.
I could go on and on about the artwork in this book. It's beautiful.
But the story is sweet too. It's educational in the way the animals all suggest that Fox follow their example for winter. The turtle burrows down into the mud, the bat finds a cave and hangs upside down, and so on.
Even more than being educational, this story also explores the differences between creatures. What works for one won't work for another. Each animal must figure out what's right for them.
It's a quiet reminder that not all people are the same, but there's a potential friend out there for everyone, if you're willing to look for them.
A sweet book about self-discovery and friendship.
Source: The publisher sent me a copy of this book.
As winter gets closer, Fox is wondering what he should do. He gets advice from other animals, but none of it is right for him until he meets another fox. Together, the two foxes dance with the falling snow.
I could go on and on about the artwork in this book. It's beautiful.
But the story is sweet too. It's educational in the way the animals all suggest that Fox follow their example for winter. The turtle burrows down into the mud, the bat finds a cave and hangs upside down, and so on.
Even more than being educational, this story also explores the differences between creatures. What works for one won't work for another. Each animal must figure out what's right for them.
It's a quiet reminder that not all people are the same, but there's a potential friend out there for everyone, if you're willing to look for them.
A sweet book about self-discovery and friendship.
Source: The publisher sent me a copy of this book.
August 17, 2018
Fox feels a snowflake fall on his nose. He wonders what he should do to prepare for winter. Different forest animals tell the red fox what they do to prepare for winter, but none of their preparations will work for the red fox. It's not until he meets another red fox that he learns what foxes do during the winter.
The pictures in this book are captivating. The text flows freely. In this book the reader learns what each forest animals does to prepare for winter. From the caterpillar to geese to a snowshoe hare, they all offer their suggestions to the red fox. It's a book about winter animal habits, learning your own stride in life, and the importance of friendship. A truly delightful book.
The pictures in this book are captivating. The text flows freely. In this book the reader learns what each forest animals does to prepare for winter. From the caterpillar to geese to a snowshoe hare, they all offer their suggestions to the red fox. It's a book about winter animal habits, learning your own stride in life, and the importance of friendship. A truly delightful book.
February 10, 2021
When the first snowflake falls in this picture-book from American author Marion Dane Bauer and English illustrator Richard Jones, a fine red fox wonders what to do. A series of animals, from a caterpillar to a bear, give him advice, but their recommendations are suited to themselves, not foxes. Eventually, the fox meets another of his kind, and he discovers what he is meant to do in snow: dance...
As someone with an interest in the depiction of foxes in children's books, someone who also finds snowy wintry vistas beautiful, I was pretty much guaranteed to enjoy Winter Dance, and I did. The narrative has a simple, repetitive structure that will no doubt appeal to younger children. I myself learned something new, being previously unaware that some butterfly and moth species go into a cocoon state over the winter. The accompanying artwork from Jones is gorgeous, and really enhanced my appreciation of the book. I loved the use of color, the stylized figures, and the vulpine charm of the main character. Apparently foxes do indeed like to dance in the snow, giving me a new life goal, in the form of one day witnessing such an enchanting scene. Recommended to picture-book readers looking for stories featuring foxes and/or winter.
As someone with an interest in the depiction of foxes in children's books, someone who also finds snowy wintry vistas beautiful, I was pretty much guaranteed to enjoy Winter Dance, and I did. The narrative has a simple, repetitive structure that will no doubt appeal to younger children. I myself learned something new, being previously unaware that some butterfly and moth species go into a cocoon state over the winter. The accompanying artwork from Jones is gorgeous, and really enhanced my appreciation of the book. I loved the use of color, the stylized figures, and the vulpine charm of the main character. Apparently foxes do indeed like to dance in the snow, giving me a new life goal, in the form of one day witnessing such an enchanting scene. Recommended to picture-book readers looking for stories featuring foxes and/or winter.
January 12, 2024
A lovely red fox checks in with other animals as winter arrives in the forest. I had to look up a video of a fox dancing—so cute!
January 8, 2020
Animals do a variety of activities as winter approaches, from flying south to hibernating, but fox is unsure of what he should do.
The ethereal illustrations by Richard Jones are the real highlight here.
The ethereal illustrations by Richard Jones are the real highlight here.
November 20, 2019
Gorgeous! The words and pictures are perfectly married. When a snowflake lands on fox's nose he needs to check out what he should be doing in winter. He speaks with several animals who explain THEIR methods but it is not until he meets a fellow fox that he understands his (and their) role. I adore this book!
January 27, 2021
Featured in grandma reads session.
Dear fox doesn't quite know where he belongs, and we (the readership) get to tag along on his discovery tour of his woods, his territory. The artwork and illustrations conjure a winter land in your reading room and had everyone in my group pulling up their covers and lap blankies. Best of all fox finds exactly what he's supposed to be doing in his world, and a friend as a bonus.
This was greatly enjoyed, and as snowflakes were falling in all our lands as we zoomed on through our session.
Dear fox doesn't quite know where he belongs, and we (the readership) get to tag along on his discovery tour of his woods, his territory. The artwork and illustrations conjure a winter land in your reading room and had everyone in my group pulling up their covers and lap blankies. Best of all fox finds exactly what he's supposed to be doing in his world, and a friend as a bonus.
This was greatly enjoyed, and as snowflakes were falling in all our lands as we zoomed on through our session.
December 20, 2017
Wonderful illustrations with a retro feel evoke memories of treasured books of my own childhood. A gentle storyline that teaches young readers how a variety of forest animals survive the winter. A modern classic!
October 18, 2017
Oh my lord ! What a beautiful book! This should win awards! What a fall classic that should be treasured and read over and over! Would be great for a fall display !
February 6, 2023
There's a young fox who sees winter is coming and goes around to the other forest animals and asks what he should do. All of the animals suggest he should do exactly what they are doing, and none of this is helpful (like flying south for the winter). He eventually runs into another fox and learns what to do.
So the lesson to me is that you should only listen to your own kind because nobody else has anything to say that's worthwhile for you. To me, the story would've been much more interesting and worthwhile if the fox had cobbled together tidbits from the others into something useful for everybody. The message would be we're better together, rather than the message here that we're better apart.
The art was OK, but why wasn't there a fleck of white in the fox's eye? As is, he seems flat, a cipher.
So the lesson to me is that you should only listen to your own kind because nobody else has anything to say that's worthwhile for you. To me, the story would've been much more interesting and worthwhile if the fox had cobbled together tidbits from the others into something useful for everybody. The message would be we're better together, rather than the message here that we're better apart.
The art was OK, but why wasn't there a fleck of white in the fox's eye? As is, he seems flat, a cipher.
December 21, 2019
Beautiful poetic text, gorgeous illustrations, plus it weaves in true-to-animals nonfiction information for preschoolers. Dance on, fox, dance on!
December 30, 2017
Winter’s coming, snowflakes are starting to fall, and all the forest creatures are getting ready for the cold. Only a fine red fox asks himself “what should I do?” One by one, the forest creatures make suggestions to the red fox, but none will work for him because he isn’t a caterpillar that can wrap itself up in a shiny chrysalis, or a squirrel who can gather and store enough acorns, or a bat that can sleep winter away hanging upside down in a cave, nor can a fox fly south with a flock of geese. A fluffy white rabbit, and big brown bear try to help, but their suggestions won’t work for a fine red fox either. What will work for a fox in winter? It takes another fine red fox to tell him that what he must do in winter is…dance. Because in winter, foxes dance with each other. This lyrical look at the habits of forest creatures getting ready for winter is tenderly illustrated by Richard Jones in a palette of soft forest colors against a snowy background and a wintery sky that accents the red fur of the fox. Not only is this a charming story, it is a nice introduction to animals in nature.
December 16, 2017
This is a well-written story about the ways different animals cope with winter weather. Though this format (an animal interviewing other creatures to find out how he ought to behave) has been used before, Marion Dane Bauer makes it feel fresh, and the endearing illustrations with their autumnal palette evoke the essence of each animal and the specific weather associated with the transition from Fall to Winter. One of the better "what animals do in winter" books out there.
October 28, 2017
Pretty, natural illustrations - a guide to see how animals handle the winter months. I didn't know that foxes play in snowflakes...wondering if that is true and I just have never observed it.
November 26, 2017
Beautiful! Gift book this year! buy this for kids in your life.
September 30, 2020
- Poetisches, kindgerechtes Sachbuch mit wunderschönen Illustrationen und herzerwärmendem Happy End! ♥ -
Inhalt
Ein Fuchs macht einen Spaziergang durch den Winterwald und beobachtet dabei, wie sich andere Tiere auf die kalte Jahreszeit vorbereiten. Er selbst ist noch planlos und unsicher – bis er Gesellschaft von einem anderen Fuchs erhält. Gemeinsam tanzen sie in den Winter.
Übersicht
Einzelband oder Reihe: Einzelband
Altersempfehlung: 3+
Erzählweise: auktorialer Erzähler, Präsens
Tiere im Buch: + Im Buch werden keine Tiere verletzt oder getötet.
Triggerwarnung: -
Warum dieses Buch?
Der Fuchs, der ein sehr soziales Tier ist und vollkommen zu Unrecht einen schlechtes Ruf genießt, ist eines meiner absoluten Lieblingstiere und den Winter mag ich als Jahreszeit ebenfalls sehr. Um für die zukünftigen Kinder in meinem Umfeld gewappnet zu sein, bin ich zudem immer auf der Suche nach besonderen und gelungenen Kinderbüchern.
Meine Meinung
Geschichte (5 Lilien ♥)
„Eine einzelne Schneeflocke schwebt vom Himmel, wirbelt, tänzelt und landet sacht auf der Nase eines edlen Rotfuchses.“ E-Book, Seite 1
„Wenn es Winter wird im Wald“ ist ein kindgerechtes, in poetischem Ton verfasstes Sachbuch mit einem wunderschönen Happy End (am Ende findet der Fuchs seinen Platz in der Welt), das es Kindern möglich macht, nach dem Vorlesen glücklich einzuschlafen. Die Thematik – wie sich verschiedene Tiere wie Schildkröten, Eichhörnchen und Raupen auf den Winter vorbereiten bzw. diesen verbringen, ist für kleine Naturinteressierte und TierliebhaberInnen perfekt geeignet. Auch die Idee, die Paarung der Füchse als Tanz zu beschreiben, hat mir ein Lächeln ins Gesicht gezaubert.
Das Kinderbuch bietet die Gelegenheit, Kinder über den schlechten Ruf und die tollen Eigenschaften dieses faszinierenden Tieres aufzuklären, das ja leider immer noch gnadenlos bejagt wird, obwohl es dafür kein wissenschaftlich haltbares Argument gibt. Wer sich für das Thema interessiert, sollte übrigens unbedingt beim „Aktionsbündnis Fuchs“ vorbeischauen.
Schreibstil (5 Lilien ♥)
Der Schreibstil von Marion Dane Bauer hat mir wirklich gut gefallen – er ist einfach, leicht verständlich (und damit kindgerecht) und trotzdem auf seine Weise poetisch. Keine Seite wirkt überladen, da der Text auf besondere und interessante Weise typographisch gestaltet ist: Kleine Absätze sind auf den Doppelseiten verteilt, manchmal sind auch einzelne Worte um Zeichnungen gruppiert oder spiegeln sogar den Inhalt des Gedichtes wieder (z. B. schweben an einer Stelle Wörter wie Schneeflocken vom Himmel).
Figuren (4 Lilien)
Ich mochte den neugierigen Fuchs als Protagonist sehr. Schön, dass er am Ende seinen Platz in der Welt findet und glücklich ist. Bei den anderen Tieren handelt es sich eher um Typen als um individuelle Figuren, aber das ist absolut in Ordnung, da es sich hier ja in gewisser Weise um ein Sachbuch handelt und die Kinder etwas über verschiedene Tiere lernen sollen.
Illustrationen (5 Lilien ♥)
Ebenfalls auf ganzer Linie überzeugen konnten mich die wunderschönen, hauptsächlich in Braun- und Rottönen gehaltenen Illustrationen von Richard Jones. Die gemalten Wasserfarben-Bilder enthalten eher wenige Hintergrunddetails und strahlen gerade deshalb eine gewisse Ruhe und Behaglichkeit aus, weswegen sich das Pappbilderbuch perfekt als Gutenachtgeschichte in den Herbst- und Wintermonaten und in der Vorweihnachtszeit eignet.
Geschlechterrollen (5 Lilien)
Auch hier gibt es nichts auszusetzen, da das Buch sehr naturnah gehalten ist, bei keinem der Tiere ein Geschlecht erkennbar und das Buch frei von Geschlechterstereotypen ist.
Mein Fazit
„Wenn es Winter wird im Wald“ ist ein kindgerechtes, in einfachem, aber gleichzeitig poetischem Ton geschriebenes Sachbuch mit einem herzerwärmenden Happy End, das es Kindern möglich macht, nach dem Vorlesen glücklich einzuschlafen. Die wunderschönen Illustrationen strahlen eine gewisse Ruhe und Behaglichkeit aus, weswegen sich das Buch perfekt als Gutenachtgeschichte in den Herbst- und Wintermonaten und in der Vorweihnachtszeit eignet. Von mir gibt es eine große Leseempfehlung!
Bewertung
Idee: 5 Lilien ♥
Geschichte: 5 Lilien ♥
Ausführung: 5 Lilien ♥
Schreibstil: 5 Lilien ♥
Figuren: 4 Lilien
Illustrationen: 5 Lilien ♥
Rollenbilder: 5 Lilien
Insgesamt:
❀❀❀❀❀♥ Lilien
Dieses Buch erhält von mir fünf Lilien und ein Herz – und somit den Lieblingsbuchstatus und eine uneingeschränkte Leseempfehlung!
Inhalt
Ein Fuchs macht einen Spaziergang durch den Winterwald und beobachtet dabei, wie sich andere Tiere auf die kalte Jahreszeit vorbereiten. Er selbst ist noch planlos und unsicher – bis er Gesellschaft von einem anderen Fuchs erhält. Gemeinsam tanzen sie in den Winter.
Übersicht
Einzelband oder Reihe: Einzelband
Altersempfehlung: 3+
Erzählweise: auktorialer Erzähler, Präsens
Tiere im Buch: + Im Buch werden keine Tiere verletzt oder getötet.
Triggerwarnung: -
Warum dieses Buch?
Der Fuchs, der ein sehr soziales Tier ist und vollkommen zu Unrecht einen schlechtes Ruf genießt, ist eines meiner absoluten Lieblingstiere und den Winter mag ich als Jahreszeit ebenfalls sehr. Um für die zukünftigen Kinder in meinem Umfeld gewappnet zu sein, bin ich zudem immer auf der Suche nach besonderen und gelungenen Kinderbüchern.
Meine Meinung
Geschichte (5 Lilien ♥)
„Eine einzelne Schneeflocke schwebt vom Himmel, wirbelt, tänzelt und landet sacht auf der Nase eines edlen Rotfuchses.“ E-Book, Seite 1
„Wenn es Winter wird im Wald“ ist ein kindgerechtes, in poetischem Ton verfasstes Sachbuch mit einem wunderschönen Happy End (am Ende findet der Fuchs seinen Platz in der Welt), das es Kindern möglich macht, nach dem Vorlesen glücklich einzuschlafen. Die Thematik – wie sich verschiedene Tiere wie Schildkröten, Eichhörnchen und Raupen auf den Winter vorbereiten bzw. diesen verbringen, ist für kleine Naturinteressierte und TierliebhaberInnen perfekt geeignet. Auch die Idee, die Paarung der Füchse als Tanz zu beschreiben, hat mir ein Lächeln ins Gesicht gezaubert.
Das Kinderbuch bietet die Gelegenheit, Kinder über den schlechten Ruf und die tollen Eigenschaften dieses faszinierenden Tieres aufzuklären, das ja leider immer noch gnadenlos bejagt wird, obwohl es dafür kein wissenschaftlich haltbares Argument gibt. Wer sich für das Thema interessiert, sollte übrigens unbedingt beim „Aktionsbündnis Fuchs“ vorbeischauen.
Schreibstil (5 Lilien ♥)
Der Schreibstil von Marion Dane Bauer hat mir wirklich gut gefallen – er ist einfach, leicht verständlich (und damit kindgerecht) und trotzdem auf seine Weise poetisch. Keine Seite wirkt überladen, da der Text auf besondere und interessante Weise typographisch gestaltet ist: Kleine Absätze sind auf den Doppelseiten verteilt, manchmal sind auch einzelne Worte um Zeichnungen gruppiert oder spiegeln sogar den Inhalt des Gedichtes wieder (z. B. schweben an einer Stelle Wörter wie Schneeflocken vom Himmel).
Figuren (4 Lilien)
Ich mochte den neugierigen Fuchs als Protagonist sehr. Schön, dass er am Ende seinen Platz in der Welt findet und glücklich ist. Bei den anderen Tieren handelt es sich eher um Typen als um individuelle Figuren, aber das ist absolut in Ordnung, da es sich hier ja in gewisser Weise um ein Sachbuch handelt und die Kinder etwas über verschiedene Tiere lernen sollen.
Illustrationen (5 Lilien ♥)
Ebenfalls auf ganzer Linie überzeugen konnten mich die wunderschönen, hauptsächlich in Braun- und Rottönen gehaltenen Illustrationen von Richard Jones. Die gemalten Wasserfarben-Bilder enthalten eher wenige Hintergrunddetails und strahlen gerade deshalb eine gewisse Ruhe und Behaglichkeit aus, weswegen sich das Pappbilderbuch perfekt als Gutenachtgeschichte in den Herbst- und Wintermonaten und in der Vorweihnachtszeit eignet.
Geschlechterrollen (5 Lilien)
Auch hier gibt es nichts auszusetzen, da das Buch sehr naturnah gehalten ist, bei keinem der Tiere ein Geschlecht erkennbar und das Buch frei von Geschlechterstereotypen ist.
Mein Fazit
„Wenn es Winter wird im Wald“ ist ein kindgerechtes, in einfachem, aber gleichzeitig poetischem Ton geschriebenes Sachbuch mit einem herzerwärmenden Happy End, das es Kindern möglich macht, nach dem Vorlesen glücklich einzuschlafen. Die wunderschönen Illustrationen strahlen eine gewisse Ruhe und Behaglichkeit aus, weswegen sich das Buch perfekt als Gutenachtgeschichte in den Herbst- und Wintermonaten und in der Vorweihnachtszeit eignet. Von mir gibt es eine große Leseempfehlung!
Bewertung
Idee: 5 Lilien ♥
Geschichte: 5 Lilien ♥
Ausführung: 5 Lilien ♥
Schreibstil: 5 Lilien ♥
Figuren: 4 Lilien
Illustrationen: 5 Lilien ♥
Rollenbilder: 5 Lilien
Insgesamt:
❀❀❀❀❀♥ Lilien
Dieses Buch erhält von mir fünf Lilien und ein Herz – und somit den Lieblingsbuchstatus und eine uneingeschränkte Leseempfehlung!
September 13, 2021
Gorgeous art, moderately educational story. In the end the fox learns that "dancing" is the preferred wintertime fox activity, and then the final image is two foxes dancing together, followed by two foxes sleeping together in a log, so I spent the rest of bedtime wondering if I had just read my child a metaphor about foxes doin' it. I looked it up - indeed they mate in winter. Educational for parents!
November 13, 2017
Fox needs to prepare for winter so he enlists the help of his forest friends. Delightfully illustrated.
December 4, 2017
Loved this book about animals getting ready for winter.
February 12, 2019
Absolument superbe! À la fois pour apprendre comment les animaux se comportent l'hiver, s'ils hibernent ou non, mais aussi pour la richesse des illustrations et la petite douceur du texte. Très beau!
January 24, 2024
The title kinda gave away the ending....
January 8, 2019
Great story about what different animals do as winter comes. I love the illustrations in this story!
April 28, 2025
wonderful read aloud
So great! I cannot wait to share this as a read aloud. The illustrations add so much more! Wonderfully done!
So great! I cannot wait to share this as a read aloud. The illustrations add so much more! Wonderfully done!
May 12, 2020
Another library pick, sweet and wonderfully illustrated story about a red fox wondering how to prepare for winter. Many woodland animals give their advice based on what they plan on doing, but only another red fox knows what's truly best. My 1.5 yr old son loved the illustrations in this one.
December 13, 2017
With beautiful illustrations in autumnal colors and simple, repetitive text, this lovely picture books shares with young readers all of the ways animals prepare for winter. When Fox sees the snowflake, he knows that it’ll be winter soon. He asks all of his other friends what he should do, and they all have different advice (because they’re different animals). According to the book jacket, the author was inspired to write this book “when she discovered that foxes really do dance in the winter landscape.” Curious about this, I was able to find a YouTube video showing this. This might be a good book to include in a study of the seasons.
November 2, 2017
This beautiful picture book conveys calm, peace, and simplicity in the natural world as snow starts to fall; each animal has their customary routine as winter approaches, and fox is trying to figure out what his should be. Eventually, a companion animal with "white-tipped tail" and "golden eyes" divulges the secret. Winter is a celebration! The illustrations by Richard Jones are lovely, and it's delightful that he spent "many years...working in a busy children's library." He certainly learned his craft in his previous career. A perfect picture book for nature and animal lovers.
October 24, 2017
Repetition provides framework for a fox to explore the ways various animals prepare for winter, ending in the delightful way foxes enjoy winter.
The cover looks very similar to Joyce Sidman's "Winter Bees : & Other Poems of the Cold."
The cover looks very similar to Joyce Sidman's "Winter Bees : & Other Poems of the Cold."
November 14, 2017
A nice book to share with young ones about how animals prepare for winter. With fox as the main character he gets advice from other animals friends, but none of the ideas will work for fox.
Lovely illustrations have a wonderful muted fall like colors.
Lovely illustrations have a wonderful muted fall like colors.
January 28, 2022
Surviving the winter should be easy if you have a good plan.
This was such a poetic picture book. The words rolled off my tongue smoothly as I read it aloud. I especially enjoyed the lines that talked about the fox’s reasons for not taking the same approach to winter that other animals did. He obviously couldn’t spin a cocoon, fly, or dig a place to hide in the mud all winter. The way these ideas were shared with the audience were simultaneously amusing, beautiful, and completely impractical. This combination of emotions often felt like pure poetry in and of itself, and it only made me more curious to see what the fox’s eventual solution to the winter dilemma might be.
I would have liked to see a little more time spent explaining what foxes do in the winter and why they do it. There was so much time spent building up to this moment that I felt slightly let down by the small amount of story space that was given to exploring this part of a fox’s life. This became even more true once I realized that this section was based on things that real foxes have been known to actually do in the wild on snowy days.
The fox was such a friendly, curious, and sociable character. I truly enjoyed getting to know him as he wandered around the forest talking to the other animals and trying to decide how he’d spend the winter. No matter what he thought of the suggestions he received, he was always polite to the animals who were trying to help him in the best ways they knew how to.
Winter Dance was a wholesome read.
This was such a poetic picture book. The words rolled off my tongue smoothly as I read it aloud. I especially enjoyed the lines that talked about the fox’s reasons for not taking the same approach to winter that other animals did. He obviously couldn’t spin a cocoon, fly, or dig a place to hide in the mud all winter. The way these ideas were shared with the audience were simultaneously amusing, beautiful, and completely impractical. This combination of emotions often felt like pure poetry in and of itself, and it only made me more curious to see what the fox’s eventual solution to the winter dilemma might be.
I would have liked to see a little more time spent explaining what foxes do in the winter and why they do it. There was so much time spent building up to this moment that I felt slightly let down by the small amount of story space that was given to exploring this part of a fox’s life. This became even more true once I realized that this section was based on things that real foxes have been known to actually do in the wild on snowy days.
The fox was such a friendly, curious, and sociable character. I truly enjoyed getting to know him as he wandered around the forest talking to the other animals and trying to decide how he’d spend the winter. No matter what he thought of the suggestions he received, he was always polite to the animals who were trying to help him in the best ways they knew how to.
Winter Dance was a wholesome read.
January 29, 2018
I don’t know why I haven’t read this before. I like the title, close to my blog title, and it is a gorgeous book that should be read way back in September or October. A fox sees a snowflake, knows he must get ready for winter, so moves along asking this question to other animals: “What should I do?” Answers tell about that animal, like a squirrel says to scurry and gather acorns and caterpillars suggest wrapping itself into a “shiny chrysalis” ready to become a butterfly. However, the fox replies he doesn’t even like acorns and is not meant to fly. My favorite page: among other wonderful illustrations by Richard Jones is the page showing bats hibernating in a cave. It is black, black, but if one looks closely, there are slight changes/outlines of bats with tiny glittering eyes. Finally, after additional questioning, the fox decides to be himself, and surprise, another joins him. And they do what foxes do in winter, they dance! Marion Dane Bauer’s poetic and repetitive text is just perfect for talking about winter to young readers.
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