Norma Snows

by Paula Metcalf

Norma Snows really is amazing. Endlessly helpful, a superb pianist, a brilliant gymnast and a super-successful athlete, there seems to be no end to her skills. But Norma is worried. What if she did run out of talents? What on earth would she do? She’d better start discovering a new one, straight away! A highly amusing and entertaining tale about an anteater with big ambitions... and an even bigger nose!

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2008

About the author

Paula Metcalf has written and illustrated many children’s books, and she’s been doing so for a very long time. (Her parents still own an early original illustrated poem, the short but pithy "Pin in Tin," penned at age four.) She went on to study illustration at the Cambridge School of Art in England, where she is currently a visiting lecturer in the master’s program in children’s book illustration. Paula Metcalf lives in Cambridge, England.

Reviews

[Cai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Norma Snows has a big nose that enables her to be more helpful and talented. One says she posed with the question of "is there anything you cannot do?" And she begins to worry that she isn't talented.

This book was interesting. The play on words was great and it was nice and simple with great illustrations. However, I am not sure how I feel about it as a whole. I'm all for building children up but I felt that this book was all about how Norma Snows is better and more talented than others her age.

V @ 6 months.