Winter is here! Let's follow the kitty on a bright, crisp winter adventure. See, touch, taste, and feel all the snowy fun and beauty the season has to offer!
Where we live it snows maybe once every thirty years or so. It has come close to snowing but hasn't actually since we've lived here. My son has seen snow once. He didn't like it and he doesn't remember the experience. My youngest has never seen snow.
Winter books even here though all seem to feature snow. One that Harriet is currently "reading" is Winter Walk by Ann Burg. It is a shaped board book about a cat who goes on a walk through the snow. She has to dress up in a snow suit and find the process awkward. Then there is the ubiquitous snow angel scene that all kids picture books seem to have.
Harriet likes the main character because she's a cat. She likes seeing how the cat plays but she has no special connection to what it means to play in snow.
The text though is sweet. It's a quick out loud read. The illustrations are adorable and colorful. Children who do grow up in snow will probably enjoy it most.
This was my son's favorite book when he was little - we memorized this and Autum Walk by the same author. I could recite them wehn I needed to calm him and the books weren't handy.
These are cute poem books, with lovely discriptive wording that is fun to read and for some reason very soothing. I always hoped for a spring walk and a summer walk.