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Snow: (Caldecott Honor Book)
Snow is a 1998 New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year and a 1999 Caldecott Honor Book.
"It's snowing, said boy with dog.
"It's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard.
No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it.
Uri Shulevitz' playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.
"It's snowing, said boy with dog.
"It's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard.
No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it.
Uri Shulevitz' playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.
32 pages, Paperback
First published July 15, 1998
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Uri Shulevitz
61 books103 followersUri Shulevitz was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1969 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, an Eastern European fairy tale retold by Arthur Ransome in 1916.
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November 29, 2017
Snow is a wonderful story about a boy who is wishing for snow and believes in his heart that it's coming. With just a few snowflakes falling, the adults he runs into on the street say it's nothing, it's not enough, and it'll just melt. Will the little boy get the snow he's waiting for?
We always enjoy this book because it's a simple winter story that feels so real. As a child, I was just like the little boy and couldn't wait for snow. Often times, my grandfather would say, "It's going over the lake and we're not going to get any snow." I would get depressed because I wanted a snow day so bad. This book reminds me of those days. The illustrations are perfect. It's a nice one to have for your Christmas book collection.
4****
We always enjoy this book because it's a simple winter story that feels so real. As a child, I was just like the little boy and couldn't wait for snow. Often times, my grandfather would say, "It's going over the lake and we're not going to get any snow." I would get depressed because I wanted a snow day so bad. This book reminds me of those days. The illustrations are perfect. It's a nice one to have for your Christmas book collection.
4****
June 24, 2019
I think this book is wonderful. No one has a name, they have identifiers like ‘boy with dog’ and ‘man with hat’. There is a line per page, so this is a beginning story for children, but it didn’t feel beneath an older reader. It felt minimal like the snow. We see one flake in the air and then two and all the while boy with dog notices and people tell him it’s not going to snow. TV says it won’t snow, but boy with dog knows it’s snowing. He is so excited over the snow and the adults run for cover.
Then the gray world starts to become a beautiful white. It’s so beautiful. I love the artwork and the buildings not being exactly straight, but wonky. Now that it’s hot here, this book about snow helps a little. This is the part of the year I just have to survive, that hot, humid and sticky weather that feels like it will never end. This part of the year is about enduring the heat.
The kids watch Christmas movies any time they feel like it, so they didn’t mind reading about snow in summer. The nephew thought this was funny and he liked the lady with the umbrella and a big butt. Both of them laughed and laughed at that. He liked boy with dog. He gave this 3 stars. The niece thought it was a slow story, but snow can be slow. She liked that the figures of the Mother Goose Books jumped down and began dancing with boy with dog. She gave it 3 stars too.
Then the gray world starts to become a beautiful white. It’s so beautiful. I love the artwork and the buildings not being exactly straight, but wonky. Now that it’s hot here, this book about snow helps a little. This is the part of the year I just have to survive, that hot, humid and sticky weather that feels like it will never end. This part of the year is about enduring the heat.
The kids watch Christmas movies any time they feel like it, so they didn’t mind reading about snow in summer. The nephew thought this was funny and he liked the lady with the umbrella and a big butt. Both of them laughed and laughed at that. He liked boy with dog. He gave this 3 stars. The niece thought it was a slow story, but snow can be slow. She liked that the figures of the Mother Goose Books jumped down and began dancing with boy with dog. She gave it 3 stars too.
November 21, 2018
Now while I do realise and even much appreciate that Uri Shulevitz's Snow is a Caldecott honour winner and that most of the reviews on Goodreads seem not only positive but often even quite glowingly so, I am sorry, but on a personal aesthetic level, I simply CANNOT visually stand Shulevitz' accompanying illustrations (as they are much too cartoon-like, much too caricature-like for my tastes, and really, the ONLY visuals I have actually somewhat enjoyed are the images of mounds and mounds of snow at the end of the story, but even those pictures have been marred and even kind of destroyed for me by the inclusion of human figures that appear strange and sometimes actually pretty well creepy to and for my eyes). Therefore, if truth be told, and although I have in fact and indeed rather enjoyed Uri Shulevitz' presented narrative, how in Snow, a cumulative, almost folklore like tale is presented, and that after snowflake upon snowflake seem to have multiplied, in the end, the entire city, the entire area is to the young boy's (and to my own) joy and delight covered in huge swathes of white and snowy precipitation, even my appreciation and yes even sweet enjoyment of the author's printed words can in no way redeem for me the sorry fact that the accompanying illustrations (their award winning status totally notwithstanding) are absolutely not at all to my tastes, and so much so that this has really and majorly negatively affected and impacted my personal reading pleasure (and to the point in fact that I can and will only consider a two star rating maximum for Snow).
November 26, 2010
Very enjoyable!
I was enchanted with this book. It’s just lovely, and fun and whimsical. I loved the dog!
It’s a very simple but very enjoyable story. The illustrations are fabulous.
I didn’t at all need the Mother Goose characters participating; I think the story would have been better without them, but they’re okay and without them for me this book is near perfection.
So much is told without words: that grandfather lives with the family, that the town has at least two bookstores, and how snowfall changes the landscape.
The story and pictures are both funny and comforting.
I was enchanted with this book. It’s just lovely, and fun and whimsical. I loved the dog!
It’s a very simple but very enjoyable story. The illustrations are fabulous.
I didn’t at all need the Mother Goose characters participating; I think the story would have been better without them, but they’re okay and without them for me this book is near perfection.
So much is told without words: that grandfather lives with the family, that the town has at least two bookstores, and how snowfall changes the landscape.
The story and pictures are both funny and comforting.
December 30, 2010
I love the confidence of the little boy who realizes its the beginning of the first snowfall of the season, while all the adults pooh-pooh it as just a few flakes. The town and its inhabitants have such character; this is a quick, delightful read. As my GoodReads friend Lisa said, the story and illustrations in this book are funny and comforting; a wonderful mix.
December 31, 2010
This is the actual first story that I have read from popular children’s illustrator Uri Shulevitz, aside from the popular book “The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship.” “Snow” is a Caldecott Honor Book by Uri Shulevitz which is about a small boy wishing for snow in his small city. “Snow” might be a bit simplistic for some children, but snow lovers will definitely enjoy this book!
The book starts off with an image of a gray city and then suddenly, one snowflake starts falling towards the city and the boy with a dog tells everyone that it is snowing, but no one believes him. Then more snowflakes start falling and the radio and television said that there would be no snow, but…
Wow! When I read this book, I was amazed at how colorful and creative Uri Shulevitz’s illustrations were! I loved how at the beginning that the city looked gray and dreary but the moment that snow came to the city, the city started to look colorful and beautiful, which provided a great contrast between the dreary city at the beginning to the colorful city later on in the book. I also loved the images of the little boy with his dog being the only ones in the city being in colorful winter clothes while all the other town people were wearing colorless winter clothes, which indicated that possibly the boy’s belief in snow coming to the city made him a colorful character from the other characters. Uri Shulevitz has done an excellent job at writing this story as it details a boy’s excitement in seeing the first snowflake and the boy’s excitement at seeing it snow for the first time will definitely relate to many children who also have seen snow for the first time and experienced the excitement they had when they saw the snow.
The reason why I gave this book a four star rating instead of a five star rating is because I thought that the story was a bit too simplistic. I liked the idea that the story shows the excitement that the boy is feeling when he sees snow falling for the first time, but I sort of wished that more was expressed in the story about the background on the city and about why it means so much to the people that it should snow in their town.
Overall, “Snow” is a really cute story about the excitement of seeing snow from a child’s point of view and I am sure that it will be an instant favorite among children for many years! I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
The book starts off with an image of a gray city and then suddenly, one snowflake starts falling towards the city and the boy with a dog tells everyone that it is snowing, but no one believes him. Then more snowflakes start falling and the radio and television said that there would be no snow, but…
Wow! When I read this book, I was amazed at how colorful and creative Uri Shulevitz’s illustrations were! I loved how at the beginning that the city looked gray and dreary but the moment that snow came to the city, the city started to look colorful and beautiful, which provided a great contrast between the dreary city at the beginning to the colorful city later on in the book. I also loved the images of the little boy with his dog being the only ones in the city being in colorful winter clothes while all the other town people were wearing colorless winter clothes, which indicated that possibly the boy’s belief in snow coming to the city made him a colorful character from the other characters. Uri Shulevitz has done an excellent job at writing this story as it details a boy’s excitement in seeing the first snowflake and the boy’s excitement at seeing it snow for the first time will definitely relate to many children who also have seen snow for the first time and experienced the excitement they had when they saw the snow.
The reason why I gave this book a four star rating instead of a five star rating is because I thought that the story was a bit too simplistic. I liked the idea that the story shows the excitement that the boy is feeling when he sees snow falling for the first time, but I sort of wished that more was expressed in the story about the background on the city and about why it means so much to the people that it should snow in their town.
Overall, “Snow” is a really cute story about the excitement of seeing snow from a child’s point of view and I am sure that it will be an instant favorite among children for many years! I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
January 17, 2018
Even storybook characters can't resist coming out to play when the white stuff turns a drab, gray village into a winter wonderland. It's easy to see why the author's illustrations won a Caldecott medal.
May 10, 2014
**** Caldecott Honor (1999) ****
A grey town turns into a wonderland for a boy and his imagination when it begins to snow. Simple and pleasant, but not very memorable.
A grey town turns into a wonderland for a boy and his imagination when it begins to snow. Simple and pleasant, but not very memorable.
March 1, 2010
I really like Uri Shulevitz' quirky illustrations in this one. The snowflakes, while tiny, are perfectly visible. And Shulevitz' people are very fun. My favorite is "woman with umbrella." My favorite line in the book, when it continues to snow despite predictions on the radio and televion, is: "But snowflakes don't listen to radio, snowflakes don't watch television." I didn't quite understand why the Mother Goose characters came down from the display at the Mother Goose Books bookstore to dance with the boy and dog in the snow. I guess because grandfather with beard, man with hat, and woman with umbrella wouldn't. This is a nice book for a snowy storytime.
January 31, 2012
It amazes me how something as simple as snow can change everything. The look, pace, and feel of the day! This captures that feeling perfectly—the anticipation in your heart and belly as the flakes start to float down from the sky--that something is about to happen!
I loved the look of this book too. The guy with the boom box! I want him on a t-shirt ASAP! :D
1/30/12
I loved the look of this book too. The guy with the boom box! I want him on a t-shirt ASAP! :D
1/30/12
January 2, 2019
A little boy has faith that the snow will come, in this Caldecott Honor Book from Uri Sheluvitz, who also won a Caldecott Medal for Arthur Ransome's
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale
. As each naysayer denies the possibility of snow, the boy and his dog set off through the city, welcoming the snow when it does indeed begin to come down. Joined by the Mother Goose figures which hop down off a bookstore sign, they cavort in the snowy streets, celebrating the beauty and wonder of that fluffy white stuff falling from above...
Any child who loves snow will identify with the young boy in this book, and thrill to the gorgeous illustrations, which perfectly capture the beauty of a wintry day, and the magic of snowfall. I tend to be something of a lenient critic, when it comes to books which incorporate images of winter scenes - I love pictures of snow, especially falling snow! - so Shulevitz' book was probably pretty much guaranteed to please me. True, the narrative feels a little scattered, but then, aren't snowy days like that, sometimes? And, after all, the artwork more than compensates!
Any child who loves snow will identify with the young boy in this book, and thrill to the gorgeous illustrations, which perfectly capture the beauty of a wintry day, and the magic of snowfall. I tend to be something of a lenient critic, when it comes to books which incorporate images of winter scenes - I love pictures of snow, especially falling snow! - so Shulevitz' book was probably pretty much guaranteed to please me. True, the narrative feels a little scattered, but then, aren't snowy days like that, sometimes? And, after all, the artwork more than compensates!
January 28, 2014
I love this children's picture book about a snowy day and the little boy and dog who enjoy it. I also love the artwork which is reminiscent of some of the picture books written and illustrated in the 1040's, 1950's and 1960's which I enjoyed as a child in the 1960's.
The city and sky are quite gray and boring until the very first snowflake falls. Immediately alert, a little boy and his dog look out the window and see the snowflake. The boy dances with excitement though his grandfather says it is only a snowflake. You're just got to see the faces and bodies of the people in this book! Really, it is hilarious. Grandpa's black beard sticks out and his shoe is so long, it goes out almost as far. The family photos on the wall are unique too. Check out the hat and shoes on the Man With A Hat, who scoffs when two more snowflakes fall. A woman with a weird hairdo says the snow will melt when 3 snowflakes are falling. The boy and his dog are not discouraged even when a man with a giant radio (as big as him) goes by with the announcer saying "no snow" and when a creepy looking woman on tv predicts the same. But, as the story goes, "snowflakes don't listen to radio, snowflakes don't watch television," so eventually, we see the naysayers walking down the street all bent over with snow on their backs as if their backs were roofs. Before long, the whole city is coated with snow as if it were a wedding cake covered with white buttercream icing. It is cute when Mother Goose, her goose, and Humpty Dumpty come flying out of the Mother Goose Bookstore to celebrate the snowy day by frolicking with the boy and his dog, adding to the enchantment and charm of a child's simple joy at the snow and his dog's joy at being able to play with his boy.
The city and sky are quite gray and boring until the very first snowflake falls. Immediately alert, a little boy and his dog look out the window and see the snowflake. The boy dances with excitement though his grandfather says it is only a snowflake. You're just got to see the faces and bodies of the people in this book! Really, it is hilarious. Grandpa's black beard sticks out and his shoe is so long, it goes out almost as far. The family photos on the wall are unique too. Check out the hat and shoes on the Man With A Hat, who scoffs when two more snowflakes fall. A woman with a weird hairdo says the snow will melt when 3 snowflakes are falling. The boy and his dog are not discouraged even when a man with a giant radio (as big as him) goes by with the announcer saying "no snow" and when a creepy looking woman on tv predicts the same. But, as the story goes, "snowflakes don't listen to radio, snowflakes don't watch television," so eventually, we see the naysayers walking down the street all bent over with snow on their backs as if their backs were roofs. Before long, the whole city is coated with snow as if it were a wedding cake covered with white buttercream icing. It is cute when Mother Goose, her goose, and Humpty Dumpty come flying out of the Mother Goose Bookstore to celebrate the snowy day by frolicking with the boy and his dog, adding to the enchantment and charm of a child's simple joy at the snow and his dog's joy at being able to play with his boy.
August 11, 2017
This is an imaginative tale about a snowy day. No one believed it would snow except for "boy with dog." Fun illustrations and simple narrative that is perfect for beginning readers. We enjoyed reading this book together.
This book was selected as one of the books for the February 2017- Caldecott Honors 1998-2002 discussion at the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads.
This book was selected as one of the books for the February 2017- Caldecott Honors 1998-2002 discussion at the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads.
November 19, 2009
We went to the library today to check out my grandson's beloved "Snow Sounds". Then he decided he wanted lots of "Snow" books and this is one the librarian found for us, along with "The Snowy Day".
"Snow" is a quick book so read it slowly to your grandchildren. It's a book of anticipation, of hoping for a major snow fall from a child's point of view. The illustrations are lovely and sow is the book!
"Snow" is a quick book so read it slowly to your grandchildren. It's a book of anticipation, of hoping for a major snow fall from a child's point of view. The illustrations are lovely and sow is the book!
February 13, 2011
This is a Caldecott Honor book, and it's easy to see why. The illustrations are amazing. It's not easy to make snow pop off the page. It's white! The illustrator and author had the brilliant concept of making the city start out as a monochromatic grey and slowly beocme blanketed in snow. The process is depicted as magical for the boy in the book but burdensome for adults -- just as it is in the real world.
December 20, 2010
Having just read the children's non-fiction title, the Story of Snow this Caldecott honor book was the perfect follow up. It begins with a young boy seeing just one flake of snow and as the illustrations progress more and more flakes arrive covering the town. It is charming that the only store front sign that one can read says "Mother Goose Books". Lovely and peaceful--just like snow.
June 24, 2019
In the beginning, everything is gray. Then, we see the child's response to a snowflake, followed by the very different responses of the adults, and more color appears.
The message reminds me of Rachel Carson's Sense of Wonder. This was reinforced by the pages showing the Mother Goose book store.
A keeper.
The message reminds me of Rachel Carson's Sense of Wonder. This was reinforced by the pages showing the Mother Goose book store.
A keeper.
November 10, 2007
Somber pictures...snow is predicted, but nobody believes it, even as snowflakes begin to appear. Very few words, and it's all in HOW you read it that makes it special.
November 28, 2012
3* art
3* story
I love the boy's excitement about the first snowflake - I can relate!
3* story
I love the boy's excitement about the first snowflake - I can relate!
January 15, 2015
A beautiful and simple book about winter. My kids were riveted, and so was I.
March 6, 2015
Nicely illustrated story about snow, a subject well known to the Northeastern U.S. this year. We got another 6+ inches today.
March 19, 2021
Great for all, but very few words on each page for young.
December 18, 2016
I wasn't sure how this would be when I found it on goodreads.
I got a big stack of Christmas books to read, and went through them to see which ones looked best, and which ones to save closer to Christmas.
I had this one on the top of the pile. When I cracked it open, I'm glad I did.
'The skies are gray. The rooftops are gray. The whole city is gray.'
I like the line, then one snowflake. And we can see the one snowflake in the sky. Because that's how it all starts!
When it said "it's snowing," said boy with dog. And "it's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard' I was thinking oh no.
Especially when it continued on to 'man with hat' and 'woman with umbrella.'
Kinda cute there's a Mother Goose Books and a few shops down is More Books.
The television shows a woman, who I'm assuming is supposed to be a weather woman, but it looks like a portrait. It's a close up of her face, with a story of maniacal smile and wide eyes.
I liked the 'but snowflakes don't listen to radio, snowflakes don't watch television.' Because that's true!
'All snowflakes know is snow, snow, snow.' I really dl inane writing.
It shows the man with hat, woman with umbrella, and the man with the radio trudging through the snow.
I don't get the name Mother Goose Books, or the signs on the walks. Also, where's the door? There's no door handle on any of the shops.
The inane, repetitive writing continued. & things got reidiculous when Mother Goose, her Goose, and this little egg man person came to life and hopped down from the store building.
The mark in the sky looked like a water mark. I had to run my hands over the page.
They now to each other, even the dog and goose meet. Mother goose's face looks like the moon.
The pages with lots of snow falling and the streets and roofs covered with snow, with them dancing in it was pretty. This is the first time the characters look cute too.
Also the next page where everything is covered in snow and the sky is a soft blue. The bookstore characters are pretty with their pastel looking colors too.
It ends with "snow," said the boy.
I really don't understand why authors write such simple-sounding work.
The whole thing was focused on "it's snowing" the "roofs are turning white" that it didn't leave room for anything else. It literally focused totally on the color of the sky, the snowing falling and then the color of the roofs. And it's just bizarre how those characters came to life.
I wish there had been an actual story and adventure.
This would be for very young children.
I got a big stack of Christmas books to read, and went through them to see which ones looked best, and which ones to save closer to Christmas.
I had this one on the top of the pile. When I cracked it open, I'm glad I did.
'The skies are gray. The rooftops are gray. The whole city is gray.'
I like the line, then one snowflake. And we can see the one snowflake in the sky. Because that's how it all starts!
When it said "it's snowing," said boy with dog. And "it's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard' I was thinking oh no.
Especially when it continued on to 'man with hat' and 'woman with umbrella.'
Kinda cute there's a Mother Goose Books and a few shops down is More Books.
The television shows a woman, who I'm assuming is supposed to be a weather woman, but it looks like a portrait. It's a close up of her face, with a story of maniacal smile and wide eyes.
I liked the 'but snowflakes don't listen to radio, snowflakes don't watch television.' Because that's true!
'All snowflakes know is snow, snow, snow.' I really dl inane writing.
It shows the man with hat, woman with umbrella, and the man with the radio trudging through the snow.
I don't get the name Mother Goose Books, or the signs on the walks. Also, where's the door? There's no door handle on any of the shops.
The inane, repetitive writing continued. & things got reidiculous when Mother Goose, her Goose, and this little egg man person came to life and hopped down from the store building.
The mark in the sky looked like a water mark. I had to run my hands over the page.
They now to each other, even the dog and goose meet. Mother goose's face looks like the moon.
The pages with lots of snow falling and the streets and roofs covered with snow, with them dancing in it was pretty. This is the first time the characters look cute too.
Also the next page where everything is covered in snow and the sky is a soft blue. The bookstore characters are pretty with their pastel looking colors too.
It ends with "snow," said the boy.
I really don't understand why authors write such simple-sounding work.
The whole thing was focused on "it's snowing" the "roofs are turning white" that it didn't leave room for anything else. It literally focused totally on the color of the sky, the snowing falling and then the color of the roofs. And it's just bizarre how those characters came to life.
I wish there had been an actual story and adventure.
This would be for very young children.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 28, 2016
Seeing the entire sky and buildings are grey, a young boy knows in his heart that snow will appear.
Throughout the book we cheer for the young book and his conviction and, who holds fast to his belief in the face of cynical, rational adult voices of reason.
As one flake turns to two and the original fake melts and another falls, the young boy knows that all snowflakes know is how to snow, snow and then snow more.
As the boy and his dog run past the Mother Goose bookstore, the characters fly off the building and cavort and frolic in the snow with the boy. Floating, floating, they softly follow the boy on his snow laden path.
Having such wonderful delightful fun, the boy and his Mother Goose friends spin, twirl as the entire city is now white.
I loved the illustrations. There is sheer delight in the creativity of the mother goose characters leaving the books and joining the fun.
Throughout the book we cheer for the young book and his conviction and, who holds fast to his belief in the face of cynical, rational adult voices of reason.
As one flake turns to two and the original fake melts and another falls, the young boy knows that all snowflakes know is how to snow, snow and then snow more.
As the boy and his dog run past the Mother Goose bookstore, the characters fly off the building and cavort and frolic in the snow with the boy. Floating, floating, they softly follow the boy on his snow laden path.
Having such wonderful delightful fun, the boy and his Mother Goose friends spin, twirl as the entire city is now white.
I loved the illustrations. There is sheer delight in the creativity of the mother goose characters leaving the books and joining the fun.
April 11, 2014
This book was fun to read and would be good to read to children on the first snow day in winter. The illustrations are very detailed even though there is little color on them, they are mainly different shades of gray and browns. It might be a good book to have children dig deeper into about why the author and illustrator choose little color. Children could also be asked to find a theme throughout book, which might be children are not always consider smart and trustworthy by adults. I am not quite sure if I would recommend this book to be used in a classroom, to me it was kind of a bland picture book without an interesting story line.
December 19, 2018
(Caldecott Honor book) What a neat book! I love how the author manages to get the reader’s eye to zero in on the little snowflake. It is a very simple storyline that is so wonderful. The fantasy elements arrive later in the story and make it so wonderful! Kids will love it. You really need to read this one up close to see the snow magic and feel the excitement of the boy as it begins to snow in the town. Loved it! Highly recommended for Grades K-5.
December 28, 2008
This was a fun little children’s book. The way that they characters were drawn in this book were quite comical. I found myself amused at their exaggerated proportions. The story was a simple one, but one that would still amuse children. I would probably recommend this book.
*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...
*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...
February 16, 2017
Wonderful book, really captures that gloomy day that turns into a snowy day. Text is sparse and illustrations use a lot of grey. A small boy is excited about snow while the radio, TV and adults around him tell him that it won't snow. Of course, it does snow and the grey town turns into a town blanketed in bright snow.
February 21, 2017
I think both the poem and illustrations are just okay.
October 1, 2025
An ideal book to read with/for a child. Some older folk in town dismiss the initial flakes, as does the radio/tv. But a boy and his dog go from happy to jubilant as the snow continues falling. Some magical creatures from the mother goose bookstore in town come out to join them. The final quiet image with snow everywhere has that silent magical feeling that a snow-filled landscape truly has.
4.5* round up
4.5* round up
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