Snow!

by Christine Ford

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0694011991
• ISBN13: 9780694011995
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: HarperFestival
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Brings me right back to my snowy days...

And shares them perfectly with my two preschoolers! While the Library Journal called the verse and illustration in this book somewhat flat, I found both to be vibrantly simple and extremely appealing to my little boy and girl since their first winters as very small infants. The simple rhymes enticed my children to have the book read to them over and over again, and then to repeat the verses to me as we played in the snow ourselves. The beautiful collages really capture the fuzziness of a day seen through snowy eyelashes and cold breaths, and emphasize the warmth that I felt as a child radiating from my dad, my scarf, mittens and big jacket, and especially from the cozy house, fire and hot chocolate afterwards. The dad pulling the sled home was absolutely the perfect juxtaposition to the children energetically running ahead at the beginning. We loved this book! P.S. For the child reaching age 3, check out The Snowy Day. This Caldecott award winner is sort of the big brother to Snow!, with its older boy subject and modernistic abstract collage illustrations.

Charming read-a-loud

This book is soft and cozy and full of snowy adventure for the very young child and their parents. The poetry is gentle, the words full of fun sounds. A great book for the holidays, whether you live in Texas where snow is a wonder, or you are surrounded by it and sitting by a warm fire wanting a good book to share.