SNOW (alphabetical by title)
Mom: Thumbs Down Nicholas: Thumbs Down Julia: Thumbs Up
TITLE: The Adventures of Snowwoman
AUTHOR: Katya Arnold
YEAR: 1998
I was hopeful when I found a book featuring a snow-woman instead of a snowman for once, but quickly disappointed by the unoriginal tale involving a mission to deliver a letter to Santa. The illustrations are bright and colorful, but the depictions of people are kind of scary. Julia enjoyed it though!
TITLE: The Adventures of Snowwoman
AUTHOR: Katya Arnold
YEAR: 1998
I was hopeful when I found a book featuring a snow-woman instead of a snowman for once, but quickly disappointed by the unoriginal tale involving a mission to deliver a letter to Santa. The illustrations are bright and colorful, but the depictions of people are kind of scary. Julia enjoyed it though!
Mom: Thumbs Up Nicholas: Thumbs Up Julia: Thumbs Up
TITLE: City of Snow, The Great Blizzard of 1888
AUTHOR: Linda Oatman High
YEAR: 2004
The illustrations in this book about the blizzard that hit NY and the East Coast in 1888 are gorgeous. The story is told in rhymes and is decent, but the pictures alone make it worth a look.
TITLE: City of Snow, The Great Blizzard of 1888
AUTHOR: Linda Oatman High
YEAR: 2004
The illustrations in this book about the blizzard that hit NY and the East Coast in 1888 are gorgeous. The story is told in rhymes and is decent, but the pictures alone make it worth a look.
Mom: Thumbs up Nicholas: Thumbs Up Julia: Thumbs Up
TITLE: Brave Irene
AUTHOR: William Steig
YEAR: 1986
If there is one children's book writer who can really weave a great yarn, it is William Steig. One of the things I like most about his stories is that there is no dumbing down either of the language he uses or the ideas he tackles. I think the effect is to give his young readers a sense of the respect he has for their ability to understand and enjoy his work. In Brave Irene he tells the story of a determined girl's battle with nature on her quest to deliver a dress that her sick mother sewed for a duchess. Highly Recommended!
TITLE: Brave Irene
AUTHOR: William Steig
YEAR: 1986
If there is one children's book writer who can really weave a great yarn, it is William Steig. One of the things I like most about his stories is that there is no dumbing down either of the language he uses or the ideas he tackles. I think the effect is to give his young readers a sense of the respect he has for their ability to understand and enjoy his work. In Brave Irene he tells the story of a determined girl's battle with nature on her quest to deliver a dress that her sick mother sewed for a duchess. Highly Recommended!
Mom: Thumbs Middle Nicholas: Thumbs Middle Julia: Thumbs Middle
TITLE: It Feels Like Snow
AUTHOR: Nancy Cote
YEAR: 2003
In this story an elderly woman with a Cassandra complex can predict snow coming by the various aches and pains she feels, but no one believes her until it is too late, and she is the only one prepared for the storms.
TITLE: It Feels Like Snow
AUTHOR: Nancy Cote
YEAR: 2003
In this story an elderly woman with a Cassandra complex can predict snow coming by the various aches and pains she feels, but no one believes her until it is too late, and she is the only one prepared for the storms.
Mom: Thumbs Middle Nicholas: Thumbs Down Julia: Thumbs Up
TITLE: A Perfect Day
AUTHOR: Carin Berger
YEAR: 2012
A Perfect Day is a short book of few words with nice pictures about a day spent playing in the snow. The artwork is done is as a collage using paper scraps with faint images of print, for an odd but pleasing effect.
TITLE: A Perfect Day
AUTHOR: Carin Berger
YEAR: 2012
A Perfect Day is a short book of few words with nice pictures about a day spent playing in the snow. The artwork is done is as a collage using paper scraps with faint images of print, for an odd but pleasing effect.
Mom: Thumbs Up Nicholas: Thumbs Up Julia: Thumbs Middle
TITLE: Sleds on Boston Common
AUTHOR: Louise Borden
YEAR: 2000
This one is a bit on the long side, so probably better for kids on the older end of the picture book range. It is set in colonial Boston and tells the engaging story (possibly true, possibly apocryphal) of a 9 year-old who finds the bravery to confront the British troops, who are camped on the Common, with a plea to make room for him and his siblings to use their new sled on the freshly fallen snow.
TITLE: Sleds on Boston Common
AUTHOR: Louise Borden
YEAR: 2000
This one is a bit on the long side, so probably better for kids on the older end of the picture book range. It is set in colonial Boston and tells the engaging story (possibly true, possibly apocryphal) of a 9 year-old who finds the bravery to confront the British troops, who are camped on the Common, with a plea to make room for him and his siblings to use their new sled on the freshly fallen snow.