But for now, there’s no maple syrup on his pancakes, cornbread or oatmeal. Ethan is eager for winter’s exit, when the warmer weather causes the sap from the trees to run. Schmidt and his late wife, Elizabeth Stickney (a pseudonym), Almost Time is a story about anticipating the turning of the seasons. Written by Newbery Honor recipient Gary D. Look closely at the opening and closing endpapers to see the impressive amount of snow that fell during the adventure. The final spread is a wordless one, showing a family happy to be together-warm, safe and snug inside on a frigid winter’s day. Reds, greens and blues pop off these snowy-white spreads, as do the lemony yellows of the snowplow’s headlights and the sun trying to peek through winter clouds. At one point, illustrator Christine Davenier even puts readers in the vehicle, seated behind father and daughter as we look through the windshield with them.
The page turns on these landscape-oriented spreads are especially compelling as the vehicle plows through the snow toward its destination. Prince writes with bustling verbs-slip, slide, chase, spin, whistling, howling, climbing, growling-as the plow chugs along, the snowy winds accumulate and father and daughter, always smiling, brave the elements. Prince effectively uses short rhyming phrases (“whirl of snow”) and simple sentences (“off we go”), making this briskly paced tale a winning storytime choice. But the snowplow does more than just clear the roads it also takes the two of them to meet someone special at the train station, kicking off a thrilling race to reach a family member they love. She has been counting down to this day and now feels abundant pride at the opportunity to help. A young girl rides with her father in his snowplow. It’s another wondrous, wintry world in April Jones Prince’s Snowy Race. Yeomans writes in pleasing, flowing rhymes that form paired stanzas, with the first three lines of each stanza ending with “snow.” It all makes for an engaging read-aloud. In one striking spread, we see a field of snow angels formed by a group of happy children, the text reading merely, “A flock of angels sing.” On a spread about Snow Day snow, Offermann’s energetic pen-and-ink lines nearly conceal houses in “a world of swirling white.” She juxtaposes vivid colors against the bright white of snowfall. Illustrator Andrea Offermann takes readers on this journey with three children, best friends eager for outdoor winter play. Yeomans also explores the emotional extremes of such weather-from the frustration of light, early-winter Fluff Snow that doesn’t stick, to the complicated relationship with Driveway Snow, which makes Papa growl but also allows the building of a snow fort, which succeeds in making Papa smile. There’s Yellow Snow (uh oh, watch out) and Sledding Snow, which takes your breath away and freezes your face. There’s First Snow (the “we’ve waited for so long snow”) and Spring Snow (“time to go away snow”), with lots of variations in between. revels in winter, exploring how wildly different each snowfall can be. Snow days! These three picture books celebrate the snowy season.Įllen Yeomans’ Some Snow Is . . .
We’ve grown so close this year and I am glad to share this journey with you.Ī special thanks goes to Gemma Halliday and Amanda Brice who have generously shared their knowledge of indie publishing with me and many others.The thrill of a big snowfall. and Sofia Harper, who read my many emails and are always willing to give me input on blurbs, excerpts, and cover drafts. Jax Cassidy, you are always there for me and I am so thankful to call you my friend. I am also grateful to everyone at Write Chat. To the ladies at Romance Divas, thank you for your support, advice, chat challenges, and the wonderful friendships I’ve made. Thank you to my editor, Lorena Streeter, and the people who beta read this book for me: KB Alan, Marie Hall, Suzanna Medeiros, and Lia Sebastian.
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:ĪCKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book would not have been possible without the prodding of Eden Bradley, who convinced me that I needed to write a Christmas book.
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