The Biggest, Best Snowman

Author	Natasha Wing
ISBN	0448425297

I have a string of Thanksgiving books that I read to my daughter and my second graders. These will be quick reviews based on the reactions of my daughter and students. I put the date the same for each book, but I really read them in the week leading up to Thanksgiving, and on Thanksgiving Day. Under the how...

Author	Denise Fleming
ISBN	0805037624

A warm, inviting bedtime book from a Caldecott winning illustrator.

"Bear sniffed once.
She sniffed twice.
'I smell winter in the air. . . .'"

A chill is in the air and Bear knows it is time for her winter nap. But first, she must tell Snail. And Snail must tell Skunk. And Skunk...

Author	Shirley Neitzel
ISBN	0688080286

Title: The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

Author: Shirley Neitzel

Illustrator: Nancy Winslow Parker

Genre: Pattern, Rhythm

Theme(s): Pattern book

Opening line/sentence:
This is the jacket I wear in the snow.
This is the zipper
That’s stuck...

Author	Alvin Tresselt
ISBN	0688082947

When the first flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman and his wife scurried about doing all the practical things grownups do when a snowstorm comes. But the children laughed and danced, and caught the lacy snowflakes on their tongues. All the wonder and delight a child...

Author	Lois Ehlert
ISBN	0152162755

Pull on your mittens and head outside with Lois Ehlert for a snowball day! Grab some snow and start rolling. With a few found objects, like buttons and fabric and seeds, and a little imagination, you can create a whole family out of snow. “Ehlert uses collages of cut paper and vibrant, textured objects...

Author	Marie-Louise Gay
ISBN	0888994044

Booklist November 1, 2000 (Vol. 97, No. 5)

Ages 3-6. Sam, who took his first trip to the ocean in Gay's Stella, Star of the Sea(1999), now discovers the wonders of snow. As in the previous picture book, Sam approaches the unknown with caution, while his boisterous big sister, Stella, encourages...

Author	Steven Kellogg
ISBN	0142301922

Annie and her dog, Oscar, have had a busy day playing in the snow. Somehow Annie's red mitten has disappeared in all the fun. They look high and low. . . . It's not on the sledding hill, and it's not by the snow castles. Maybe an eagle carried it off to keep its baby's head warm. Or maybe a mouse is using it as a sleeping...

Author	Steve Nelson
ISBN	0448431998

This isn't a story, but an illustrated version of the song. It's a classic at Christmas, though, and the illustrations are very good. Our girls received this book from a book exchange at their school, but we just recently got around to reading it. We enjoyed reading it together and we will likely add it...

Author	Alice Schertle
ISBN	0152061150

Horn Book November/December, 2002

"One small snowflake / fluttering down- / that's all you need / for a snowman," declares Schertle on the first spread in what might be called an accumulative tale. There's one more word at the lower right corner of the page-"EXCEPT..."-setting the pattern...

Author	Nancy Van Laan
ISBN	0689817789

As bland as the snow.

Very repetitive. I certainly couldn't read this to my kid because it would drive me crazy.

Every other page is, “Where, oh where does the X go/When winter comes and the cold winds blow?” And then it says where it goes. It's in rhyme. It's all about the different...

Author

Giles Andreae

I finished reading “Commotion in the Ocean” by Giles Andreae. This book is about many of the animals that live in the ocean, and that live around the ocean. It talks about all of the fish, the ones that live in shallow waters, all the way to the ones that live in deep sea at the bottom of the ocean. This book...

Author

Mark Teague

Wendell's room became pigsty. The more he messed up, the more pigs came. Finally this boy started to clean his room. And as the proverb, many hooves make things light, pig friends help him clean up. They sweeped, scourged, and the room was no more pigsty. Then pigs go home. But sometimes like playing monopoly...

Author	Ruth Bell Graham
ISBN	0801013062

A classic Christmas picture book, One Wintry Night tells the story of a mountain boy who is injured in a snowstorm and seeks refuge in a cabin. While he waits out the storm, the woman who lives there tells him the Christmas story. Starting with the very creation of the world and ending with the resurrection,...

Author

Jacqueline Mitton

1.Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award Parent Council Award

2.Pre-kindergarten -4th Grade

3. This illuminating book will capture the interest of children as the narrative explores the glittering constellations. Reminding children to look up at the starry night sky this...

Author	Candace Christiansen
ISBN	1555913490

Illustrator: Elaine Greenstein
Publisher: Scholastic
Date of Publication: 1997

Genre: fiction narrative picture book
Reading Level: age 4-9
Theme: friendship, loneliness, giving, contentment

Curricula use: use as a read aloud, shared reading, and independent...

Author	Tom Ellery
ISBN	1416909249

If I Had a Dragon is a cute book about learning to appreciating your siblings. If a child is struggling with wanting to play or talk to or just spend time with their sibling this book is a good match! I think how it shows all the things the boy in the book has planned for himself and the dragon just to show that...

Author	Michael Coleman
ISBN	0439250013

When a tortoise named Shelley decides she wants to stay awake and see what winter is like instead of hibernating with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tortoise say, "Ridiculous!" Shelley is determined though, and sets out to explore the snow and the cold. As she travels from the duck pond to the hilltop, she finds...

Author	Steven Kroll
ISBN	0439627680

Kids will adore this sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Biggest Pumpkin Ever!


When the mayor of Mouseville announces the town snowman contest, Clayton and Desmond claim that they will each make the biggest snowman ever. But building a huge snowman alone is hard! They work and work,...

Author

Jane Clarke

Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Grade Level: preK-Kindergarten

This book is such a cute children's fiction book. I love the sequence that the book follows and the children would too! I think the ending is so cute and its funny enough that the children would understand and get a laugh too! I...

Author	Don Freeman
ISBN	0448421917

Corduroy wasn’t as cute as I’ve seen him at times. This kind of illustration didn’t have him be as cute as he could be. He looked different from one page to the next sometimes.

I was surprised he said Christmas was “one of the best” times of the year, and not the best.

I liked that...

Author

Lucille Colandro

A wacky new Christmas version of the classic "There Was an Old Lady" song!

This time, the hungry old lady swallows a bell, bows, gifts, a sack, a sleigh, and some reindeer! She's about to swallow a candy cane for dessert, when she hears a jolly "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Santa Claus is waiting for a ride! Watch...

Author	Steve Metzger
ISBN	0545112818

A wonderfully zany story about what happens on a farm when a leaf blows into the barn!

When the leaf blows into the barn,
The cow sneezes "Ah choo!"

And when the cow sneezes "Ah choo!"
The spider falls on top of the owl.

With simple, repetitive text and silly, expressive...

Author	Reeve Lindbergh
ISBN	0140553371

My daughter picked this one out tonight: Daddy, this is one we haven't read in a looooooonnnggg time! She was right, I had forgotten all about it. Which I realize is not a great compliment, but it's not really an earth-shattering story. However, it is very clever, and is probably worth at least 4 stars....

Author	Patricia Lakin
ISBN	0803726422

"Look!" said Sam.
"Where?" said Pam.
"Outside!" said Will.
"Why?" said Jill.
"SNOW!" said Sam, Pam, Will and Jill.

It's a perfect day for sledding, so Sam, Pam, Will and Jill all get dressed in their warmest clothes, put on their goggles and helmets, and set out for their favorite...

Author	Suzanne Collins
ISBN	0399240004

An electifying picture book from the author of The Hunger Games.

Charlie McButton likes computer games so much, he never plays with anything else. When a thunderstorm knocks out the electricity, his tech empire comes tumbling down, and his whole world loses power.

He needs batteries--FAST....