First Snow: A Wordless Picture Book - Softcover

McCully, Emily Arnold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064431819 ISBN 13: 9780064431811

Publisher: Trophy Pr, 1988

Synopsis

A timid little mouse discovers the thrill of sledding in the first snow of winter.

About this title

About the Author

Emily Arnold McCully has illustrated more than a hundred books for children, including her own First Snow and Arnold Adoff's Black Is Brown Is Tan. She won the Caldecott Medal for her book Mirette On the High Wire.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1 From the moment children see the littlest mouse from Picnic (Harper, 1984) peering out her window into the cool, clean freshness of the snow to the last look at her sound asleep at the supper table, they will be entranced by the mouse family's activities in the first snow of the season. Loaded into the old red truck, the mice children set out for a day of wintering with their grandparents. After climbing, ice skating, making angels and a snowmouse, the young mice line up their sleds for the descent. Finally, only the littlest mouse, clad in her hot pink hat and muffler, is left at the top of the hill. Using alternating visual perspectives from the little mouse's view from the top of the hill to the beckoning grandparent's view from the bottom of the hill, the mouse's quandary is felt. Once the initial swoosh to the bottom is achieved, the pages burst with hot pink as the little mouse climbs and rides up and down the slopes. A wordless story filled with subtleties of mood and dynamics of action. An excellent book to share with children, and they will also appreciate the flow of the line, mood and action independently. Cathy Woodward, Lima Public Library, Ohio
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Edition details

• Publisher: Trophy Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0064431819
• ISBN 13: 9780064431811
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32