All You Need for a Snowman: A Winter and Holiday Book for Kids - Softcover

Schertle, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0152061150 ISBN 13: 9780152061159

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2007

Synopsis

One small snowflake fluttering down--
That's all you need for a snowman.
     Or is it? In these pages, an exuberant crew is summoned to create a snowman of heroic proportions.

About this title

About the Author:

Alice Schertle is a poet and the author of many well-loved books for children, including the beloved, best-selling Little Blue Truck series,Very Hairy Bear, Button Up!, and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.

BARBARA LAVALLEE is a fine artist who has illustrated many books for children including the very successful MAMA, DO YOU LOVE ME. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

From Publishers Weekly:

While this deceptively simple book starring children building a snowman is ultimately about community-how human beings, no matter how small, can help each other create something bigger than themselves-youngsters will find the lilting language and action-filled illustrations to be just plain fun. Schertle's (How Now, Brown Cow?) text deftly describes what goes into making a snowman: "Billions of snowflakes/ piled in a mound,/ pat them/ and pack them/ and roll them/ around/ into one big ball." Her refrain-"That's all you need for a snowman. Except..."-encourages readers to turn the page for each new component. The watercolors, meanwhile, feature children in padded winter jackets who work together. As in childhood, the snowman looms larger than life. As they roll that "one big ball," for example, the children appear to be hugging the edge of a snow-white planet. They place saucer-size bottle caps on the snowman's face-"Surprise!/ Snowman's eyes!"-and add a broom taller than a house. The completed snowman is so huge that the book needs to be turned sideways to view it. Lavallee's illustrations, in the style of her work in Mama, Do You Love Me?, emphasize the children's profiles, shadowing one half of each face as if each character possessed both light and dark skin. A wintertime treat. Ages 2-5.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0152061150
• ISBN 13: 9780152061159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lavallee Barbara