Snow Day!
by Lester L Laminack (Author) Adam Gustavson (Illustrator)
Everyone loves a snow day! Award-winning author Lester Laminack provides a clever take on a familiar childhood wish. An unexpected twist is sure to surprise and delight young readers.
When the weatherman predicts a big snowfall, it's hard not to imagine the fun-filled adventures of an unscheduled school holiday! You can build snowmen, go sledding, have snowball fights--the possibilities are endless. Except when the family wakes up that next morning, they find no snow! School is happening, and all their dreams of a winter wonderland are gone. But as the family piles into the car to head to school, an unexpected twist reveals who wanted the snow day most of all.
Adam Gustavson's expressive illustrations comically capture the excitement of pure possibility in author Lester Laminack's thoroughly original tale.
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As a father cooks, a brother and sister watch TV, gleefully celebrating when the weatherman predicts an overnight snow. The unidentified first-person narrator contemplates the possibility of a snow day, describing plans to cuddle on the sofa, go sledding, build a snow fort, and read. However, the expected snowfall does not occur, and as the family members hurry to get ready for school, readers discover that the narrator is actually the father, who is a teacher. Unfortunately, the surprise ending, which is reminiscent of Julie Danneberg's "First Day Jitters" (Charlesbridge, 2000), does not carry the book. Because the snow play is predicted rather than experienced, the story offers few of the sensory descriptions of wonder found in many titles on this topic. Gustavson's sumptuous oil paintings bring life to the spare text. The mostly two-page illustrations are rich in color, texture, perspective, and kinesthetic energy. Stick with titles such as Ezra Jack Keats's "The Snowy Day" (Viking, 1962), Uri Shulevitz's "Snow" (Farrar, 1998), Will Hubbell's "Snow Day Dance" (Albert Whitman, 2005), and Lynn Rae Perkins's "Snow Music" (Greenwillow, 2003) to celebrate the season."Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI"
Copyright 2007 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV029020 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Weather
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