The day after a big snow, Laurie and Leo build a beautiful snow whale, high as a house, round as a cloud, white as an ice floe.
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PreS-Gr 2-A well-intentioned, but disappointing, attempt to provide a small amount of information on the hydrological cycle. As a brother and sister build a snow whale, the girl explains where snow comes from and where it goes when it melts. That night the whale disappears and the younger brother tells his weeping sister that it has returned to the ocean. The sweet but slight story may be confusing to literal-minded children. The sun that brings about the thaw is said to cause the snow sculpture to "glisten like silver," not specifically to melt. The accompanying illustration, in three panels, pictures water droplets, a river, and the ocean in which the gray-black tail of a real whale swims. In the final page of text, the children are seen at their window while the sister sobs, "Where has the whale gone?" Readers must deduce that the sun has caused it to melt. This process, central to the story, is not supported clearly enough by the pictures, although in the final one the white tail of a whale may be interpreted as melting into the grass or diving into the sea. This would be a novel addition to snowy-day story times if supported by nonfiction picture books such as Eleonore Schmid's The Water's Journey (North-South, 1990) and Mark Rauzon and Cynthia Bix's Water, Water Everywhere (Sierra Club, 1994).-Kate McClelland, Perrot Memorial Library, Greenwich, CT
Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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THis is one of my daughter's favorite books. I just wished it came in paperback! She will enjoy for years to come.
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A wonderful book that combines learning about precipitation with the wonder of creating snow animals, to discovering that you can learn from those who are younger than you. Beautiful illustrations make this an incredible treat for children and adults alike.
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One November night, snow fell fast and thick as down from a duck's back. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
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