Winter Woes [Hardcover]

Marty Kelley (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

In bestselling author-illustrator Marty Kelley's newest seasonal soap opera, a young worrywort with a vivid imagination takes his fears to extremes-with hilarious results. What if he slips on the snow? What if he falls through the ice? What if he's frozen-'til spring!?!?! The silliness builds like a snowball rolling downhill as our hero posits all the things could possibly go wrong in the winter wonderland outside of his house.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2–A boy leaps out of bed and bundles up from head to toe in preparation for a cold, snowy day. "But what if I put on/All of that stuff/And I get outside/And I'm not warm enough? I might get cold,/I might get wet./But that's not as bad/As my day could get…." The watercolor illustrations extend the text to create a story of a child engaging in various gut-wrenching and hilarious difficulties as he worries about the dangers he might encounter. His imagination leads him to run and fall, slip and slide, tumble over backwards, and get buried in snow. His nose runs, his boogers freeze, he trips and falls and rolls down a hill, off of a cliff and into the sky and right into space, rocketing back to Earth, where he lands in a lake, freezes, and must wait until spring to thaw. The boy then decides not to go outside but to sit and sip his hot chocolate by the fire, where it is warm and certainly safer, unless, "…a hot-chocolate marshmallow/Gets stuck up my nose…." A laugh-out-loud tale.–Rebecca Sheridan, Easttown Library & Information Center, Berwyn, PA
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Zino Press Children's Books (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559333065
• ISBN-13: 978-1559333061
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter Wows, January 27, 2006

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Ahlaria (Northwest CT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Woes (Hardcover)

I loved this book! I read this to several groups of children (3-5 years old) and they were instantly engaged. The children try to guess what's going to happen next, and as each scenario gets wilder and wilder they get into it more and more. This book is written in rhyme and has a cadence perfect for read aloud. The illustrations are laugh-out-loud funny and you'll have as much fun reading this story as seeing your children's reactions to it. Looking forward to more from this author!

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book, December 8, 2009

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Everyone's Mom (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Woes (Hardcover)

I think this is one of the best books I've read to my daycare children. There is not many children's books that you want to tell everyone about. I was telling people that I had read the funniest book today. The first thing I did when I was done reading it was find out if the author has other books. This would make a great gift too!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Great!, January 10, 2005

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Seth's Mom (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winter Woes (Hardcover)

Marty has done it again!! A totally killer kids book, just like all his others! Thanks again, Mad Dog!