I love to go sledding with my children and it seemed only natural that I should make a story about it. SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! actually started out as a series of pictures painted in watercolor very quickly over the coarse of a week. The words came later.
"This is a celebration of snow and speed, pure and simple -- readers will understand exactly why, after landing with a bone-rattling SPLOOMPH, the kids have only one thing to say: 'Again! Again!'"
-- Kirkus
"Readers get a good sense of the cold, crisp snow and billowing clouds, and the characters' faces are expressive. Children will enjoy this reminder of how much fun winter can be."
-- School Library Journal
"Even toddlers will soon chime in on what's sure to be their favorite line, 'Uh-oh,' not to mention echoing the little dogs' cry after their snowy landing, 'Again! Again!'"
...anniversary to Jan Brett's The Mitten (Penguin, Ages 3-5, $17.99), one of our best-loved wintry books. SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! By Lee Harper. Simon & Schuster. Ages4-8. $14.99. Sound familiar? This book opens with "One night, the wind howled, and ...