The quintessential winter book, The Snowy Day is the perfect read post record-breaking snow storm. Or pre-mug of hot cocoa.
My little one grinned at the thought of thumping a stick against a snow-covered tree only to have it plop! on her head, and she made a sorrowful face when the secret snowball Peter slipped inside his pocket melted at the day’s end.
The language is kept simple, but I like it that way. So do two year olds. The story line is full of adventure, but it is the illustrations that truly capture the imagination. The award-winning, bright, graphic gouache and collage pictures are just as fresh, modern, and memorable now as they were in 1963.
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