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Clean, cold, white snow! Snow for sledding. Snow for catching on your tongue. Snow for making a SNOWMAN! Is there anything as wonderful as SNOW? Is there any better friend than a SNOWMAN? Snow isn't forever, though. The wind shifts, the weather warms and snow melts into spring. The Snowman has become something else--the fog, the rain. But, how can this boy forget his good friend? He doesn't...and he doesn't have to.
Bestselling author, Alison McGhee reminds us all that nothing that has been cared for can ever disappear for good, for, "What you love will always be with you." And, this tender story about the power of friendship will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.
Author Notes
Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of Someday , as well as Dear Sister , What I Leave Behind , Pablo and Birdy , Where We Are , Maybe a Fox with Kathi Appelt, Firefly Hollow , Little Boy , So Many Days , Star Bright , A Very Brave Witch , Dear Brother , and the Bink and Gollie books. Her other children's books include All Rivers Flow to the Sea , Countdown to Kindergarten , and Snap! . She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Laguna Beach, California. You can visit her at AlisonMcGhee.com.
Marc Rosenthal is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including the Small Walt collection by Elizabeth Verdick, All You Need Is Love by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, I Must Have Bobo! by Eileen Rosenthal, We Love Fishing! and Mabel Wants a Friend by Ariel Bernstein, and Archie and the Pirates , which he wrote. He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Learn more at Marc-Rosenthal.com.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-When the first snow of winter falls, an unnamed female narrator sees endless outdoor possibilities: a boy catching flakes on his tongue, making snow angels, and building a snowman. He visits and plays with his snowman all winter, but when the spring thaw arrives, all the snow melts. Wondering where his friend went, the boy notices him in the reflective pond, in the falling rain, in the thick morning fog, and on the frosty window panes. As the days once again grow colder, the boy waits for the morning when he will be able to rebuild his buddy. Susie Berneis's heartfelt narration accompanies gentle background music, which complements the tale's simple structure. Marc Rosenthal's soft, inviting pencil illustrations shine on an uncluttered background with plenty of white space, and viewers will enjoy looking for the snowman's face throughout the changing seasons. VERDICT This DVD of Alison McGhee's picture book (S. & S., 2011) will be a nice addition to a wintry day storytime, and it can also be used to reinforce the idea of the changing seasons, since viewers can watch for traces of the snowman even after winter ends.-Anne Bozievich, Friendship Elementary School, Glen Rock, PA (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
McGhee takes up an ethereal subject: longing for absent loved ones. A boy builds-and happily befriends-a snowman, which later melts in a spring thaw. "Where did you go?" the boy wonders. "Look," writes McGhee (Someday), as the seasons shift and the boy pours a bucket of water into a pond. "He is in the falling water, and the rain upon the ocean." Rosenthal's (I Must Have Bobo!) boxy houses and rural scenes speak of simpler times, and the soft, sepia outlines of his pencil drawings look like old lithographs. Visual hints of the snowman's lingering presence-ripples in the pond echo his charcoal facial features-underscore McGhee's message. (And just in case readers miss it, it's also spelled out in a refrain, "What you love will always be with you.") The success of the book is in the gentle rhythm created by McGhee's telegraphic text and Rosenthal's spot illustrations, and in its evocation of the long waits of childhood, so difficult for the young to endure. All ages. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Someday or Little Boy, both illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds (2007, 2008) (Picture book. 4-6)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
It is a simple story, told many times over: a child builds a snowman, and then the snowman melts. McGhee's take stars a boy with a red baseball cap and the phrase, What you love will always be with you. To illustrate continuity, the narrator's response to the boy's question, Where did he go? points to the following seasons' precipitation and the presence of water in the child's world. In this way, the snowman is there in the rain, fog, and frost. When a new season arrives and it snows again, the boy lovingly builds a new snowman just like the one that melted, as if it had never left. Rosenthal's spare drawings complement the tenor of the simple text. Childlike, the illustrations rely on a limited palate. Clues that the snowman is still present in the elements show up in suggestions of the snowman's face and body in raindrops, puddles, and clouds. These details are extremely subtle, but when observant children notice them, they will feel justly rewarded.--Cruze, Karen Copyright 2010 Booklist
