Cannonball Read 18

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If you don’t like the cold snow, try this warm treat

When the Snow Falls by Linda Booth Sweeney

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I liked the cover art of When the Snow Falls illustrated by Jana Christy. I was hoping the text by Linda Booth Sweeney would be as big of a hit. Unfortunately, it was not. Spoiler: The fact that all the sudden the parents disappear, and the kids are now at Grandma’s house is odd. They went from the country to the city in what seems like a blink. The one scene that looks like travel happens is the grandmother is pushing the children in a […]

Let it snow, let it snow!

I Wish it Would Snow. by Sarah Dillard

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Sadly, I did not like the book, I Wish it Would Snow. The only thing that saved it for me was Sarah Dillard’s illustrations. They are sweet and there are some details, but they are not overwhelming. The colors are bold and bright. They do help move the story along. At first, I thought this would be a wordless-picture book, but then it started up with sparse text. And continued with the sparse text. However, the story is realistic. The fact that the child/narrator of […]

It is time to enjoy the snow!

Little Owl's Snow by Divya Srinivasan

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Little Owl’s Snow is pretty much what you see is what you get. Divya Srinivasan’s character, Little Owl, wants to explore the winter forest. Yet, as many of his friends have gone off to hibernate, Little Owl is doing this solo. And of course, in due time, Owl starts missing them. Spring cannot come soon enough for him. However, the slight twist to this story is Spring does not come by the end of the book. Owl still must wait awhile longer. This is unusual […]

Hopefully this is not a sign of six more weeks of bad books

Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise by Susan Blackaby

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Looking at the sale books at work, I found Brownie Groundhog and the Wintery Surprise. As Groundhogs day gets so little love, I figured this might be one of the few books out there about this fun holiday. Spoiler: It’s not. Susan Blackaby’s story is about three friends who spend the day having a picnic in late December, only at the end, to have Brownie (a groundhog) go off for her winter’s nap. She tells her friends the fox and the rabbit, she will see […]

“Snow happens weather you like it or not.”

When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan

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When winter comes, where do things go? When winter comes what happens to the plants and flowers? And what happens to mice? And all of the creatures that run around during the other seasons? And in When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan, you have a sweet rhyming story about where things go and what happens to the plants and such when, “when winter comes and the cold wind blows.” Susan Gaber has these delightful illustrations. You are able to read them along with the […]

Two more books that will tie up your day with reading

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Making a Friend is a clever pun. As Beaver is good at making a lot of things (slides, stripy socks, a lodge) but he is not good at making friends. Oh, he tries, but it never works out as he hopes. Though I would say the others are not really appreciating the attempts. A skunk should appreciate flowers (who does not like flowers?) and the why is the porcupine sad over the popped balloons? But yes, waking owl during the day is a bit more […]



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