Winter, Winter, Cold and Snow
Sharon Gibson Palermo, illus. by Christina Song. Sleeping Bear, $16.99 (24p) ISBN 978-1-58536-953-9
“Winter, winter, cold and snow;/ Chickadee, Chickadee, who do you know?” Using variations on this refrain, Palermo constructs a chain of animal interactions in a wintertime forest. Each animal responds to the question by describing another creature (“I know Bear, asleep in her den;/ she might wake up when the sun shines in”), who answers the same question on the following page. Song makes good use of varying textures in her cut-paper illustrations: corrugated papers suggest a wolf’s fur while crinkled ones lend visual depth to snow-covered hills. Though neither the straightforward rhymes nor somewhat cartoony artwork makes the strongest of impressions, it’s a diverting introduction to a handful of animals. Up to age 4. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 10/17/2016
Genre: Children's
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