Friday, April 2, 2010

The Snow Day by Komako Sakai

The Snow Day written and illustrated by Komako Sakai, Arthur A Levine Books (Scholastic), 2005, ISBN 978-0-545-01321-5
You know how when it snows everything is very quiet? This book is quiet. The book itself, through the words and especially the illustrations, is quiet. Publisher's summary: A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father's flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling." Actually, everything is put on hold...until the snow stops falling. "Mommy went out to the balcony. It was cold but quiet. No cars drove by. No one walked around. There was just falling snow." Can't you just hear it?

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