The bright, cartoonlike illustrations are hand drawn and colored in Photoshop, and the small details will reward those who have a close look, particularly at those cardinals. "The repetitive, rhyming text reads well. Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (October 2010) Marshall Cavendish Children (Tarrytown NY:), PUBLISHED: c2010.A snowman who finds it dreadfully cold keeps doing things that cause him to melt, while the children who rebuild him each time offer clothing to keep him warm. Although not a necessary purchase, this may be just the thing to freshen up wintry storytimes. The large digital illustrations are colorful and uncluttered, and they slyly integrate the additional antics of two boisterous cardinals, who cavort along with Sneezy until his happy, Goldilocks-like proclamation, At last! I feel just right.
#Brisk snowman series#
The rhyming text keeps the snow show moving along at a brisk, bouncing pace, and the series of problems and solutions creates an entertaining, recognizable pattern. At last, the kids realize that ice-cream can play a key role as a temperature-regulating agent. With his own ingenuity and the help of three multicultural children, he tries cocoa, a hat, a hot tub, a scarf, a campfire, and a coat to warm up, but with each attempt, he melts, and it s up to the kids to build him up brand new again before yet another puddle can form. Ages 2 to 6.Įven snowmen get chilly sometimes, and on a particularly blustery day, Sneezy just can t stop shivering. Young readers will ask for this book more than once. Gilpin s illustrations are attention-getting and fun, punctuated with the antics of a pair of amusing cardinals. Parent storytellers will have fun acting out Sneezy s big sneezes and exhortations, while emergent readers will appreciate the refrains throughout. Wright s rhyming text is well suited to this whimsical story. Wouldn t you know it? All decked out in the body-warming clothes, hard-to-please Sneezy feels too warm! Luckily, the children have a solution. Each time, the children rebuild him and offer a bit of clothing to help him feel better, from a stocking hat to a scarf to a coat. Sneezy has an unusual problem for a snowman: He s cold! In fact, Sneezy is so cold that he s willing to throw caution to the wind in order to feel a bit of warmth. Heidi Hauser Green (Children's Literature) (PUBLISHER: Marshall Cavendish Children (Tarrytown NY:), PUBLISHED: c2010.) The utterly illogical end to this story of one unbelievably dense snowman is par for the course. he melted from sitting in water too hot!" What readers really won't believe is that this cycle happens yet again without the kids saving him from himself. he melted from drinking something too hot!" Responding to his puddled request to "Make me brand-new," three children build him up again and give him one of their hats, but he's still cold, so he finds himself a hot tub. Sneezy the Snowman, perhaps because he's made of snow, is cold, so he helps himself to a cup of cocoa. Subjects Curriculum Tools Reading Measurement Programs Reviews Publication Details Subjects :īack to Top Reading Measurement Programs:
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