SNOW!
         by Christine Ford (Author)      --    Candace Whitman (Illustrator)
             Reading level: Ages 4-8     --   Edition: Hardcover

was selected as a Book-of-the Month Club.

It is listed on Listmania, a list of great and goofy books for preschoolers

SNOW! is on the Recommended Reading List for the Chicago Public Schools.

From Booklist
From the Growing Tree series comes another fine picure book for the youngest book lovers. Ford's rhyming verse is age appropriate: "Wiggle wiggle / window squiggle / Frosty smiles / giggle giggle." The couplets work well with Whitman's watercolor collage illustrations, and they show readers the great and special things about a snowy winter. Brother and sister and their pet dog spend the day with Dad outside in the freshly fallen snow. They go sledding, catch snowflakes on their tongues, throw... read more


Editorial Reviews           The Soldiers' Night Before Christmas from Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-This version of the Clement Moore poem takes place on a US Army base in the desert.The narrator wakes up when her hears a crash, and sees a Blackhawk helicopter giving the all clear to nine Humvees and a jeep, all loaded with gifts. Sergeant McClaus calls the drivers by name, Cohen! Mendoza! Woslowski! McCord! Now, Li! Watts! Donetti! And Specialist Ford! When he the leaves, the sergeant calls out, HAPPY CHRISTMAS BRAVE SOLDIERS MAY PEACE COME TO ALL! The illustrations help to make this a light-hearted, even humorous retelling that will probably be most appreciated by military families who know the original... Virginia Walter University of California, Los Angeles.



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Book Reviews
School Library Journal
It explores love and friends, courage, grief, guilt and loss.In the end, it is a story of hope. Booktalking can alert middle graders to the treasure inside. Nancy Reeder, Heatherwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC