Snow by Walter de la Mare is part of the Four Seasons series that he and Carolina Rabei (as illustrator) have created. Rabei’s illustrations are the main reason I enjoyed this book. While I read the hardcover edition, it also comes in a board book format and in paper as well (though that edition might not be available currently).
The illustrations are clever and the right amount of color or lack thereof. It is for the Christmas holiday as we do see that jolly ol’ elf and his four-legged friends flying by, but it also could just be a nice snowy day read. This would have been a great wordless picture book as the art flows through the book showing us the fun things to do, see and feel during this time of year.
The story has little text but what there is dos rhyme. It tells about the joys of the winter, of the snow and that time of year in general as well. Yet, it is those illustrations that made me keep reading on. The story is sweet, cozy and what I call a “grandparent” read. You could also read-aloud it in a classroom setting, but personally I think one-on-one reading would work best.
The others in the series are Summer Evening and Silver (for Spring). 
And Rabei also has done Crunch! (which I will be looking for). In 2019 these two will collaborate with The Ride-By-Nights (a Halloween tale, but it is not clear if it is the fall of the series. Though it does make sense that it will be).
Snow by Walter de la Mare is part of the Four Seasons series that he and Carolina Rabei (as illustrator) have created. Rabei’s illustrations are the main reason I enjoyed this book. While I read the hardcover edition, it also comes in a board book format and in paper as well (though that edition might not be available currently).
The illustrations are clever and the right amount of color or lack thereof. It is for the Christmas holiday as we do see that jolly ol’ elf and his four-legged friends flying by, but it also could just be a nice snowy day read. This would have been a great wordless picture book as the art flows through the book showing us the fun things to do, see and feel during this time of year.
The story has little text but what there is dos rhyme. It tells about the joys of the winter, of the snow and that time of year in general as well. Yet, it is those illustrations that made me keep reading on. The story is sweet, cozy and what I call a “grandparent” read. You could also read-aloud it in a classroom setting, but personally I think one-on-one reading would work best.
The others in the series are Summer Evening and Silver (for Spring). And Rabei also has done Crunch! (which I will be looking for). In 2019 these two will collaborate with The Ride-By-Nights (a Halloween tale, but it is not clear if it is the fall of the series. Though it does make sense that it will be).
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