
Snow
“Pure enchantment from start to finish. Shulevitz uses text as spare as a December landscape to cast a spell of winter magic [and] works a bit of visual alchemy as the tale progresses.
Among longlisted titles for School Library Best Books of the Year
Winner of Golden Kite Award Winner, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
Caldecott Honor Book, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Booklist Editors' Choice
Winner of Charlotte Zolotow Award (Univ. of WI), 1999
Winner of BCCB Blue Ribbon Award, 1998
Among longlisted titles for ALA Notable Children's Books, 1999
Among longlisted titles for The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, 1998
Among longlisted titles for School Library Best Books of the Year
Winner of Golden Kite Award Winner, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
Caldecott Honor Book, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Booklist Editors' Choice
Winner of Charlotte Zolotow Award (Univ. of WI), 1999
Among longlisted titles for School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Winner of BCCB Blue Ribbon Award, 1998
Among longlisted titles for ALA Notable Children's Books, 1999
Among longlisted titles for The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, 1998
Among longlisted titles for School Library Best Books of the Year
Winner of Golden Kite Award Winner, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
Caldecott Honor Book, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2004
Among longlisted titles for Booklist Editors' Choice
Among longlisted titles for School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2004
Winner of Charlotte Zolotow Award (Univ. of WI), 1999
Among longlisted titles for School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Winner of BCCB Blue Ribbon Award, 1998
Among longlisted titles for ALA Notable Children's Books, 1999
Among longlisted titles for The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, 1998
Among longlisted titles for School Library Best Books of the Year
Winner of Golden Kite Award Winner, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
Caldecott Honor Book, 1999
Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2004
Among longlisted titles for Booklist Editors' Choice
Among longlisted titles for School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2004
Winner of Charlotte Zolotow Award (Univ. of WI), 1999
Among longlisted titles for School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Winner of BCCB Blue Ribbon Award, 1998
Among longlisted titles for ALA Notable Children's Books, 1999
Among longlisted titles for The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, 1998
Snow is a 1998 New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year and a 1999 Caldecott Honor Book.
"It's snowing, said boy with dog.
"It's only a snowflake," said grandfather with beard.
No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it.
Uri Shulevitz' playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city is perfectly captured in simple, poetic text and lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations.
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