The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Degen, Bruce

Snow Joke

24 pp. | Holiday | July, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-3065-9 $14.95

(3) K-3 I Like to Read series. Red, a squirrel, organizes snowy-day games to play with Bunny, but each game ends abruptly when Red plays a "joke." Red eventually learns his lesson, but not before his jokes approach needless bullying. Bright, wintry illustrations divulge Red's antics and Bunny's growing fury and fill in gaps left by a text that meticulously follows easy-reader conventions in word choice and layout.

Reviewer: Rebecca Fox