The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Arnold, Marsha Diane

Waiting for Snow

32 pp. | Houghton | November, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-41687-1 $14.99

(3) PS Illustrated by Renata Liwska. "It's winter and I haven't seen one snowflake," says Badger. The forest animals try to summon snow by banging pots, wearing pajamas backward, and performing a snow dance. Hedgehog wisely reminds them, "It will snow in snow's time." Soft-hued, digitally colored pencil illustrations convey the animals' valiant efforts (even sprinkling sugar for snow) in the child-friendly text until finally, after much waiting, "it was time."

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty