Winter is nipping at
our noses and soon snow will be blowing down around us. As we drive around our small town we see sparkling
lights on trees, wreathes on doors and the smell of evergreens is in the air.
We’re getting ready for the holiday season and my little sister, Margo, can’t
wait to play outside in the snow again. She knows it’s almost time for sled
rides and snowmen, which is why she had to get Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner during our last visit to the
local library. I remembered this one from when I was her age, and honestly, it
still gets my imagination going.
In this book, a child builds a
snowman and notices the next day that its grin wasn’t the same and its arms had
moved. This makes the child start wondering what happened during the night to
make these changes. Could the snowman have been playing with others, drinking
hot cocoa or skating on ice? It seems like anything could have happened!
Margo loved seeing the
activities that the snowmen could have been doing at night. The bright pictures
are beautiful and really help create a fun winter scene. She especially loved
the facial expressions on the snow faces! Seeing all the fun the snowmen were having has made my sister even more
excited for our first snow fall. From the weather reports she doesn’t have ling
to wait. I know that when we have enough snow my sister will want to
build a snowmen, and then she’ll be dreaming of all the adventures it will get
into when we go to sleep.
Has anyone else read Snowmen at Night? Or have you read
another book by Caralyn Buehner? We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Happy reading!
~ F
