Snow, Snow

By Jane Yolen

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563977214
• ISBN13: 9781563977213
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Wordsong
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Snow & Snow: Photograph and Poetry Together

TEXT SUMMARY= Each short, rhyming poem about the accompanying snow picture is writen on either a one or two page spread with title and page number refering to the index.VISUAL SUMMARY= Beautiful colour photographs capture the different moods of snow presented in different locations. The layout is varied with fullpage spreads, pictures watermarked in the background, mirrored pictures, and pictures offset from the edges.CRITIQUE= This entire book-entity is a work of art, as the layouts vary to add variety to the mostly white images and black text and the pictures so perfectly express the picture they are pared with. This sense of unity can be attributed to the fact that unlike most picture books, the Stemple's photographs came before the text. The poems were only produced after he had given the photographs to his mother, Jane Yolen, who was then directly inspired by them. The short poems would most likely hold a child's attention with their humour and amusing rhymes.