Perfect Snow Review

TITLE: Perfect Snow

AUTHOR: Barbara Reid

PUB DATE: October 2009

From the Publisher

Barbara Reid delivers her most perfect story yet! A perfect snow has fallen, and first-grader Scott and fourth-grader Jim have been daydreaming the morning away, making plans, doodling sketches of snowmen and snow forts, all in anticipation of recess and the endless possiblities of this perfect snow. Barbara Reid uses her signature Plasticine style and blends it for the first time with ink wash panels to create a unique mixed media masterpiece. Drawing inspiration from the schoolyard of her own.

Barbara Reid uses her signature Plasticine style and blends it for the first time with ink wash panels to create a unique mixed media masterpiece. Drawing inspiration from the schoolyard of her own Toronto childhood and the ones she visits today, she manages to create authentic images to which readers of all ages will relate. Perfect Snow is a timeless Canadian tale that will beautifully enhance any snowy day!

MICHAEL’S THOUGHTS:

This book was beautiful done. It was a mixture of plasticine and ink drawings.

Perfect Snow is about two books Scott and Jim. They wake up one morning to discover its snowed over night. They both were dreaming of the snow and what they would do it.

Scott wants to build snow mans and Jim wants to build a snow fort. When recess came Jim managed to find a perfect spot but Scott had to fight his way through the crowd.

The snow was perfect for a snow man and he set off to make it.

Jim was having a problem building his fort because the other kids kept taking his snow. He got mixed up in the tangle of the kids. He quickly spotted Scott’s snowmen. Thankfully the bell rang so all was safe.

At lunch time Jim went over to Scott to talk about his snowmen and offered to help make them stronger. The other kids were watching them and wanted to help. So with everyone’s help they were able to make a snowman fort.

The massive snowman fort was shortly lived because guess what happened?

Thank you Scholastic Canada for another great book to read and review. You gave Michael an idea for this winter.

A finished copy of Perfect Snow was sent for review from Scholastic Canada

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