I am enjoying the break the snow storm has provided. I am happy for all of the little people enjoying a glorious snow day. What a wonderful snow-prise!
Of course, what is a snow day without a good book to read? BO-RING!
In the spirit of Late Night with David Letterman...
From our home office in Wahoo, Iowa.
Miss Patty's Top Ten Snow Day Picks
10. Emily's Snowball: The World's Biggest
Elizabeth Keown, Irene Trivas, Ill. Simon & Schuster, 1992 ISBN 978-0689315183
This 1992 selection, would be by number 2, but this little gem is out of print! Emily's tiny snowball grows quickly out of control and is soon as big as a mountain. It rolls down a long hill and ends up in the middle of the town park. People come from miles to see one BIG snowball from one LITTLE girl. A storytime favorite. Children love to see the ball get bigger and bigger with every page turn.
9. Blizzard!
Jim Murphy Scholastic Press, 2000 ISBN 978-0590673099
In March 1888, a massive snowstorm pelted the entire eastern sea-board reaching inland as far as the Great Lakes. The four days blizzard is chronicled by non-fiction master Jim Murphy. With maps, letters, and other primary source documents, young readers don't realize they are reading history.
8. Axel Annie
Robin Pulver, Tedd Arnold, Ill. Puffin, 2001 ISBN 978-0142300145
Axel Annie is the best, and most fun, bus driver around. School never closes as she can always make it up Tiger Hill until she meets her match, Shifty Roads, a grumpy bus driver who hates winter. Axel Annie will not be beat...she will tackle Tiger Hill and tangle with Roads. Coupled with Arnold's big-eyed kids, the story will keep kids cool even in the summer heat!
7. Beany & Scamp
Lisa Bassett, Jeni Bassett, Ill. Putnam Juvenile, 1988 ISBN 978-0399217036
Scamp the Squirrel is distraught. He has forgotten where he had hidden his storage of nuts and berries. To make matters worse, it is time for his best pal, Beany Bear, to begin his long winter nap. Beany doesn't leave his friend out in the cold in this heart-warming read.
6. Cat & Mouse in the Snow
Tomek Bogacki, Tomek Bogacki, Ill. Scholastic, 2001 ISBN 978-0439207478
Three little cats and three little mice went out to play one day but could not find the green meadow. When they climbed to the top of big hill, it starts to slide underneath them and away they go. They friends play together in this great storytime romp. The companion Cat and Mouse In the Rain can be paired with it for an exciting weather storytime.
5. Snowball Fight
Jimmy Fallon, Adam Stower, Ill. Dutton Juvenile, 2005 ISBN 978-0525474562
School has been called off because of snow. A pair of siblings go outside to build a fort. A neighborhood snowball fight ensues and ends with cocoa all around. This rhyming tale is a crowd pleaser for kids of all ages.
4. Kipper's Snowy Day
Mick Inkpen, Mick Inkpen, Ill. Hodder Children's, 1996 ISBN 978-0340656785
Kipper goes out to play. His friend Tiger shows up all wrapped in silly wooly clothes. The pair quickly figure out that snow will stick to the silly clothes and the pair take turns wearing the clothes and rolling down the hill. They worry that the snow will be gone by morning, but are surprised when the next morning the snow is still there for another day of fun.
3. But No Elephants
Jerry Smath, Jerry Smath, Ill. Parents Magazine Press, 1997 ISBN 978-1563832741
When Grandma Tildy is visited by a man selling pets, she buys whatever he has to sell, "But no elephants". One day he comes with Elephant who she refuses to let into her home. In this tale, Grandma Tildy, Elephant and all the pets discover how much they need one another. The delightful illustrations and petite size make this a great story for one-on-one reading.
2. The Long Winter
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams, Ill. Harper Collins, 1953 ISBN 978-0060264604
The sixth book in the Little House series chronicles the life of the Ingalls family in the Dakota Territory during the winter of 1880-1881. The family is forced to huddle together in one room, eat loaves of brown nutty bread, and burn hay to survive.
So after supper, Pa called for his fiddle and Laura brought it to him. But when he had tuned the strings and rosined the bow he played a strange melody. The fiddle moaned a deep, rushing undertone and wild notes flickered high above it rising until they thinned away in nothingness, only to come wailing back, the same notes but not quite the same, as if they had been changed while out of hearing. Queer shivers tingled up Laura's backbone and prickled over her scalp, and still the wild changing melody, came from the fiddle till she couldn't bear it and cried, "What is it, Pa? Oh, what is that tune?" "Listen." Pa stopped playing and he held his bow still, above the strings. "The tune is outdoors, I was only following it." They all listened to the winds playing the tune until Ma said, "We will likely hear enough of that without your playing it, Charles."and my number one snow day read (drumroll, please)
1. One Snowy Night
Nick Butterworth Bassett, Jeni Bassett, Ill. Harper Collins, 2008 ISBN 978-0007322053
Percy the park ranger tucked himself into bed one winter night. One by one, he is visited by forest animals looking for a place to get warm. When he gets everyone tucked in, he is surprised to discover a mole peering though the floorboards of his little hut. He looks for a warm place for a mole to sleep and the only spot he can find is on the pillow next to him. This charming snowy tale is a visual treat for reading aloud.
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