Snow Day

by Daniel Peddle

One sunny winter day, a child has a wonderful time building a snowman.But what happens to the snowman after the child goes home? A wordless story full of fresh, cold air and the beauty of winter follows the play of light and the natural rhythm of the unfolding day. A new way of looking at the world waits inside the covers of this delightful little book.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 11, 2000

About the author

Artist Daniel Peddle spent his childhood in rural North Carolina. He graduated with honors in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended graduate film school at New York University. He has directed four feature films, published several books, shown his paintings globally, discovered actress Jennifer Lawrence, and owns a casting company with an international clientele. He has lived in NYC for over twenty years . . . where he misses NC and the dirt road he grew up on.

Reviews

[Joy Keil]

Didn't love it as far as a book to read to my daughter. For myself, I liked the concept... for a book to share with a toddler... not so much.

[Matthew S. Williams]

Timeless vocabulary in this wonderful introductory children's book.

[Sherri]

There's just not enough here for me to share with my students. I love wordless picture books but this just didn't have enough story.

[Courtney Kilbourn]

This is a no-word book about a snowman that is built and then ends up melting. It is very simple with little illlustration. However, I would have fun with it in a classroom. I would have kids make their own version to the story and make snowmen out of cotton balls. Even though it is so simple things can be taught and lessons can be learned from it.

[Aletheia Ubben]

Beautiful wordless book, as eloquent as any description of a winter afternoon, evening, night, and sunrise. (Theia's review: "Snowman melted...!" She was moved almost to tears by the bittersweet ending.)

[Amy]

Cute

[N]

Hard to say why but it just didn't grab me.

[Jarron Ogles]

Snow Day , The illustration in this book is amazing. I enjoyed flipping through the book and reading the story without any words.

[Gresham]

Really beautiful, evocative illustrations. (Gresham's review: "What is this I see before me?")

[Laura]

There are no words....kind of hard to do for storytime but the kids liked the pictures