The Big Snowball

by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Maryann Cocca-Leffler (Illustrator)

A little boy's runaway snowball wreaks village-wide havoc! Simple rhyming text and funny illustrations describe the snowball's path through town. The silly ending will leave kids giggling. Picture Readers combine rebus pictures, super-simple vocabulary, and cut-out flash cards to develop and reinforce reading skills.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2000

About the author

Wendy Cheyette Lewison has written many books for children, including a Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year, Going to Sleep on the Farm. She lives in Westchester County, New York.
—(from Simon & Schuster's website)

Reviews

[Debbie Dwyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my opinion, The big Snowball has pictures and it is an easy read. It may blow your mind away. You may shout out with glee!!! One reason to treasure this book is ,it has some pictures to help you understand the meaning of them. For example,it scared the (feathers) off some ( birds). It may crack you up with joy! Another reason to read this book is, that it is an easy read that there is only 5-10 words on a page. On pages 25-32 they have flashcards. According to the text, THE BIG SNOWBALLS flashcards make little kids want to READ,READ,and READ!! I believe that THE BIG SNOWBALL is a very entertaning too young kids!!''WOW''



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[McKenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Genre: Fiction
Age: K - 2
Illustrations: I did not really like them they made the people look weird and kinda scary
Gist: This story is about a boy that goes to the top of a hill and makes a snow ball then throws the snowball. Because of wind the snow ball goes far and ends up in an ice cream shop, the boy then goes to the ice cream shop and buys a treat which ends up being his snow ball.
Curriculum Connection: This can be tied to different types of precipitation, or even weather and how it can different depending on where you live.
Warning: This could lead students throwing snowballs at unexpecting people.

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and the rhymes mostly help clue kids into what the pictures mean but there are one or two that are a stretch

[Melinda Keen · Rating 3 out of 5]

it rhymed! my kids loved it. my son had trouble with some of the pictures.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a picture reader and so I didn't think it would be an interesting read for my 2 year old granddaughter and we'd just look through it. But it's a very charming story and the pictures that are some of the text doesn't take away from the story at all.... (and it would help a young reader try and read on their own.) Over half of this story is set in rhyme which makes it that much more charming... a little boy starts out playing in the snow and throws a snowball the story follows the snowball over the heads of boys and girls; through the town, and yes into an ice cream store and onto a cone! My granddaughter giggled throughout this charming book as we read through it.

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the part where he threw the big snowball and he ate it.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for beginning readers. It has pictures words and flash cards to help them learn how to read.

[Artemis · Rating 4 out of 5]

It seems like an interesting picture reader for young English native speakers. Here, we can use it as an outside reading material for elementary school students who have learnt past tense.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

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