Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright (illustrated by Stephen Gilpin; published 2010) is a new winter favorite. We’ve all heard of Frosty, but how many know about Sneezy? He just can’t stop his sniffles, so the children try to help him. But every time, he gets too warm, and must call out from the puddle of water, “Make me brand new!”
My son loved reading this with me, and he’d call out from the puddle on Sneezy’s behalf. I also love the resolution to this: how obvious! Who needs hot chocolate when we can have ice cream! (I could live without chocolate, but not without ice cream.)
Given the two feet of snow that fell on my community yesterday, I feel it’s appropriate to focus on some of the snowy day books my three-year-old son and I have enjoyed lately. He loves snow and especially snowmen, so I searched out some potential favorites even before this week’s storm hit. See more of our snowy day books from this week by clicking “previous review” or “next review.”
