I have special memories of Robert Frost’s Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening (written in 1923) and the picture book illustrated by Susan Jeffers (published 1978) is a beautiful rendition. I love how reading or reciting this poem is calming. It reads like I really am stopping in abandoned snow-covered woods for a breath. It’s just a wonderful poem, and I love the gentle pencil illustrations Jeffers has given it. There are few words on a page, so there is plenty of beautiful art of admire.
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. This was not his favorite, but it was mine! See more of our snowy day books from this week by clicking “next review.”
Not that I ever had a snow day in my Louisiana childhood, but if I had, I bet I’d have read Jan Brett’s The Mitten, because I was awfully fond of it. All the animals have to fit inside one mitten!
Jenny, aw, that sounds so cute! I’ll have to look it up for my son.
Oh WOW, this is such a fantastic list! I LOVE the Snowy Day and The Snowman and I’ve been looking for SNOW ever since it was read at a storytime a while back. THANK YOU!!! :O)
Pam, I’m glad that list works for you. I was getting tons of snow books for my son and now that there is lots of snow, he’s saying “has the snow melted yet?” and “I’m tired of snow stories.” Dare I tell him how many more months of this there are?! lol