In The Snow Day by Komako Sakai a little bunny and his mommy are stranded at home and daddy’s airplane can’t come home because of snow. The bunny watches it snow, he plays in the snow, and finally Daddy’s plane comes home.
How perfect is that parallel? The beautiful illustrations and well-spaced text perfectly captured the feeling of isolation that I get from a big snow: quiet and reflective and yet so beautiful and overwhelming. I wish I could show you one particular painting: the entire apartment complex and trees surrounding it is overwhelmed with the falling snow and the little bunny standing on the corner of his tiny little deck in the midst of it all. It is beautiful!
Funny story. We just checked out this library book, even though we were going through a warm spell here in Chicagoland. And then, it suddenly got cold and snowed, leaving my husband stranded in New York City.
Which picture books were just perfectly pertinent to your child’s life?
