I Wish It Would Snow!
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- £8.49
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- £8.49
Publisher Description
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! A little rabbit’s wish comes true when the world becomes a winter wonderland in this witty, wistful picture book from the author of Extraordinary Warren.
Winter has just begun, and one little bunny wants it to snow, hopes it will snow, and wishes it would snow. And, finally, the fluffy flakes begin to fall from the sky. First one flake at a time, then more and more until little bunny finds himself up to his ears in a blizzard and then—whoops!—he rolls downhill in a gigantic snow ball, right through the front door of his treehouse. Home and cozy at last, he wakes up next morning and ready to play outside with his forest friends. Sledding down a snowy hill, his frolicking comes to an abrupt halt when he hits the grass! Oh, no! Now there’s not enough snow!
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A bunny in a woolly red sweater revels in the beauty and leafiness of autumn. But when the leaves finally carpet the forest floor in gold and orange Dillard (Extraordinary Warren) draws every one of them individually to give a sense of how quickly abundance turns into excess the rabbit is filled with fall ennui. "I need it to snow!" it says, throwing itself around in what looks very much like a tantrum. And the snow arrives. But the pretty swirling white dots soon blot out the wintry lavender sky, and the weather goes from catch-a flake-on-the-tip-of-the-tongue fun to bowl-one-over blizzardy ("When will it stop?"). Sledding with friends offers a momentary respite, but by then, spring is already on its way. Here we go again: "I wish it would snow," the rabbit thinks anew, sneezing on the fresh flowers. Dillard's array of compositional styles includes comics-like panels and an almost vertiginous high-angle view. And though magical thinking sometimes collides with the forces of nature, Dillard wisely chooses to give her protagonist a skewed resilience that's both funny and absurdly admirable. For this rabbit, tomorrow's always another day for yearning and kvetching. Ages 4 8.)
