One Snowy Morning
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- €7.49
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- €7.49
Publisher Description
Two woodland friends spot a mysterious pile of snow decked out with funny objects which they put to use in unintended and highly original ways, proving that things are what you make of them
One morning, a squirrel and a chipmunk find the oddest things stuck in a giant pile of snow. Readers will recognize a snowman, but the two friends have their own ideas about what they've found. The top hat is a tall rowboat; the carrot nose is a rare dragon's tooth; and the mittens, of course, are fish puppets. The squirrel and the chipmunk wonder what all of these items are doing in a giant pile of snow, but when they take them home they figure out just what to do with them. The tall rowboat makes a perfect table; the rare dragon's tooth makes a delicious soup; and the fish puppets make amazing hats! They throw a dragon tooth soup party for all their friends, and the next morning they put (almost) everything back, nearly where they found. Readers will still see a snowman, but they'll also see how the snowman can be so much more.
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"One snowy morning... two friends found the oddest things stuck in a giant pile of snow." When a chipmunk and a squirrel come across a snowman in the forest, they are perplexed. What could it be? This charmingly silly tale follows the furry friends as they ponder the snowman's classic accoutrements, before landing upon their own ingenious way to use these strange objects: a "dragon tooth soup" party featuring a top-hat table, button plates, and carrot soup. After, "they returned almost everything... to about the same place." Tseng's minimal, witty text, where a snowman's coal eyes become "lumpy kickballs" and a scarf becomes "a grand theater curtain," works with Wulfekotte's cheery, cheeky illustrations to get the jokes across, and images of round-bodied woodland creatures cheerfully sporting enormous mitten hats and concocting carrot soup (and a glorious mess) will elicit giggles. Ages 3 5.
