Snow (picture book)

Snow is a children's picture book by Uri Shulevitz. It received a Caldecott Honor in 1999.[1] It also won the Charlotte Zolotow Award in 1999.[2]

For other books, see Snow (disambiguation) ยง Books.
Snow
AuthorUri Shulevitz
IllustratorUri Shulevitz
Cover artistUri Shulevitz
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genrechildren's books
picture books
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
1998
Media typePrint
Pages32
ISBN9780374370923
OCLC37594582

Description

This book uses lively watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations to show the transformation of the city as snow falls. The beginning pages use a dull and bleak palette. By the end of the book the previously dull city is covered in snow and looks magical and bright.

Plot

It is a dull and grey city until the first snowflakes start to fall. No one thinks those few flakes will amount to much except for a boy and his dog. He believes that it will snow, despite the numerous predictions from adults, the television, and the radio that it will not. As the snow begins to pile up, disgruntled adults rush home, leaving the boy and his dog to joyfully enjoy the snow.

Themes

The snow is a metaphor for "the faith young children possess in the face of an adult world lacking in vision and understanding."[3]

References
  1. "Snow, 1999 Caldecott Honor Book". Association for Library Service to Children. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. "CCBC Booklists". Cooperative Children's Book Center. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. Betsy Groban (Jan 17, 1999). "SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY". New York Times. ProQuest 110007180.


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