First Snow

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Summary: First Snow
Review: First Snow was a delightful story about a mouse family that goes sledding on the first day it snows. One little mouse is frightened but eventually learns how fun it is to sled down a big hill. It is a wordless picture book which allows children to "read" this book a little differently every time. This book is my 3 year old daughters favorite. It's wonderful to see how she translates the pictures into words based upon the expressions on the faces of the mice. She imagines what they are saying and how they are feeling. I thouroughly enjoy "reading" it with her every night to see what different ideas she finds. I beleive it is a great learning tool for preschoolers.

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Summary: First Snow
Review: First Snow was a delightful story about a mouse family that goes sledding on the first day it snows. One little mouse is frightened but eventually learns how fun it is to sled down a big hill. It is a wordless picture book which allows children to "read" this book a little differently every time. This book is my 3 year old daughters favorite. It's wonderful to see how she translates the pictures into words based upon the expressions on the faces of the mice. She imagines what they are saying and how they are feeling. I thouroughly enjoy "reading" it with her every night to see what different ideas she finds. I beleive it is a great learning tool for preschoolers.

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Summary: A family of mice go skating and sledding after "First Snow"
Review: The "First Snow" depicted by Emily Arnold McCully in this charming wordless picture book is a pretty BIG snowstorm. After digging out their old red truck, a family of mice heads for the skating pond and the sledding hill. Young children will be able to "read" the story for themselves, making up dialogue to go with all the little details McCully has put into her pictures. Certainly they will empathize with the little mouse who is not at all sure about going down that great big hill on a tiny little sled. But no one ever had fun sitting on a sled and not going anywhere. They might actually find this book more fun than going skating or sledding themselves. "First Snow" is a companion to McCully's "Picnic," both of which were inspired by trips the author took with her children when they escaped from New York City to the Berkshires.

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Summary: A family of mice go skating and sledding after "First Snow"
Review: The "First Snow" depicted by Emily Arnold McCully in this charming wordless picture book is a pretty BIG snowstorm. After digging out their old red truck, a family of mice heads for the skating pond and the sledding hill. Young children will be able to "read" the story for themselves, making up dialogue to go with all the little details McCully has put into her pictures. Certainly they will empathize with the little mouse who is not at all sure about going down that great big hill on a tiny little sled. But no one ever had fun sitting on a sled and not going anywhere. They might actually find this book more fun than going skating or sledding themselves. "First Snow" is a companion to McCully's "Picnic," both of which were inspired by trips the author took with her children when they escaped from New York City to the Berkshires.