Winter Is for Snow

by Robert Neubecker

Overview

An ode to everything winter in rambunctious, colorful Robert Neubecker style! Now available as a board book.


Winter is for snowball fights,
for sledding down the hills.
Winter is for skating rinks
and speedy, chilly thrills.


In this lyrical tribute to winter, two siblings explore a snowy wonderland . . . and end up in the cozy warmth of family. Delve into Robert Neubecker's expressive and rejuvenating illustrations that celebrate snow and the comfort of friends and family at home. Only Neubecker's magic touch could make kids love winter this much! Now available as a board book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368045438
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Robert Neubecker (www.neubecker.com) is a regular contributor to Slate.com, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.  His many books include Fall is for School  and Wow! City,  an American Library Association Notable book for 2005. He has recently illustrated Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing  by Kay Haring. A longtime New Yorker, Robert now lives with his growing family and the occasional moose on Iron Mountain in Park City, Utah.

Editorial Reviews

* "Neubecker's snow-laden illustrations are crammed with activity while also revealing a certain emotional thawing."— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A rhyming, rollicking salute to the coldest season."— Booklist

PRAISE FOR WOW! OCEAN!

"This exuberant exploration is about the wonder of science. And wondrous it is, alive with brightly colored marvels."— Horn Book

PRAISE FOR WOW! CITY!

* "A dazzling picture-book debut that beautifully transmits the wonder of the view from a baby-carrier backpack."— Booklist (starred review)

PRAISE FOR WOW! AMERICA!

"Energetic, captivating, and irresistible, this is geography, sociology, and Americana all in one book. Wow!"— School Library Journal

PRAISE FOR WOW! SCHOOL!

* "[S]chool comes wildly and wonderfully alive. . . . Kids will be mesmerized."— Booklist (starred review)

PRAISE FOR FALL IS FOR SCHOOL

"This cheery (rah! rah!) back-to-school selection is a colorful addition for school and public libraries."— School Library Journal

From the Publisher

★ 09/09/2013
A boy works hard to persuade his younger sister that winter truly is the most wonderful time of the year in a story that suggests that Neubecker is also the type to enjoy bundling up and heading outdoors when the temperature drops. The siblings alternately narrate in color-coded verse, amplifying the story’s performative potential: “Winter is for excellent!/ Come out and play with me!” shouts the boy. “Winter is to stay inside./ Please just let me be!” is his sister’s response. Neubecker’s snow- laden illustrations are crammed with activity while also revealing a certain emotional thawing that culminates in the girl catching not a snowflake, but a tiny heart on her tongue. Ages 3–5. Agent: Linda Pratt, Wernick & Pratt. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

09/01/2013
PreS-Gr 2—Twosiblings hold decidedly different opinions on winter and snow in this simple, rhythmic paean to a city snowfall. Big brother wakes up gleefully to the fluffy white stuff piling up outside their apartment window: "Winter is for wonderful!/Winter is for snow!" But younger sister frowningly responds, "Winter is for cold and damp./It must be ten below!" And so goes their droll verbal point/counterpoint, reflected in fonts of different colors, as Sis reluctantly turns off her media devices and bundles up for their trudge to the local sledding hill. Along the way, Brother envisions the adventurous worlds of polar ice and snow that lie beyond their doorstep, and his sister slowly has a change of heart, ultimately tasting flakes and sledding with gusto. Back home enjoying hot chocolate and a cozy fire with Mom, she is a smiling convert to the joys of the season. The rhyming text, while slight, will hold children's attention as they pore over the appealing illustrative details, rendered in black line and bold color. Snowflake patterns, suffusing nearly every page, underscore the blanketing snowfall and create a cohesive visual motif. Equally suitable for a lapsit or group read-aloud, this title is a worthy purchase for collections needing additional winter-themed materials.—Kathleen Finn, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, VT

School Library Journal

2013-09-01
A paean to wintertime and especially its snowy weather, this picture book fails to match the achievement of the many others that deal with this popular theme. The child pictured in the jacket art is an unabashed lover of all things winter, and in rhyming text, he extols the season's virtues to his curmudgeonly younger sister. Her responses (also rhyming) resist his enthusiastic praise of snowball fights, skating and the beauty of snowflakes "glittering like diamond dust." Since the book ends up being about her eventual, grudging warming up to wintertime, it's curious that she doesn't appear on the cover, and her change of heart seems rather abrupt, reading; "Winter is for all these things? / Is it really so? / Winter might not be so bad. // Winter is for SNOW!" Such pat lines are par for the course in the text, which isn't so much a story as it is a list. Illustrations show greater achievement, particularly in scenes depicting many characters milling about a snowy city landscape, evoking an animationlike flair. Another snowy day book, but not special enough to recall Keats' masterpiece. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews