Her faultless sense of design immediately engages the reader: tidy white circles dot the gray backgrounds of her collages cut-paper birds show off their hand-painted wings and an offscreen narrator exhibits a sackful of 'good stuff'-birdseed, peanuts, corn kernels, etc.-accumulated in anticipation of the 'perfect snowball day.' Soon the narrator and invisible colleagues have constructed a whole family of snow people and their pets. Ehlert is a talented artist whose books are visually distinctive.'-The New York Times Book Review 'Spectacular.'-School Library Journal 'The winning combination of art and text encourage attentive reading and promote observation of detail.'-The Boston Globe -, Only an artist as gifted as Ehlert (Nuts to You!) could take so well-worn a topic as building a snowman and make it as fresh as-well, new-fallen snow. Ehlert is a talented artist whose books are visually distinctive.'-The New York Times Book Review 'Spectacular.'-School Library Journal 'The winning combination of art and text encourage attentive reading and promote observation of detail.'-The Boston Globe, 'Diverting and beautifully realized.'-The Los Angeles Times Book Review 'Ms.

The whole package is fun to look at, fun to read, and fun to share.'-Kirkus Reviews(pointer review), 'Diverting and beautifully realized.'-The Los Angeles Times Book Review 'Ms. A joyful and inventive book.'-Publishers Weekly(starred review) pointer 'There is a generous spirit to this jolly, unassuming book. Star 'Only an artist as gifted as Ehlert could take so well-worn a topic as building a snowman and make it as fresh as-well, new-fallen snow.

Snowman by lois ehlert