Charlotte's Snowman by Lainey Dee - Illustrated by Sarah-Leigh Wills - #BookReview #BlogTour

 

Charlotte woke up and noticed that it had been snowing all night and to her delight was still snowing. "It's snowing, it's snowing!" she yelled.

The front garden was filled with a thick layer of white sparkling snow...

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Children love building snowmen. When they add a nose, eyes, and mouth to their snowman, they get a magical feeling that their snowman has his own personality.

And… sometimes snowmen do come alive!

Charlotte wakes up and sees that it’s snowing… it’s snowing and it’s snowing. She runs outside to build a snowman. She fixes a carrot for the snowman’s nose, a stick for his mouth, and two stones for his eyes.

But the snowman has many demands, so Charlotte has to part with her gloves, scarf and hat; so her snowman wouldn’t feel cold. But the sun comes up all of a sudden, and Charlotte cannot find her snowman anymore. 

She is sad. Then, she learns that her snowman hasn’t disappeared completely, but is hiding in the ground, waiting to emerge next winter.

A great book for those children who miss their much loved snowman when winter is over​.

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This is a delightful and charming picture book for young children and would definitely have a place in the infant classroom.

It is a sweet story about a child's delight and eventual disappointment with a snowman that she has built. However, the book ends on a hopeful note as she realises that she can rebuild him again next winter.

It could lead to interesting discussion between an adult and child about the changing seasons, and how each season will return again.

The book has been beautifully illustrated and support the text very well. The colourful illustrations will appeal to children.

When my children were young, throughout December, I would always share a different winter themed book with them each day. This book would have been a perfect addition to that, and I will be alerting them to this book to share with their own children.

ISBN: 978 1909191532

Publisher:  KA Books

Formats:  e-book and paperback (currently available on KindleUnlimited)

No. of Pages:  28 (paperback)

About the Author:

Lainey Dee was born in Birmingham and grew up in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

The author of Charlotte's Snowman, Let's Celebrate Being Different and Rodasauri the Dinosaur's Trip to London. 

Lainey was inspired to write for young people having worked with children for many years. Lainey currently looks after twins aged five years. A huge art deco fan, she lives in an art deco house which is decorated in that period style. In her free time, she enjoys baking and cooking for friends and visiting National Trust properties.

Her favourite ice cream is strawberry and the strangest place she has slept in was a tepee Texas.

She enjoys using her imagination to invent new stories and characters. Lainey hopes her books will help readers see themselves and the world differently and understand how special they are.

(book and media courtesy of Rachel's Random Resources)

(all opinions are my own)