A celebration of friendship and sheer fun.- Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY Copyright 2010 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. Readers will explore the pictures again and again to take up the trademark challenge: find the hidden creatures in each scene. With changing perspectives, places, and details that show off the illustrator's skill and imagination, every spread explodes with glee. Caralyn Buehner's rhyming text-only occasionally bumpy-sets the scene nicely, while Mark Buehner paints the scenery in gorgeously luminous oils and acrylics.

PreS-Gr 1-'I love to build a snowman/On freezing winter days./But when the sun is bright and warm/My snowman melts away./There's nothing but a puddle/When my snowman disappears./If only he were magic/And could stay with me all year!' With these words, a gap-toothed boy begins an odyssey with his carrot-nosed friend, teaching him to swim and to fly a kite, visiting the amusement park and the zoo, playing at the beach, watching fireworks, and so on. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.By Grade + Interest - K to 1st By Grade + Interest - 2nd to 3rd By Grade + Interest - 4th to 5th Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. A child imagines what it would be like if a snowman, made of magical snow, could be a companion throughout the. A celebration of friendship and sheer fun.–Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY. Available in National Library (Singapore). Caralyn Buehner's rhyming text–only occasionally bumpy–sets the scene nicely, while Mark Buehner paints the scenery in gorgeously luminous oils and acrylics. PreS-Gr 1–“I love to build a snowman/On freezing winter days./But when the sun is bright and warm/My snowman melts away./There's nothing but a puddle/When my snowman disappears./If only he were magic/And could stay with me all year!” With these words, a gap-toothed boy begins an odyssey with his carrot-nosed friend, teaching him to swim and to fly a kite, visiting the amusement park and the zoo, playing at the beach, watching fireworks, and so on.

Snowmen all year by caralyn buehner