{"product_id":"snow","title":"Snow: (Caldecott Honor Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLike most creative artists who are also critics, Shulevitz displays time and again in his own work the criteria that are the foundation of his critical theories. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSnow is no exception. Through a minimalist text and carefully composed illustrations, it demonstrates his belief that the true picture book, with its inevitable melding of words and art, is a distinct genre. The premise is as simple as it is universal (at least in cold climates): the transforming power of a snowstorm. The setting is a dour, gray little town suggesting an Eastern European locale of old-except for television and radio. Neither of the latter is particularly prescient when it comes to predicting weather, for \"snowflakes don't listen to radio, \/ snowflakes don't watch television.\" Only a hopeful small boy recognizes the first snowflake as a harbinger of the wonder to come. Nor is he discouraged as one adult after another tries to disabuse him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith each turn of the page, marvels occur that are presented only in the illustrations: the rooftops gradually whiten; the village becomes an enchanted landscape; nursery rhyme characters emerge from their niches in the Mother Goose bookstore, joining the small boy in a joyous winter ballet. As in Shulevitz's Dawn, the changes are gradual and logical-not quite as dramatic, perhaps, but nonetheless satisfying, with a touch of the fantastic. The palette is appropriately subdued, depending in the concluding pages upon the contrast between a freshly blue sky and snow-covered buildings rather than brilliant colors for effect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085888585841,"sku":"9780374370923","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/7578\/4305\/files\/imageloader_46c29c9b-34ac-43f3-b154-9b166b73004a.jpg?v=1774044227","url":"https:\/\/nextchapterhomeschool.com\/products\/snow","provider":"Next Chapter Homeschool","version":"1.0","type":"link"}