South Carolina is weird. There's a joke floating around the internet about all the different seasons "false spring" "second winter" "mud season" "ice week" and that's been true here - but despite it all, the flowers are starting to bloom and the temperatures are starting to consistently creep upward, even if the graph looks a bit bi-polar about it from day to day.
These books were picked out by my coworker.
Something to Crow About
Megan Halsey Lane
ISBN: 0803706987 (library binding)
Randall and Cassie are chicks together in the barnyard, and Cassie is just about perfect. She struts better, she scratches better, she can even find worms better. Poor Randall just wants to find SOMETHING he can be good at. When he finds it, both Cassie and Randall are surprised!
When Spring Comes
Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
ISBN: 9780062331397
Sweet vignettes of the colors and sounds and sights and activities (by people and by plants and animals and nature in general) of spring. Really sweet, very good for the center position, because there's no real plot to it, but it just flows gently along through sweet and colorful scenes.
If You're Hoppy
April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic
ISBN: 9780061566349
Along the rhythm and pattern of the original song, this jubilant book runs through all the various happy and exuberant animals that one could be if one were "hoppy" or "sloppy" or "flappy," from the standard storytime fare to some that are way more exotic or unexpected.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Tuesday Storytime: fall fun
Last week's storytime was given by my co-worker.
Autumn: Leaves Fall from the Trees
Lisa Bell, illustrated by Emily Brooks
ISBN: 1632902605
Lovely poetic nonfiction uses lyrical text and gentle illustrations to showcase the notable features of the season, both natural and social.
Leaves
David Ezra Stein
ISBN: 9780399246364
Young Bear has a fun adventure out in a forest full of leaves until autumn comes, and he begins to worry about all of the falling leaves. He tries his best to fix them, and to keep an eye on them and the trees, but he is getting soooo sleeeepy! When he wakes in the spring, he's in for a reassuring surprise.
One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me!
John Micklos Jr, illustrated by Clive McFarland
Peculiar art style livens up this counting book following a deciduous tree through the seasons as we count leaves coming in spring, and going away again in fall. Older readers might twig to the notion that there's way more than four leaves per tree (even in the illustrations) but the younger ones will dig the progression of the seasons.
Autumn: Leaves Fall from the Trees
Lisa Bell, illustrated by Emily Brooks
ISBN: 1632902605
Lovely poetic nonfiction uses lyrical text and gentle illustrations to showcase the notable features of the season, both natural and social.
Leaves
David Ezra Stein
ISBN: 9780399246364
Young Bear has a fun adventure out in a forest full of leaves until autumn comes, and he begins to worry about all of the falling leaves. He tries his best to fix them, and to keep an eye on them and the trees, but he is getting soooo sleeeepy! When he wakes in the spring, he's in for a reassuring surprise.
One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me!
John Micklos Jr, illustrated by Clive McFarland
Peculiar art style livens up this counting book following a deciduous tree through the seasons as we count leaves coming in spring, and going away again in fall. Older readers might twig to the notion that there's way more than four leaves per tree (even in the illustrations) but the younger ones will dig the progression of the seasons.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Tuesday Storytime: Last Fall Storytime!
It's finally getting cold out (now that it's December, of course) and so we're wrapping up with one final salute to fall. These titles were chosen by my coworker.
Fall Leaves Fall
Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern
ISBN: 0590100793
Oddly-textured papercuts give this an old-fashioned stop-motion animation feel, with flat matte textures for people and backgrounds, and vibrant painterly textures for leaves and natural objects. Factual and quite short.
In The Middle of Fall
Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
ISBN: 9780062573117
This newest from Keven Henkes moves away from mice into a lovely exploration of fall and the activities and events that epitomize it.
Leaves
David Ezra Stein
ISBN: 9780399254970
Bear wanders around the woods, gently confused and saddened by the falling leaves all around. He gathers them up as he drifts gently toward hibernation, and when he wakes he sees the new leaves budding on the trees and is comforted.
Fall Leaves Fall
Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern
ISBN: 0590100793
Oddly-textured papercuts give this an old-fashioned stop-motion animation feel, with flat matte textures for people and backgrounds, and vibrant painterly textures for leaves and natural objects. Factual and quite short.
In The Middle of Fall
Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
ISBN: 9780062573117
This newest from Keven Henkes moves away from mice into a lovely exploration of fall and the activities and events that epitomize it.
Leaves
David Ezra Stein
ISBN: 9780399254970
Bear wanders around the woods, gently confused and saddened by the falling leaves all around. He gathers them up as he drifts gently toward hibernation, and when he wakes he sees the new leaves budding on the trees and is comforted.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Tuesday Storytime: Autumn Thanks
Since we covered Thanksgiving pretty thoroughly last time around, I focused on a few of my newly-acquired fall books this time around.
Hocus Pocus, It's Fall!
Anne Sibley O'Brien, illustrated by Susan Gall
ISBN: 9781419721250
An entire book of fold-out flaps gives very short rhymes on different fall themes and situations, and then a "magic word" (a different one each time - there are SO MANY OF THEM!) to fold out the flap and show the "magic" change of seasons on the fold-out continuation of the spread.
Thanks for Thanksgiving
Julie Markes, illustrated by Doris Barrette
ISBN: 9780060510985
Short and as inoffensive as possible, this set of "thanks" are offered generally to no specified person or entity, and focus on the experiences of children - school and dress-up, play-dates and parents.
My Autumn Book
Wong Herbert Yee
ISBN: 9780805099225
Sweet but just a liiiiitle bit too long for my very young group this time around. A possibly-Asian girl notices lots of natural changes in the world as proof that autumn is approaching, and collects items to remember the season, building a book of memories to read in the winter.
Hocus Pocus, It's Fall!
Anne Sibley O'Brien, illustrated by Susan Gall
ISBN: 9781419721250
An entire book of fold-out flaps gives very short rhymes on different fall themes and situations, and then a "magic word" (a different one each time - there are SO MANY OF THEM!) to fold out the flap and show the "magic" change of seasons on the fold-out continuation of the spread.
Thanks for Thanksgiving
Julie Markes, illustrated by Doris Barrette
ISBN: 9780060510985
Short and as inoffensive as possible, this set of "thanks" are offered generally to no specified person or entity, and focus on the experiences of children - school and dress-up, play-dates and parents.
My Autumn Book
Wong Herbert Yee
ISBN: 9780805099225
Sweet but just a liiiiitle bit too long for my very young group this time around. A possibly-Asian girl notices lots of natural changes in the world as proof that autumn is approaching, and collects items to remember the season, building a book of memories to read in the winter.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Tuesday Storytime: Fall is Here!
With Monster Month safely behind us for another year, it's time for the rotation to begin having a solid selection of "fall" themed books, and oh there are just so many good ones to choose from. This time around I went with two solid favorites, and a new discovery just recently published.
Wonderfall
Michael Hall
ISBN: 9780062382986
A tree narrates a set of short non-rhyming poems as the season progresses from the end of summer to the beginning of winter, hitting on the start of school, Halloween, and Thanksgiving, along with blustery winds, animal migrations and foraging, and even composting! Really well done, and a delightful addition to our collection.
Mystery Vine
Cathryn Falwell
ISBN: 9780061771989
This one really needs to be done very early in the fall, so I wanted to go ahead and use it while summer is still fairly fresh in people's minds. A pair of kids follow a garden through the year in cute little rhyming couplets while a "mystery vine" grows along the fence until fall, when everything else in the garden is dead or dying - it's of course a pumpkin vine. There's a spread about trick-or-treating, but the focus is on the outdoors and the garden.
Moon Glowing
Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Joan Paley
ISBN: 0525468730
We follow a squirrel, bat, beaver, and bear through the developing fall into winter, as they prepare for the coming cold weather. Very sparse text, very short, not much content. Chosen to be a short final story for our typical fall crowd of very very young babies and toddlers, who are nearing (or well past) their attention spans by the last book of the day. Sweet and a bit solemn,
Wonderfall
Michael Hall
ISBN: 9780062382986
A tree narrates a set of short non-rhyming poems as the season progresses from the end of summer to the beginning of winter, hitting on the start of school, Halloween, and Thanksgiving, along with blustery winds, animal migrations and foraging, and even composting! Really well done, and a delightful addition to our collection.
Mystery Vine
Cathryn Falwell
ISBN: 9780061771989
This one really needs to be done very early in the fall, so I wanted to go ahead and use it while summer is still fairly fresh in people's minds. A pair of kids follow a garden through the year in cute little rhyming couplets while a "mystery vine" grows along the fence until fall, when everything else in the garden is dead or dying - it's of course a pumpkin vine. There's a spread about trick-or-treating, but the focus is on the outdoors and the garden.
Moon Glowing
Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Joan Paley
ISBN: 0525468730
We follow a squirrel, bat, beaver, and bear through the developing fall into winter, as they prepare for the coming cold weather. Very sparse text, very short, not much content. Chosen to be a short final story for our typical fall crowd of very very young babies and toddlers, who are nearing (or well past) their attention spans by the last book of the day. Sweet and a bit solemn,
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tuesday Storytime: Spring, Part 2
Second set of fun spring books: these are more loosely "springtime" than the first set, but this set were all rhyming in a subtle nod to April as Poetry Month.
Spring's Sprung
Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch
ISBN: 0689842295
Anthropomorphized sister seasons and a Mother Earth are strangely haunting, despite light verse.
The illustrations here are peculiar. I suppose it's difficult to make anthropomorphized seasons into a set of sisters while still keeping them individual and differentiated, but they and their Mother Earth occasionally look haunting or straight-up creepy. Despite this intermittent odd tonal shift, the illustrations are mostly beautiful and remind me of the Pastoral section of the original Disney Fantasia. Mother Earth is waking her three daughters: March, April, and May, and setting them to begin the new day (the new year). But like siblings often do, these three are competing among themselves to be Mother's favorite at everything. By the end, they're in tears, and Mother has to reassure them that she doesn't have a favorite; they're all equally loved and equally a favorite. Less focus on spring, and more on sibling rivalry, but it's sweet and fun.
A Leaf Can Be...
Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Violeta Dabija
ISBN: 9780761362036
Previously reviewed here
This one covers all the seasons, but enough of it is spent on green-leaf illustrations that I felt it fit well enough. All the beautiful and interesting things leaves do or can become or provide for various creatures. Delightful and so pretty.
Flowers are Calling
Rita Gray, illustrated by Kenaro Pak
ISBN: 9780544340121
Digital/watercolor art is FANTASTIC, and the book is naturalistic and accurate.
This was a bit long for our age-group, but the pictures are just amazing, and the information is accurate and presented in a cute way. I just can't get over how beautiful and delicate and intricate and busy (in a good way) the illustrations are in this book. The spreads are beautiful and detailed, the flowers are vibrant and natural, and the whole is rendered in a way that almost makes me think of pop-ups or wood-cuts because of the heavily-layered feel of the scenes. Just incredibly beautiful, We read through spreads of flowers and a local animal and the flower's pollinator, and the hook for the narration is that the flower is calling to the small unobtrusive pollinator, not to the big or notable local animal. After three of these, we see a spread with all the flowers together with a nonfiction blurb (which I truncated enormously) about how each flower needs or relates to a specific pollinator. I really loved seeing the spreads on the night-time flowers. Not only were they beautiful, but it's nice to see moths and bats getting a bit of attention as pollinators. Absolutely stunning.
Spring's Sprung
Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch
ISBN: 0689842295
Anthropomorphized sister seasons and a Mother Earth are strangely haunting, despite light verse.
The illustrations here are peculiar. I suppose it's difficult to make anthropomorphized seasons into a set of sisters while still keeping them individual and differentiated, but they and their Mother Earth occasionally look haunting or straight-up creepy. Despite this intermittent odd tonal shift, the illustrations are mostly beautiful and remind me of the Pastoral section of the original Disney Fantasia. Mother Earth is waking her three daughters: March, April, and May, and setting them to begin the new day (the new year). But like siblings often do, these three are competing among themselves to be Mother's favorite at everything. By the end, they're in tears, and Mother has to reassure them that she doesn't have a favorite; they're all equally loved and equally a favorite. Less focus on spring, and more on sibling rivalry, but it's sweet and fun.
A Leaf Can Be...
Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Violeta Dabija
ISBN: 9780761362036
Previously reviewed here
This one covers all the seasons, but enough of it is spent on green-leaf illustrations that I felt it fit well enough. All the beautiful and interesting things leaves do or can become or provide for various creatures. Delightful and so pretty.
Flowers are Calling
Rita Gray, illustrated by Kenaro Pak
ISBN: 9780544340121
Digital/watercolor art is FANTASTIC, and the book is naturalistic and accurate.
This was a bit long for our age-group, but the pictures are just amazing, and the information is accurate and presented in a cute way. I just can't get over how beautiful and delicate and intricate and busy (in a good way) the illustrations are in this book. The spreads are beautiful and detailed, the flowers are vibrant and natural, and the whole is rendered in a way that almost makes me think of pop-ups or wood-cuts because of the heavily-layered feel of the scenes. Just incredibly beautiful, We read through spreads of flowers and a local animal and the flower's pollinator, and the hook for the narration is that the flower is calling to the small unobtrusive pollinator, not to the big or notable local animal. After three of these, we see a spread with all the flowers together with a nonfiction blurb (which I truncated enormously) about how each flower needs or relates to a specific pollinator. I really loved seeing the spreads on the night-time flowers. Not only were they beautiful, but it's nice to see moths and bats getting a bit of attention as pollinators. Absolutely stunning.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Tuesday Storytime: Spring!
Now that we're solidly into warm weather, I wanted to do some traditional "season" books, and I found a nice set of them: two weeks of spring books, and then a week about rain and mud!
It's Spring!
Linda Glaser, illustrated by Susan Swan
ISBN: 0761313451
Cut-paper dioramas in bright but naturalistic colors. Amazingly intricate illustrations.
The rhyme scheme in this book is a little clunky at times, or perhaps I just wasn't feeling the rhythm properly, because it made me stutter a few times in storytime despite pre-reading and practicing beforehand. Glaser has put together a perfect intro to how spring progresses, with straightforward but lyrical descriptions of natural processes and how the season progresses. Swan's intricate and colorful dioramas and scenes enhance the immediacy of what is being narrated, and helps to ground the info in the real world. It's not even that long! Very good season book - probably one of the best I've read, despite the bad fit of the rhymes to my speaking cadence.
When Spring Comes
Kevin Henkes,illustrated by Laura Dronzek
ISBN: 9780062331397
Pastels and fluffy indistinct borders make everything seem fuzzy and soft and new.
This is a much more fanciful approach to spring, but still in the realm of the naturalistic. The drawings are a lot more loose, and take a few liberties, but overall remain true to life and focused on nature. This book's theme is waiting: if you wait, spring will do this, and that, and that other thing. It also directly addresses the reader "I hope you like umbrellas" & etc, which I always like when that happens. Makes the storytime seem more directly interactive and attentive to the focus of the children listening/watching. Sweet and short. A good length here: long enough to be a final book on it's own, and short enough that it can fit in the middle with a set of other shorter books.
And then it's spring
Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
ISBN: 9781596436244
Colored pencils and scraggly people and environments focus on the wait for spring to green up the landscape.
I don't like this one quite as much as the others, because the illustrations, while interesting, aren't as visually stimulating for little ones (there's a lot of detailed info and cute little grace notes for older or individual readers to pick up). The narrative is entirely about the long wait for spring to come through and change the brown of the landscape to green. The only thing I don't like about this one is that the focus through the book is on seeds that were planted (presumably a garden plot from the illustrations) and the very end has the green flooding over the landscape, but doesn't show the garden plot we've been concerned about throughout the book. It's a bit jarring to end without seeing whether the seeds have come up or not!
It's Spring!
Linda Glaser, illustrated by Susan Swan
ISBN: 0761313451
Cut-paper dioramas in bright but naturalistic colors. Amazingly intricate illustrations.
The rhyme scheme in this book is a little clunky at times, or perhaps I just wasn't feeling the rhythm properly, because it made me stutter a few times in storytime despite pre-reading and practicing beforehand. Glaser has put together a perfect intro to how spring progresses, with straightforward but lyrical descriptions of natural processes and how the season progresses. Swan's intricate and colorful dioramas and scenes enhance the immediacy of what is being narrated, and helps to ground the info in the real world. It's not even that long! Very good season book - probably one of the best I've read, despite the bad fit of the rhymes to my speaking cadence.
When Spring Comes
Kevin Henkes,illustrated by Laura Dronzek
ISBN: 9780062331397
Pastels and fluffy indistinct borders make everything seem fuzzy and soft and new.
This is a much more fanciful approach to spring, but still in the realm of the naturalistic. The drawings are a lot more loose, and take a few liberties, but overall remain true to life and focused on nature. This book's theme is waiting: if you wait, spring will do this, and that, and that other thing. It also directly addresses the reader "I hope you like umbrellas" & etc, which I always like when that happens. Makes the storytime seem more directly interactive and attentive to the focus of the children listening/watching. Sweet and short. A good length here: long enough to be a final book on it's own, and short enough that it can fit in the middle with a set of other shorter books.
And then it's spring
Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
ISBN: 9781596436244
Colored pencils and scraggly people and environments focus on the wait for spring to green up the landscape.
I don't like this one quite as much as the others, because the illustrations, while interesting, aren't as visually stimulating for little ones (there's a lot of detailed info and cute little grace notes for older or individual readers to pick up). The narrative is entirely about the long wait for spring to come through and change the brown of the landscape to green. The only thing I don't like about this one is that the focus through the book is on seeds that were planted (presumably a garden plot from the illustrations) and the very end has the green flooding over the landscape, but doesn't show the garden plot we've been concerned about throughout the book. It's a bit jarring to end without seeing whether the seeds have come up or not!
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Tuesday Storytime; Spring through the Seasons
A trio of very nice books that hit on all the seasons changing, but all with some level of focus on springtime.
Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies, illustrated by Mark Hearld
ISBN: 9780763655495
Book of short meditations on natural occurances through the seasons.
This is a LONG book - it's a large-format picture-book, mostly in spreads (lovely lovely spreads) with about 10 or so rhymes or short lyrical descriptions of events or sights to see in that particular season. I read one each from Summer, Fall, and Winter, and then read most of Spring (skipping the first set, the sea-gulls, which are more of a summer thing for us, and the lamb's tails, mostly because it was my least favorite, and I had to cut so many for time). The little short poems or stories are sweet and nature-based, and each is tangible and specific, and grounded in the beautiful large painterly spreads. Excellent for this age-group in small doses, and would be perfect to use repeatedly through the year as the different seasons come and go.
Listen, Listen
Phillis Gershator, illustrated by Alison Jay
ISBN: 9781846860843
Rounded cameo paintings fill the centers of the pages, with the poem unfolding around the edges.
I like this one, but I had to tape off the last few pages, because it pretty seamlessly merges into a more interactive "seek and find" section at the very end, encouraging readers to search the pages "Where's Waldo"-style to find various animals or items. The conceit here is using the sounds of each season to make a throughline - which works fairly well for some seasons; summer is all bugs, fall is leaves and nuts, and spring is birds chirping away, but winter was a bit of a reach, and some of the inclusions to make the rhyme scheme work seem a bit forced. Overall, it's sweet and an interesting approach to sensing the seasons instead of looking at them.
Old Bear
Kevin Henkes
ISBN: 9780061552052
Bear falls asleep and dreams of technicolor fever-dream seasons, before waking into a delightful real spring.
The ONLY objection I have to this adorable book is that the bear comes out of hibernation in the full bloom of riotous spring (for the narrative to work well) and that's not in the least accurate. Despite that one niggle, this is a beautiful book that showcases dreams and imagination, and reads quickly and clearly. The colors and stylization of the dream spreads are simply gorgeous, and the bear is roly-poly and fuzzy and adorable. Excellent length to be either an ending book or a middle book between two not-as-long offerings.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Tuesday Storytime: Winter
Even though it rarely snows down here, I feel like it's important for storytimes to show different places and different experiences. These are three fun, wintery, snowy-day stories to show how different the seasons can be.
It's Winter!
Linda Glaser, cut-paper scenes by Susan Swan
ISBN: 0761317597
Extremely detailed, slightly stylized scenes with bright contrasts focus on the natural world in winter.
A perky (possibly asian) girl is our host for this tour of winter in the Northern USA, beginning with late autumn and the first snow-fall, and ending with the barest beginnings of spring snow-melt. We see a few human-centric activities (catching snowflakes, sledding, making snowpeople) but the focus is on the natural world and what the animals and environment is doing. The illustrations are crazy-detailed, with a stylized edge to them that makes them just sharp enough to avoid being cutesy. Really good overview for the length, and an excellent jumping-off-point.
Hibernation Station
Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus
ISBN: 9781416937883
Adorable fuzzy woodland creatures (and the odd frog) dress in jammies and attempt to cozy up.
This one is short and sweet, with much of the interest in the busy overstuffed illustrations (very similar in feel to Jan Brett) that show the various animals failing at falling asleep for the winter in their cramped communal log. After much whining, protesting, last minute complaining, and general unhappiness, the bears (the conductors) marshal the troops, rearrange the sleeping quarters and roommates, pass out last-minute snackies, issue kisses and hugs and snuggles, and get everyone tucked in properly for the winter. Did I mention that it was adorable? I've done this one before, and I'm sure I'll do it again. This one also got picked to go home to older siblings, which is always nice to have happen.
Winter is the Warmest Season
Lauren Stringer (Deer Dancer)
ISBN: 0152049673
Plump, cozy, fluffy illustrations show why winter is actually warmer.
This is a favorite, and it went over just as well today as usual. Several kids caught the title, and were instantly disagreeing with the premise. They enjoyed the slight cozy subversion. Our narrator (gender ambiguous) walks us through their reasons why winter is warmer: from hot cocoa to fuzzy mittens to cats who deign to sleep on laps now that the windowsills are too cold. These are usually contrasted with summer activities or analogues, so cold summer pools contrast with hot winter baths, and cold jelly sandwiches with toasted cheese. A great ending to the storytime, and a fun read overall.
It's Winter!
Linda Glaser, cut-paper scenes by Susan Swan
ISBN: 0761317597
Extremely detailed, slightly stylized scenes with bright contrasts focus on the natural world in winter.
A perky (possibly asian) girl is our host for this tour of winter in the Northern USA, beginning with late autumn and the first snow-fall, and ending with the barest beginnings of spring snow-melt. We see a few human-centric activities (catching snowflakes, sledding, making snowpeople) but the focus is on the natural world and what the animals and environment is doing. The illustrations are crazy-detailed, with a stylized edge to them that makes them just sharp enough to avoid being cutesy. Really good overview for the length, and an excellent jumping-off-point.
Hibernation Station
Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus
ISBN: 9781416937883
Adorable fuzzy woodland creatures (and the odd frog) dress in jammies and attempt to cozy up.
This one is short and sweet, with much of the interest in the busy overstuffed illustrations (very similar in feel to Jan Brett) that show the various animals failing at falling asleep for the winter in their cramped communal log. After much whining, protesting, last minute complaining, and general unhappiness, the bears (the conductors) marshal the troops, rearrange the sleeping quarters and roommates, pass out last-minute snackies, issue kisses and hugs and snuggles, and get everyone tucked in properly for the winter. Did I mention that it was adorable? I've done this one before, and I'm sure I'll do it again. This one also got picked to go home to older siblings, which is always nice to have happen.
Winter is the Warmest Season
Lauren Stringer (Deer Dancer)
ISBN: 0152049673
Plump, cozy, fluffy illustrations show why winter is actually warmer.
This is a favorite, and it went over just as well today as usual. Several kids caught the title, and were instantly disagreeing with the premise. They enjoyed the slight cozy subversion. Our narrator (gender ambiguous) walks us through their reasons why winter is warmer: from hot cocoa to fuzzy mittens to cats who deign to sleep on laps now that the windowsills are too cold. These are usually contrasted with summer activities or analogues, so cold summer pools contrast with hot winter baths, and cold jelly sandwiches with toasted cheese. A great ending to the storytime, and a fun read overall.
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