Overview

Snowballs, ice skating, sledding! Frozen toes, icy slush, runny nose. Well, winter's not all fun and games. But well-loved, best-selling poet Douglas Florian will melt your doubts about Mother Nature's chilly grip with twenty-eight winter-inspired poems accompanied by his crisp, trademark watercolor illustrations. Young readers are sure to warm up to the uniquely keen vision of this wholly original volume. Whatever the time of year, Winter Eyes is just right for the season.List of Notable Children's Books in Lang. Arts 00 (NCTE) and 00 Riverbank Review Magazine's Children's Books of Distinction Award Nominations

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Author:   Douglas Florian
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   William Morrow
Dimensions:   Width: 19.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.310kg
ISBN:  

9780688164584

ISBN 10:   0688164587
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   28 October 1999
Recommended Age:   6-8
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Florian's naif watercolor and colored pencil illustrations are excellent accompaniment to his 48 poems on the snowy season. The titular poem offers an invitation to readers to experience winter with appropriate sensory and ambulatory attitude: winter ears, eyes, nose and winter feet/On crackling ice/Or sloshy wet sleet. Much is made of the length of the season; summer hums and spring zings, But winter/always/takes/its/time, which results in Cabin Fever, a poem that exhibits symptoms and anodynes that are more adult than the attitudes and activities found in the majority of the poems. A sense of being snared by an endlessly white, crisply cold season permeates the book, although there are also cozy fireplace feet and a number of poems are devoted to the joys of winter, as in the typographically creative Sled and The Winter Field, which speak of, respectively, sailing downhill and soaring spirits. Winter-lovers and winter-haters alike will find poems that strike chords, in a collection that is perfect for reading alone by the fire, or as part of snug storytimes. (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Information

Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.

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