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The Greatest Snowman in the World!

by Peter Hannan
32p. 978-0-06128-480-9.
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K-Gr 2 Charles, Elvis, and Babs peer out the window one morning and see every child's biggest dream-snow! The three animals, a chinchilla, a worm, and a bird, head outside to make the greatest snowman in the world. Their first one, while large, is a little underwhelming, so they try again. Their next attempt is creative and successful, but then the sun comes out. Even the rapidly melting snowman doesn't dampen their enthusiasm as they make an even-greater snowman out of ice cream. He's definitely the greatest. The three animals have manic personalities-their excitement is palpable in the use of exclamation points and words in a large, colorful font. This story and the illustrations have a lot of energy, but it's all a little frenetic. The animals convey expression and personality through their enormous eyes and mouths, and as they are mostly yelling with excitement, there isn't much that readers can connect with. The perspective shifts from page to page, giving the book even more frantic energy. This book's impact will melt as quickly as the snowman.-"Susan E. Murray, Glendale Public Library, AZ" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
Three animal friends attempt to create one superlative snowman. The disappointing results force them to improvise--especially when the sun comes out--and their cockeyed determination is impressive if exhausting. The illustrations feature manically energetic, rubbery-faced, decidedly uncuddly nonhuman characters recalling those of SpongeBob SquarePants--not a shocker, given that Hannan is the creator of Nickelodeon's similarly uptempo cartoon CatDog.

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