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Snowbaby Could Not Sleep

by Kara LaReau
Illustrated by Jim Ishikawa



      Snowbaby is having trouble falling asleep - he gets a new blanket of snow, a nice icy drink, but nothing helps. But Snowmama and Snowpapa do not give up, and they use a bit of themselves to create something that finally helps. I found the storyline very sweet, and my six-year-old review assistant loved the solution Snowmama and Snowpapa came up with. Still, I had trouble seeing this as a book we would read over and over. The plot is very simple but it takes rather a lot of pages to unfold - and the snowmen look a bit unbalanced with their skinny legs and tiny feet, but I found the Snowbaby very sweet tucked in his bed. And I enjoyed the little "extras" that sometimes appeared in the illustrations - like the penguin delivering a drink and tooting his horn. Overall, I liked Snowbaby Could Not Sleep, but I didn't love it.

The Book

Megan Tingley Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company
September 2005
Hardcover Picture book
0316607037
Ages 4 - 8
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The Reviewer

Jan Fields
Reviewed 2005
NOTE: Reviewer Jan Fields is the editor of Kid Magazine Writers emagazine and has written dozens of stories and articles for the children's magazine market.
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