Snow

by: Uri Shulevitz

Caldecott Honor Book

Interest Level: K - 2

Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5

Lexile® measure: 220L

Genre/Theme: Fiction

Shulevitz, U. (1998). Snow  . New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Snow is the story of what happens when snow accumulates. The story starts with just one snowflake, and the boy with dog is very excited. He goes around the town telling all of the adults that it is snowing. They are all convinced that it is just a few flakes. At the end there is a lot of snow, and the boy was right all along.

The illustrations in this book really add to the story. The written story is very simple; the illustrations make it much more complex and appealing. The simple story makes this book great for striving readers or beginning readers. Many of the words are repeated over and over again such as: "boy with dog", and "snowflakes". This would be a great book to use when teaching simple words. It also might help students in their cognitive development, as it requires them to think critically about what happens as more and more snow accumulates. The class could also talk about how children feel about snow as opposed to how most adults feel about snow.

This is a great book for students in Minnesota, as it is something everyone here can relate to. I would use this book in my classroom.