You make me smile

Layn Marlow

Book - 2013

A little girl rushes out into the first snow of the year, filled with wonder, and builds a friend.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
New York : Holiday House c2013.
Language
English
Main Author
Layn Marlow (author)
Edition
First American Edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
ISBN
9780823429226
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Review by Booklist Review

The you of the title is the snowman that a little girl builds during the first snow of the season. This girl is not just building a snowman but welcoming the return of an old friend. This enchanting celebration of a long-awaited comeback takes us from inside to outside, as we see the girl inside watching as the snow begins to transform the landscape and then follow her eagerly clambering outside. There she bustles about, shaping the snow into mounds, pulling a carrot from her pocket, and giving the snowman arms and a mouth. The girl and her soon-to-melt companion pose for a picture together. The illustrations, showing the changing colors of a winter sky and bright white snow punctuated by the girl's yellow-and-orange scarf, perfectly convey this change. The last double-page spread shows the girl reminding the melting snowman that if he waits through the coming seasons, they can share a snowy smile again. Lovely in illustration and message.--Fletcher, Connie Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Review by School Library Journal Review

PreS-K-A small child is watching and waiting for something. The second-person narrative tells the youngster that the day is special. Snow starts falling, and soon the child bundles up and goes outside. "You'll be cold, cold, cold, with a radish-red nose." Even at this point, readers don't know who is speaking. As the day progresses the child builds a snowman, and readers realize that the snowman has been narrating. When the youngster places a bent twig on his face, he says, "today is the special day.when you make me.smile." Smiling child and snowman pose for Dad's photo. After a two-page romp through the seasons, the story ends with the promise, "A year may pass, but if you wait...we can share a snowy smile again." The closing image is the one the child's father snapped with his camera. The illustrations look like pencil and gouache drawings. They're soft around the edges and just right for a snowy story. It's a simple story, just a child, Dad, and a snowman. The mood it creates is perfect for the season.-Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

A little girl hurries outside to build a snowman after a fresh snowfall and discovers why "today is a very special day." The text, narrated by the snowman, is spare and patiently paced; the illustrations' muted, cool colors perfectly capture the quiet of wintertime, while pops of red and yellow draw the reader's eye to the cozily bundled-up kid. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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