Snow # 36

1.      Author: Uri Shulevitz
2.      Title:  Snow
3.      Illustrator: Uri Schulevitz
4.      Genre: Fiction
5.      Subgenre: Picture Book
6.      Theme: Snow, City and Town life, radio, and television
7.      Primary and secondary Characters: Boy with dog along with Grandfather, man with hat, and women with umbrella
8.      Awards: Caldecott Honor Book and named Best Book of the Year by A Booklist Editor’s Choice and A School Library Journal
9.      Date of Publication: 1998
10.  Publication Company: Farrar Straus Giroux
11.  A summary about the book and how you will use it in your classroom.

A little Boy who lives in a city is hoping for snow.  When he sees the first few snowflakes he get really excited, everyone tells him the snow will melt and that it is not going to snow.  The Boy waits and wait until he finally get what he has been hoping for.  I would read this book to Kindergarten or first grade students during the winter to teacher them about the winter season.  I would also read this book to second through fourth grade students to provide an example of descriptive writing.  This could help students how to use different words to describe something.