It's Snowing! It's Snowing!: Winter Poems

This was just another one of the books my 2 and 5 year old hectically pulled off the library shelves (we usually fill up our bag in less than 5 minutes with random books) UNTIL we brought it home and read it together. The poetry is captivating, well-metered, and inspiring. I can't believe poetry like this was hidden inside a cover that makes it look like just another dry, mediocre I-can-read book. Absolutely a treat. Purchasing so we can have it in our collection and enjoy the poems again this winter.

What a wonderfully delightful book.....Jack Prelutsky has been a long time favorite of mine from my Teaching Career!

It's Snowing! It's Snowing! is a collection of seventeen poems about winter. The poetry has strong meter and rhythm and has definite child-appeal. The poems cover such topics as signs of winter, winter activities, and a child's necessary adaptations to survive the cold. The illustrations are small, but effectively rendered in muted tones which give the book a sort of "winter atomosphere." A favorite of my eighth grade students is "A Snowflake Fell" on page 41: " I wondered at the beauty/ of its intricate design,/ I breathed, the snowflake vanished,/ but for moments, it was mine."