Frozen Noses

Very cute book! My 2 year old loves it!

When adults look out the window and see snow, they may think of shoveling, spinning tires, and wet footprints in the house. When children see snow, they see sledding and sliding and building snowpersons. That's what the children in this book go outside to do. Adults and children alike, however, can enjoy the universal pleasure of sipping cocoa by the fire when they come inside to get warm! This is a warm story for families to share in front of the fireplace - or the space heater - whatever you have available to help get cozy on a winter day.

"Frozen Noses" features beautiful opaque cut-paper pictures of multiethnic children and their dog frolicking in the snow. The plot is simple but pleasing for preschoolers - the kids bundle up, go out, make a snowman, sled, skate, fall down, and come back in to get warm. The story is told in curt rhyming verses, that sometimes strain a bit in ways that small kids won't understand (a hat is a "proper topper," for example), but the main pleasure of this book is its visual aspect. Good winter fun.

I am a mom of two little ones and an early childhood teacher and I must say this is book is so awful it actually makes me mad. It's like the author was trying to write some artsy-fartsy poetry book for toddlers?! I love introducing poetry to very young children but the prose in this book is so inane, it's ridiculous. The illustrations are lovely and unique- like construction paper cut-outs. I'm going to cut up the book and use the illustrations for our Winter and snow discussions instead. I've never ever written a negative comment about children's books actually- that's how much this book frustrates me!