My young readers loved the fact that none of their predictions about why father and daughter ended up at the train station. Plowing through fields and town until arriving at the train station. Told in simple rhyming couplets, readers follow a young girl as she wakes up one snowy morning, gets dressed, eats breakfast, and, all bundled up, she's off with dad to get the snow plow out of the garage. It's a very special day, a day when a little girl gets to ride along with her dad on his snow plow. I used to love ice skating and personally found this to be a really delightful family story. The ending is a pleasing picture of the forest animals taking their turn on the ice, so of whom you may notice watching the kids during the day as they had fun. The skaters are a very diverse group, including kids of color, a girl in a hijab, and father wearing a yarmulka, and even a girl playing ice hockey.
The watercolor and color pencil digital illustrations capture the cold day perfectly, especially the passing of time in the changing color of the sky, and the movement of the skaters. As the day comes to a close, the tired family heads home to a warm bath and a bedtime story. The family takes a break in the snack bar hut to eat and warm up, then it's back out on the ice - no falls this time. There are lots of other skaters on the ice, with varying degrees of skill, and everyone is having a good time.
The young girl in a novice skater and when she falls, her dad gently reassures her that it's is part of the learning process. In this story, a young girl and family head out to the frozen pond for a day of skating and family time. Told in a brief, playful rhyme, this book has quickly become a favorite with my young readers, none of whom, ironically, have ever skated, but want to try it someday. This is a fun seek and find book that will keep kids as busy as the residents of Bustletown. Mine had lots of fun talking about what everyone in Bustletown is doing, and comparing it to their similar experiences. The pages are bright and colorful, the people distinct and easy to follow, and the pages are not so busy that young readers will feel overwhelmed. And it's not just people who are pursuing their day, there are also some pretty busy dogs, cats, and birds. There's an apartment building, a train station, a department store, the cultural center, and of course, the very busy town square.
Each two page spread is filled to the brim with people, activity, cutaways of buildings to show what's happening inside. These are just some of the stories kids can follow. Bonnie the cat is tooling around town looking for some tasty tid-bits to eat. Oliver and his dad take the bus to the cultural center, then his dad heads to the store to buy a special present for Oliver. Anne is supposed to meet friends at a cafe, but overslept and must hurry, hurry through Bustletown. Follow Lisa from home as she makes her way to the skating pond, finding a lost wallet and key on her way and returning them to Billy, who's on his way to jpg in the park. There's onomatopoeic sounds on each page and I would hear my young readers imitating the sounds as they went through the story, laughing all the way (and I suspect wishing they could join in the fun).īustletown is one busy place, even on a snowy day, in this oversized board book. As was the original hardcover picture book, it's a charming wordless, but not soundless book. My kids love this book and I was happy to have this new board book because it could be left for the kids to "read" on their own without having to worry about ripped pages. Next morning, the child notices the bear's footprints, and following them, joins the woodland creatures for some more sledding fun. Rabbit, moose, two raccoons, possum, hedgehog, and mouse all join in the fun until.oops, a crash landing at the bottom of a steep hill before returning the sled. It doesn't take long for bear to be joined by various woodland creatures as he sleds downhill. That night, along comes a bear, sees the sled and creeps away with it.
After a day of sledding, a young child returns home, leaving her sled outside the door.
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