The Magical Snowman is a book I found on the new books section in the public library. The cover immediately caught my eye with its light blue color and beautiful illustration. I was really happy I picked this book out. The story is a simple, yet heart warming story. A little rabbit build a snowman and believes him to be real. His father keeps telling him this is not true. His father send him out to get berries one day and the the little rabbit gets lost. Then all of the sudden his snowman appears to help lead him home. When he gets home his father is so excited to see him. Little rabbit tells his father he got lost and his snowman helped him home. When his father looks back he seems the snowman in its same stationary position and laughs it off. Little Rabbit did not care because he knew the truth.
One of my favorite things about this book were hands down the illustrations. They were breathtakingly beautiful. I think they were done by water colors. The illustrator Alison Edgson did such an amazing job. One of my favorite things was that the snowman was done with sparkles and his rough to the touch. This will be fun while reading with children because they can feel the pages for the snowman. The pictures have such a lightness and easiness to them. They are very refreshing. The pictures add so much to this simple story and really made me want to read it over and over again.
I think this is a great story for children K-2nd grade. It is a good family story that parents could read to their kids. I think children will like the story and hopefully enjoy the beautiful illustrations. I really loved this book and would even recommend it to people my age just so they can see the pictures.
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