Review of Counting Winter

by Marva Anne Hinton
Nov 22, 2024 | Filed in Book Reviews

Counting Winter Counting Winter
by Nancy White Carlstrom; illus. by Claudia McGehee
Preschool    Eerdmans    40 pp.
9/24    9780802855701    $18.99
e-book ed.  9781467468664    $18.99

Various animals adapt to live through winter in this atmospheric counting book that honors the snow and cold. Metaphorically, a red fox stalks winter, three snowshoe hares track it, and eight sled dogs race it. The smooth, steady rhythm of Carlstrom’s poetic writing makes this inviting book well suited for a read-aloud, while McGehee’s dynamic scratchboard and watercolor illustrations, primarily in shades of blue, white, and black, add texture. Profiles of all the animals featured and notes from the author and illustrator are appended.

From the ">November/December 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

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