'My cave is big enough for two!' a bear declares to a rabbit, inviting his small friend to share his den through the longest, coldest season. The rabbit readily accepts the bear's offer, but no sooner have the two curled up than the lively rabbit jumps up to wonder: Wouldn't it be better to be out in the crisp winter air, free to leap through the starlight and the sparkling snow? In this paperback reissue of a long out-of-print winter tale (originally titled A Starlit Somersault Downhill), Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney's rich watercolors create a cozy winter world that perfectly complements Newbery Medal winner Nancy Willard's charming poetry.
[a:Nancy Willard|13454|Nancy Willard|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg] seems to be quite the poet as is proven by her Newberry Medal for [b:A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers|530582|A Visit to William Blake's Inn Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers|Nancy Willard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175566563s/530582.jpg|1799679]. Within the pages of [b:A Starlit Snowfall|11051241|A Starlit Snowfall|Nancy Willard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1327947561s/11051241.jpg|15972296] she provides such rhythm and rhyme to tease and entertain th senses which makes this book a delight to read aloud. With the pictures from one of my favorite artists [a:Jerry Pinkney|70868|Jerry Pinkney|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg], minutes are sure to pass unwittingly as the imagination is captured and taken to a snowy wintery land unknown in nature.
Where previously published in hardcover in 1993 as [b:A Starlit Somersault Downhill|1518283|A Starlit Somersault Downhill|Nancy Willard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1295290733s/1518283.jpg|2089327], parents like myself can take something from my elementary years to share with my children. Reading through this book with my daughter my imagination is tempted with the hussle of a restless rabbit as he goes forth to adventure and I can only assume AppleBlossom is intrigued as well considering she will not let the book go back on the shelf.
Definitely one for the "R" shelf and perhaps "season-winter" as well.
*Thanks to Little Brown & Co for providing a copy for review.*
Originally posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2012/02/21/a-starlit-snowfall-by-nancy-willard-illustrated-by-jerry-pinkney/
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