The family in the book wake up to find that it has snowed over night. They all play outside in the snow together and they build a large fort. This book would be great for students kindergarten to second grade. It can be used to talk about the connection between pictures and text as the pictures are very vibrate and support the text very well. ( )

A town is covered with snow and the people excitedly come out to play in it. They come together to build a massive snow fort and play together all day.

This book is about a town that receives snow fall and the children get very excited by this. They decide after the plow has come through to go make something out of the pile of snow from the plow, and end up making something that allows them to see all of the town. ( )

Genre:Realistic Fiction
Age Appropriateness:PreSchool-Grade 2
Review: It is a good book for Christmas and winter. It illustrate how kids built a snow castle in the winter together and feel proud of it. It captures the joy of childhood but I think it is kind of boring because it is not the kind of book that provide children with valuable lesson and value. Still, it is fun to read and the illustration is beautiful.
It is a realistic fiction because it based on real-world situations and it is written for today's kids.The book also presents a "real-world" problem or challenge and show how a young person solves that problem. ( )

Summary:
It is the magic of waking up to a world blanketed with snow. As the plow comes through and creates a mountain, village children bolt down breakfasts, don snowsuits and boots, and head outdoors. Tunneling, hollowing, digging, and shoveling, the youngsters spend all day building and enjoying a massive play area on the snow mound. Their delight in their "kingdom" and their return at nightfall as the snow begins again brings this comfy story to an end.

Genre: This is contemporary realistic fiction book since it's about a snow day in a village and all the characters in this book are humans.

Critiques:
1.This book has rhythmic text and soft texture to share the great joy of winter days.
2.Students can learn some new words through the text.

Common on use:
It is a nice book for teachers to read aloud to students within 5 minutes and teachers can also repeat some of the new words for students since vocabulary in this book is a bright point.