Counting Winter
Counting Winter
The Story
One red fox, quietly stalking winter. Two ravens, raucously talking winter.
Three snowshoe hares, silently tracking winter. Four red squirrels, hungrily cracking winter.
Building from numbers one to twelve, COUNTING WINTER follows creatures big and small through the snow-covered woods. Lively poetry and atmospheric scratchboard art create a read aloud perfect for sharing all winter long and into the spring.
Reviews
“It’s a counting book. It’s a winter animal book. It’s a beautiful book!
Though weather and color palettes may change from page to page as the book counts to 12, the one thing that remains the same is the sense of awe readers will feel observing these animals in their native Alaskan environments. Each animal’s relationship to the season is described in evocative verse. . . Carlstrom’s writing deftly sets this title apart from other counting books. Meanwhile McGehee’s art conjures up both the silly side of nature and its incredible dignity and variety.” — Starred review – Kirkus Reviews
“A final wordless spread includes all of the critters in the book for a bit of seek-and-find fun. The back matter includes an additional fact about each of the animals as well as author’s and illustrator’s notes.
A visual treat that cheerfully celebrates winter through lyrical facts found in the natural world, while incidentally also being a counting book.” – School Library Journal
