Super Snow Day Seek and Find - Hardcover

Garland, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525422455 ISBN 13: 9780525422457

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2010

Synopsis

It's a snow day! When Tommy wakes up, he finds a note from his eccentric Aunt Jeanne, promising a surprise if he unravels clues she has hidden for him all over town. Tommy follows the clues through a gorgeous winter wonderland, from sledding and skating to magical ice palaces and forests full of winter creatures. Colorful artwork chock-full of hidden objects to seek and find will delight eagleeyed youngsters and make for hours of fun.

About this title

About the Author:

I was born on 34th Street in Manhattan. My parents were from Queens. They married when my dad returned from World War II; he then joined the ranks of the NYPD. A sister and two brothers rounded out my family. When our Stuyvesant Town apartment grew too small, we moved to the relative wilds of Staten Island.

I spent my childhood roaming the woods, playing sports, crossing the street without looking both ways, and drawing. Drawing was the thing I did best. I wasn’t the smartest one in my class or the best athlete in any sport, but when they passed out the paper and crayons, it was my time to shine. My teachers would never hold up my math test as an example, but everything I drew would be shown to the class and given a place of honor on the bulletin board. I started to think I might become an artist.

After high school, I went to Pratt Institute to study art. I cleaned the floors in a nursing home and drove a cab nights and weekends. Soon after graduating, I sold my first illustration to True Confessions magazine. I was on my way—at the beginning of a thirty-year career of illustrating everything you could imagine. I now have twenty-three books in print, and several more in the pipeline.

Along the way, I married Peggy and we had three children: Katie, Alice and Kevin. Two are in college and one is about to start (please buy my books!). We live in Putnam County, New York.

Sixteen years ago I decided I wanted to be a writer as well as an artist. Sixteen published books later, I’m still at it.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 4–Tommy wakes up one snowy morning to find that the schools are closed. He also finds a note from Aunt Jeanne. It sends him on a scavenger hunt for further missives while introducing him to enchanting features of a world changed by weather. Garland's computer-generated illustrations are eye-catching and surreal in the way that digital collages often are, with no object seeming to touch another. They're characterized by bright colors, Claymation-style figures, and an admirable restraint when it comes to clutter–especially when you consider that the pages contain hundreds of images and words for youngsters to sort through. Grade schoolers may be up to the challenge of finding what's hidden throughout the book, though this will require repeated readings. Younger children will just have fun with the pictures and, with a little help, may join the search, especially for energetic Aunt Jeanne, who makes an appearance in every scene.–Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0525422455
• ISBN 13: 9780525422457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32