The Snow Angel - Hardcover

McAllister, Angela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688045693 ISBN 13: 9780688045692

Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1993

Synopsis

Elsa thinks her little brother imagines seeing a snow angel until she meets the angel herself

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From Booklist:

Ages 5-8. "Secretly the snow had fallen all night long." Elsa, out playing, makes a snow angel in her secret place. She tells her little brother, Jack, that the spot is the place a snow angel slept. Jack wishes he could see a snow angel "more than anything else in the whole world." His wish comes true, but it takes three nights for Elsa to believe him. She returns to the place and lies down in the angel's shape, and when she sits up, "snow wings had begun to grow." Fletcher's muted palette is a perfect foil for McAllister's cheery fantasy. The paintings have a quiet, old-fashioned charm yet seem alive with realistic motion. McAllister's affectionate, matter-of-fact acceptance of magic in everyday life and graceful language combine to produce a gratifying, sentimental read-aloud that will generate sighs of contentment from reader and listener alike. Janice Del Negro

About this edition

• Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0688045693
• ISBN 13: 9780688045692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1
• Illustrator: Fletcher Claire