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Saturday, December 14, 2019

Snow Time: Snow Globe by Erin Dealey

There's a big storm moving in. A powerful wind rips holiday decorations loose from the lampposts as snowflakes begin to fly.

Lost connections on phones, computers, Bundled, homeward-bound commuters. Traffic slows.

Roads disappear,
beneath the worst storm of the year.

The lights go out, so out come candles for the mantels. A fire in the fireplace warms the room as the family of four picnics on takeout on the floor.

Beside the Christmas tree, Dad builds a blanket tent, and by lantern light reads snow stories to the kids, the kitty, and their dog. One kid shakes their snow globe and wishes for, what else? More snow!
Snow globe wishes,
Snowplows rumble lullabies..
.

The snow is too deep for cars and school buses to make their way, so everyone has a magical snow day holiday. Snowmen and snowballs, sleds and snow forts, even the grownups get in on the fun. What more could they wish for? Well...
Peace on earth
throughout the year!

In a jolly rhyming snow story that every kid wishes for, Erin Dealey's Snow Globe Wishes (Sleeping Bear Press, 2019) is an idyllic story of a pre-Chistmas snow day where everyone gets an unforeseen but much appreciated holiday. Claire Shorrock adds merry illustrations that reflect good times among everyone in the neighborhood, a happy time-out for the sheer joy of a good snow. This one is an engaging account of a surprise snowstorm that brings holiday cheer and good will to all.

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