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| Creator: Eric Carle
Publisher: Philomel
Category: Book
List Price: $21.99
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Rating:  30 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0399235795
EAN: 9780399235795
Publication Date: September 25, 2000
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Condition: Sales benefit the Virginia Library System. This book has some minor cover wear. All internal pages are clean. The binding is secure.
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Amazon.com Review
It's almost Christmas and it hasn't snowed yet. As the farmer naps on his small farm, he dreams of being covered in a gentle blanket of new snow. Then, one by one, he dreams of each of his five animals (aptly named One, Two, Three, Four, and Five) being covered as well. When he awakens, he discovers that real snow--not dream snow--has fallen. And "Oh my! Oh my! I almost forgot," the farmer shouts, and, bundling up, hurries out to his tree (named Tree) with a box and a sack, looking remarkably familiar in his white beard and red suit. After decorating Tree, the farmer shouts "Merry Christmas to all!" and pushes a button for a surprise Yuletide jingle. Young fans of Eric Carle's The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, and other multisensory books, will delight in pushing the same microchip button the farmer pushes to hear the tinkling, oddly eerie holiday tune. In an even more unusual departure from standard picture books, Carle inserts a clear plastic sheet, covered with snowflakes and a white blanket, before each illustration of the dreaming farmer and his animals. Turn the plastic page to discover what kind of critter lies beneath the snow. Carle's magnificent collages, as always, are the heart and soul of his books. (Ages 3 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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"Few in number are the parents who have made it through their toddler's years on just one copy of Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Dream Snow has similar ingredients: a simple story, lively collage-like illustrations and a fun gimmick for little hands..." (Time)
"This is a simple, well-told story about a simple farmer.... Viewers...will want to get their hands on it." (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books)
"Carle fans and toddlers learning the basics will...enjoy the gentle text and creative design features." (Booklist)
"The pictures are in Carle's trademark richly colored and textured collages that capture the snowy magic of Christmas." (Kirkus Reviews)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 "Dream Snow" is a great book for young readers. November 23, 2008
J. Zehler (Buffalo, NY)
Eric Carle's "Dream Snow" is a book that mesmerizes young readers, when they "listen" to the sound of the snow.
second Eric Carle ever read September 20, 2008
L. Gailey
This was our second Eric Carle ever read and found out it made noise! Oh what a bonus! My then 18 month old LOVED this book. Could not find it last year on here but is found and now purchased! This will be a great joy to see his face this Christmas.
Dream Snow in Kindergarten January 13, 2008
Connie Mittermaier (Oxford, Ohio)
I purchased this book for a colleague as a Christmas gift. She was thrilled to receive it! We both teach kindergarten, and she had been borrowing my very used copy for several years. Tbe special button at the end of the book is the perfect ending to a lovely Christmas tale. She can't wait to share Dream Snow with her grandchildren.
Not a huge Carle fan, but love this book November 29, 2007
Dr. K. E. Patrick (England)
I find a lot of Eric Carle's books a bit humdrum, with the exception of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, so when my daughter was given this book for Christmas about five years ago, I thought it was all a bit gimmicky with its "tingle, tingle, tingle" noisy button at the end and plasticky, white-covered pages simulating snow.
But we read this thing over and over, and the rhythm of it was so gentle and the sounds of the book so hushed, that it was a metaphysical experience. In other words, I felt as though Carle was covering us with a white blanket of words. Ahh, the memories of the soft and slow pace bring back a smile.
Then the farmer suddenly realizes that he's forgotten something, and there's a flurry of activity (like a flurry of snow!!) as he rushes out to decorate the tree. Cap it all off with the "tingly" button, which gets pushed over and over and over and over, etc.
Anyway, the long and the short of all this is that I am buying a second copy for my family, having misplaced the original. I now have three other children who haven't been introduced to this lovely book, and I truly think your own children or grandchildren will find it a classic.
Dream Snow January 16, 2007
Kelly M. Christofferson (Chicago)
What a delightful book! Not only does it help develop a child's counting skills, but the pictures are wonderful and the surprise ending is sure to bring a smile! I not only have a copy of this book for my own child, but have given copies as gifts.
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