It takes us out of our homes where the snow blankets everything, kids and animals squash snow and leave their footprints behind, snowballs are made and thrown down the hills, fish are happily swimming but frogs are sleeping their winters away.Children in snow suits are a common sight during winter. The book and its illustrations help us watch the magic of a snowy day that one can rarely see in the place I belong to.
It features kids clad in warm and comfy clothes, their gleaming faces when they see falling snow, visually pleasing snowflakes of numerous shapes and sizes, snowy adventures and sleeping animals. Illustrated by Elena Temporin, it is indeed a sight for the sore eyes.
This book, “The Snowy Day”, helps us observe the hypnotic and magical delights of an icy-cold afternoon. These books transport me back to the times when sadness was never a thing, happiness stayed through days and nights, anxieties and worries were far off, life appeared as an adventure and not as a grind, we were oblivious to the bitter realities of life, our smallest eyes carried biggest dreams, dreams that can change the world. Somehow, I have managed to cling to them thus far. Getting beautifully illustrated books was one of the perks of childhood. Meeting weather requirements at KS1 in the National Curriculum could be engaging and artistic, if one such formation was adopted across each half-term in the classroom throughout the school year!
Maybe a class could create their own drawings and sentences to tell the story of snowfall - or indeed any other weather formation they may experience (rain, sunshine, thunder & lightning, etc.). Scientific (reversible) processes such as freezing and melting are rendered easily accessible, as are animal hibernation, footprint identification and even how animals and humans keep warm in low temperatures.
Although this book might seem most appropriate to associate with children experiencing wintry weather around the school and community, the UK's unpredictable forecast could still be circumvented by linking the book to countries abroad with winter climates who regularly experience snow, or even scientifically-reconstructed or digitally-created replications of snowy environments. We discover how and what conditions cause snowflakes to form in the sky, what impact snowfall has upon wildlife, both on land and underneath the frozen surfaces of lakes, what impact snowfall has upon animals' and humans' transport and food sources, what patterns and designs snowflakes form in, and even what sporting or physical activities we can enjoy in snowy environments, all depicted beautifully by Elena Temporin's simple yet heart-warming accompanying illustrations. Anna Milbourne's 'Snowy Day' is an enchanting adventure for EYFS children through chemistry, geography, biology, art, PE and more.
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