Author: Lawler, Janet
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 32
Release Date: 02-10-2012
Details: Product Description “It snowed without stopping for week after week. When it ended at last, Cami Lou took a peek. She bundled and booted and zipped up her brother. Let’s build a huge snowman unlike any other!” Cami Lou and her brother build the biggest, hugest, most mammoth snowman the world has ever seen. It’s Snowzilla! The snowman becomes an instant sensation, and tourists pour into the small town. But not everyone is impressed. Some say the giant snowman brings giant problems. Then a judge rules that Snowzilla must come down. Can Cami Lou and her brother save Snowzilla? This fun winter story combines rhyming text with adorable acrylic and colored pencil artwork. Amazon.com Review From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 1-Lawler opens with this Dr. Seuss-like stanza: "It snowed without stopping/for week after week./When it ended at last,/Cami Lou took a peek." Cami Lou (whose name is reminiscent of Dr. Seuss's Cindy Lou Who) makes terrific use of a snow-packed landscape to create, with the help of her mother, father, and younger brother, the biggest snowman ever. "Thousands of people rode buses to see/the towering snowman, as tall as a tree." The burst of tourism is disrupted by petty neighbors, and the case against Snowzilla makes it all the way to court. Readers won't have much time to worry as the irrepressible Cami Lou thinks, emails, texts, blogs, and community organizes her way out of this modern dilemma. Lawler's rhymes occasionally sound contrived, but they scan beautifully. Haley's offbeat, busy, and chaotically colorful cartoon-style illustrations are a lively complement to the bouncy text.-Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NYα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Review "Lawler opens with this Dr. Seuss-like stanza: ' It snowed without stopping/for week after week./When it ended at last,/Cami Lou took a peek .'... Haley's offbeat, busy, and chaotically colorful cartoon-style illustrations are a lively complement to the bouncy text." School Library Journal "When someone can rhyme and tell a story as well as Janet Lawler can, then you don't want to miss her books. Snowzilla is going to become a legend just like Frosty" -Margo L. Dill, educator, blogger, and author of Finding My Place “When someone can rhyme and tell a story as well as Janet Lawler can, then you don’t want to miss her books. Snowzilla is going to become a legend just like Frosty.” ―Margo L. Dill, educator, blogger, and author of Finding My Place Review “When someone can rhyme and tell a story as well as Janet Lawler can, then you don’t want to miss her books. Snowzilla is going to become a legend just like Frosty” -Margo L. Dill, educator, blogger, and author of Finding My Place About the Author Janet Lawler’s critically acclaimed children’s books include If Kisses Were Colors, illustrated by Alison Jay, and Tyrannoclaus, illustrated by John Shroades. Janet’s love of family, nature, and all things silly inspires much of her writing. Her family shares their home in Connecticut with a dog, a lizard, and assorted wildlife that visit the backyard. Janet enjoys presenting her books at schools and libraries. Learn more about the author: www.JanetLawler.com Amanda Haley holds a B.F.A degree in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has illustrated more than forty children’s books, including Spark the Firefighter by Stephen Krensky, The All-American Jump and Jive Jig by M. P. Hueston, and Reading to Peanut by Leda Schubert. In her free time, Amanda loves to garden, collect antique toys, and watch old black-and-white movies, especially film noir. She lives in Ohio with her husband and their dog, Mayzie.
EAN: 9780761461883
Package Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
Languages: English