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There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a child uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring her family a snow day — a day slow and unhurried enough to spend at home together.

     In a spare text that reads as pure song and illustrations of astonishingly beautiful scratchboard art, Sidman and Krommes remind us that sometimes, if spoken from the heart, wishes really can come true.

 
ISBN: 9780547979175
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Oct 4, 2016
List price: $24.99
No of pages: 48
Trim Size: 8.000 in (w) x 10.300 in (h) x 0.450 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
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Joyce Sidman

Biography

The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today’s foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com

 

Beth Krommes

Biography

Beth Krommes is the Caldecott Winning illustrator of The House in the Night  and other beautifully illustrated, much-acclaimed picture books like Swirl by Swirl, and  Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. She lives in Peterborough, NH. Visit her online at www.bethkrommes.com.

There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a child uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring her family a snow day — a day slow and unhurried enough to spend at home together.

     In a spare text that reads as pure song and illustrations of astonishingly beautiful scratchboard art, Sidman and Krommes remind us that sometimes, if spoken from the heart, wishes really can come true.

 

ISBN: 9780547979175
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Oct 4, 2016
List price: $24.99
No of pages: 48
Trim Size: 8.000 in (w) x 10.300 in (h) x 0.450 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Joyce Sidman

Biography

The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today’s foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com

 

Beth Krommes

Biography

Beth Krommes is the Caldecott Winning illustrator of The House in the Night  and other beautifully illustrated, much-acclaimed picture books like Swirl by Swirl, and  Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. She lives in Peterborough, NH. Visit her online at www.bethkrommes.com.