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Pobble's Way

by Simon Van Booy
32p. 978-0-97997-466-3.
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PreS-Gr 2 While out for a winter-evening walk, Pobble and her father play an inventive game. They decide that a floating leaf must be a butterfly raft and some fat mushrooms are surely frog umbrellas. Enticing duotone endpapers feature a line drawing mapping out their route. When Pobble drops her pink mitten and leaves it behind, all the forest creatures do a little inventing of their own. Squirrel believes the "Something" is cotton candy, Owl thinks it must be a wing warmer, and so on. The illustrations, rendered in layers of transparent watercolor glaze, are appropriately soft and gentle but don't bring out the magic and wonder of the text. Still, this clever story would be lovely for sharing one-on-one and could inspire readers to take their own imaginations for a walk.-"Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
While tromping through the snow with Dad, Pobble drops a mitten. Forest animals, including a squirrel, bunny, and owl, examine the object, speculating on its name and purpose (Owl: "'It's a wing warmer.' 'No,' Duck assured her. 'It is a fish coat'"). Though the text leans toward cutesy and the paintings can be stiff, the warm wintry tale is mildly diverting.

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