- Under the Snow
- Written by Melissa Stewart
- Illustrated by Constance R. Bergum
- Age 4-8
- Hardcover: $16.95
- ISBN: 978-1-56145-493-8
- Total Pages: 32
- Size: 9 1/2 x 11 1/4
- Language: English
- Rights: World, except Korea
- Status: active
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- Leveling Information
- Accelerated Reader
- AR Quiz#: 131467
- AR Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Points: 0.5
- F&P (Fountas & Pinnell)
- F&P Level: M
- F&P Grade: 2-3
- Reading Counts
- Reading Counts Level: 3.7
- Reading Counts Points: 1
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- Color Info: Full color throughout
- Categories
- Animals
- Nonfiction
- Picture Books
- Science-and-nature
Under the Snow
When snow falls, we love to sled and skate and have snowball fights. But at the end of the day, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground?
Journey from your neighborhood to the woods, where ladybugs crowd together in a gap in the stone wall and a chipmunk snoozes in his burrow.
Take a side trip to the pond, where a carp rests quietly on the bottom and a green frog nestles in the mud, scarcely breathing.
And then as winter passes and the sun's rays grow stronger, join all the animals as they get ready for spring.
Award-winning science writer Melissa Stewart offers a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats, providing young readers with vivid glimpses of animals as they live out the winter beneath the snow and ice. Constance R. Bergum's glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow.
Author & Illustrator
Melissa Stewart earned degrees from Union College and New York University and worked as an editor. She is the author of more than sixty books and lives in Massachusetts.
You can visit Melissa Stewart’s website here.
Constance R. Bergum has illustrated several children's books. She holds an MFA in illustration from Marywood University and lives in Montana.
Reviews
“...this beautiful picture book will compliment the science curriculum and also makes for a great read aloud.” ―Booklist
“This pleasing addition is a great read-aloud for units on winter and animal habitats.” ―School Library Journal
“...cozy illustration...” ―Paging Through
“...a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats...glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow.” ―Kiwi Magazine Online
“Readers will come away with an appreciation for the adaptability and endurance of the animal world.” ―Kirkus
“...simple but satisfying book...” ―Virginian-Pilot
“...a welcome addition for young children who wonder about creatures during these frosty days.” ―Deseret News
“lyrical and measured...The pauses are so full of quiet, they seem to evoke a sense of winter as much as the words do...” ―The Asheville Citizen Times
“...up-close introduction to the hidden wonders of nature in wintertime.” ―Sunday Register-Guard
“...I highly recommend Under the Snow for all homeschooling families and children's libraries. It's one of those rare books that melds science with beautiful art and lyrical prose...a true treasure...” ―Janet Boyer blog
“Melissa Stewart's 'Under the Snow' relates how a variety of animals survives under the snow while we humans are busy above it all winter. From cracks in stone walls (where ladybugs crowd together) to under the ground (where a chipmunk sleeps in her burrow)...animals are keeping warm and reserving their energy until warm weather returns.” ―Bristol Herald Courier
“...Stewart takes readers on an informative journey, describing how snakes, spotted salamanders, beavers, and red-spotted newts, 'spend their days' during the winter months. Additionally, the author presents fascinating facts that make the spare text intriguing and fun. This is a great read-aloud for units on winter and animal habitats!” ―Bookish Ways blog
“...This beautiful book...really makes you think and wonder about the invisible winter creatures all around us...It's factual, charming, engaging, and is written simply but effectively, with just enough facts to whet a curious appetite...” ―Grade ONEderful blog
Awards
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 ―NSTA/CBC 2010
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended) ―Cooperative Children's Book Center 2010
Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List (top pick, primary) ―Kansas National Education Association 2010
Maine Chickadee Award (nominee) ―Maine Association of School Librarians 2010-2011
CCBC Choices (The Natural World) ―Cooperative Children's Book Center 2010
Ladybug Picture Book Award (nominee) ―New Hampshire Center for the Book 2010
Alabama Camellia Awards (nominee, grades 2-3) ―Alabama Department of Education 2010-2011
Best Children's Books of the Year (starred) ―Bank Street College of Education 2010
Cornerstones of Science Award (nominee) ―Cornerstones of Science
Surrey Schools' Book of the Year (nominee) ―School District #36 (Surrey) 2010-2011
Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award Silver Honor ―California Reading Association 2010
Society of School Librarians International Book Awards (Best Book, Science K-6) ―Society of School Librarians International 2010
Young Hoosier Book Award (nominee, picture book) ―Association for Indiana Media Educators 2011-2012
South Carolina Association of School Librarians ―South Carolina Picture Book Award (nominee) 2011-2012
Flicker Tale Children's Book Awards (nominee, non-fiction books) ―North Dakota Library Association 2011-2012
Prairie Bud Children's Book Award (nominee) ―SDLA, SDRC, SD State Library, SDESP 2011-2012
Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List (primary) ―New York State Reading Association 2012
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