Scoop that Snow!

Scoop that Snow!
Jon Scieszka's Trucktown
by
David Shannon, Loren Long, and David Gordon
Children's Fiction
ages 1-4
boardbook

What's not to love about a book that has a window with plastic flake snow that a child can shake and sparkly glitter snow on the inside? This book features and enthusiastic tractor snow plow and a dump truck having a ton of fun clearing the streets of snow.
This sturdy book should appeal to many Tonka lovers and should hold up pretty well with heavy library usage until the plastic window is punctured.
This is less sarcastic and with broader appeal than some others in the series.

Katy and the Big Snow

Katy and the Big Snow
by
Virginia Lee Burton.

This is an oldie but goodie (1943). I experienced this one as a book-on-tape plus book kit. I had it in my car and listened to it three times this week!
The unidentified narrator was very enthusiastic as Katy, the tractor that was a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter. If you remember "Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel" but not "Katy", then be sure to read the Katy book. It is a real treat. It is easy to see the similarity between Mary Anne and Katy and these two books. Mary Anne and Katy are two great heroines. If you can, introduce these books to your local Bob the Builder and Handy Manny fans.
Now is the right time to read this book as the snows start in Ohio.