Title: The Snowman’s Revenge
Author: Mark Smythe
Review: The illustrations in this cute children book are bright and inviting, they tell the story as well as the words. The words are in rhyme and fun to read with your children. I enjoyed the timing, but I was a bit disturbed by the Snowmans expressions. He is a bit scary looking and even more so as he decides he wants to scare the kids for leaving him outside alone. I think that it is almost a winter wonderland tale meets a Halloween fright.
My kids love to stay home from school on a Snow Day and they love to play outside making snowmen and then coming into drink hot cocoa and relax. I don't think any of us have ever thought of having the snowman decide he wanted to come in also. Snowman belong outside and this book is a bit spooky in my opinion. My daughter thought it was funny, but then she wasn't happy about the idea of a fright from a live snowman in the house. She thought that he belonged outside and someone just needed to tell him that.
I would love to say that I loved this book, but I just liked it. My youngest son wants to see a book about killer snowmen, he thinks that would be way cool. With this book I felt the need to explain to my kids that it is just make-believe and snowmen do not feel the cold or want to come in the house.
My kids love to stay home from school on a Snow Day and they love to play outside making snowmen and then coming into drink hot cocoa and relax. I don't think any of us have ever thought of having the snowman decide he wanted to come in also. Snowman belong outside and this book is a bit spooky in my opinion. My daughter thought it was funny, but then she wasn't happy about the idea of a fright from a live snowman in the house. She thought that he belonged outside and someone just needed to tell him that.
I would love to say that I loved this book, but I just liked it. My youngest son wants to see a book about killer snowmen, he thinks that would be way cool. With this book I felt the need to explain to my kids that it is just make-believe and snowmen do not feel the cold or want to come in the house.
Publisher: Published May 2nd 2009 by Mark Smythe
ISBN: 9780982270400
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 44
Quick Review: 3 stars (out of 5)
Why I Read It: The author was looking for reviewers.
Where I Obtained the Book: Sent by The Cadence Group.
Synopsis: If you were left out in the cold snow all by yourself, would you be mad? Of course you would! Well, this snowman is out for revenge, especially after he sees those kids in the nice warm house, eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate! So, let's see what happens in this delightful story, nicely flowing with rhymed verse, beautifully illustrated and quite humorous indeed. So loveable, it's sure to be an instant favorite and a timeless classic with "kids" of all ages.
Author Biography: Mark Smythe resides in a small, rural town located in the beautiful southern geography of western New York state. It is a lovely and quaint agricultural community, just south of Buffalo, New York.
He and his two children, Cassandra and Alexander, live on a picturesque, turn-of-the-century farm complete with a charming old white farmhouse, quaint red barns and wooden pasture fences.
Mark is an interior structural fire fighter with a local Volunteer Fire Department, as well as the Chief Operating Officer of a unique corporation: With Love From Above, LLC.
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