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There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a small child wishes for a different sort of day in this striking picture book. When clouds gather and heavy flakes begin to fall, her invocation comes true. As a too-busy world falls silent, a family revels in the freedom and peace of a snow day. 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. AUTHOR: Joyce Sidman received a Newbery Honor for Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, and won NCTE's Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Visit her website at www.joycesidman.com. Beth Krommes received the Caldecott Medal for The House in the Night and has illustrated other acclaimed picture books. Visit her website at www.bethkrommes.com.

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Throughout, Krommes s illustrations do the narrative work, and a series of wordless spreads at book s end provides a sweet balance to the front matter s opening scenes, slowly easing the reader out of this mesmerizing book. Horn Book, STARRED review

* The poetry is brief but lovely, giving voice to many youngsters dreams of a blanket of snow; the art s creation of a plot gives narrative weight to the verse, while Krommes intricate scratchboard illustrations lend a pleasing toylike quality to the rounded figures and stylized landscape. <b> Bulletin, STARRED review</b> It s a sweet, but never saccharine, tale of family and so cozy in every possible way that readers will want to return to it again and again. Pair it with your best hot cocoa recipe. Read. Repeat. <b> BookPage</b> * This simply perfect book is a must-have piece of portable poetry and art for all collections. <b> School Library Journal, STARRED review</b> * [<i>Before Morning's</i>] parallel but separate threads the innocent images of the poem, the cheery reassurance of the illustrations, and the tension of the family s wait give this collaboration significant emotional depth. <b> Publishers Weekly, STARRED review</b> * It is rare in picture books to find words and art so perfectly matched, though perhaps not surprising given the talents of Newbery Honor winning Sidman (Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, 2010) and Caldecott winner Krommes (The House in the Night, 2008). Each phrase in Sidman s spare text is evokes the heart and the senses (let the earth turn to sugar ), while Krommes scratchboard art is so intricately rendered, so full of story, that each page could be investigated dozens of times. <b> Booklist, STARRED review</b> * Like a snow day, a special treat with broad appeal. <b> Kirkus, STARRED review</b> * Throughout, Krommes s illustrations do the narrative work, and a series of wordless spreads at book s end provides a sweet balance to the front matter s opening scenes, slowly easing the reader out of this mesmerizing book. <b> Horn Book, STARRED review</b>

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Joyce Sidman received a Newbery Honor for Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and many honors for her other books. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit her website at www.joycesidman.com. Beth Krommes received the Caldecott Medal for The House in the Night and has illustrated other acclaimed picture books. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Visit her website at www.bethkrommes.com.

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