Charlotte's Snowman by Lainey Dee

 Charlotte's Snowman

 by Lainey Dee

Charlotte's Snowman by Lainey Dee and illustrated by Sarah Leigh-Wills .

 My thanks to the author for sending me a copy to review and to 

Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me to take part of the blog tour.

Synopsis

Children love building snowmen. When they add a nose, eyes, and mouth to their snowman, they get a magical feeling that their snowman has his own personality.

And… sometimes snowmen do come alive!

Charlotte wakes up and sees that it’s snowing… it’s snowing and it’s snowing. She runs outside to build a snowman. She fixes a carrot for the snowman’s nose, a stick for his mouth, and two stones for his eyes.

But the snowman has many demands, so Charlotte has to part with her gloves, scarf and hat; so her snowman wouldn’t feel cold. But the sun comes up all of a sudden, and Charlotte cannot find her snowman anymore. She is sad. Then, she learns that her snowman hasn’t disappeared completely, but is hiding in the ground, waiting to emerge next winter.

A great book for those children who miss their much loved snowman when winter is over.

My Review

As it says on the back cover this is a lovely book for young children who miss their much loved snowman when winter is over.

With the story focussing on what happens to the snowman when the snow melts this is a lovely reassuring book for young children and the illustrations are really apt in describing the story. I was also impressed with the actual size of the book an the font , which is perfect for young children to hold and follow. 

There were a couple of pages where I thought there was too much information on them and they should have been split over a few pages which would also have added to the suspense and enjoyment of reading the book together. Considering that everything else about the book seems extremely well though out I was surprised about this .

However, overall this is a lovely book for  a child to have read to them at Christmas and also be able to read it themselves when they are older.

About the Author

Lainey Dee was born in Birmingham and grew up in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

The author of Charlotte's Snowman, Let's Celebrate Being Different and Rodasauri the Dinosaur's Trip to London. 

Lainey was inspired to write for young people having worked with children for many years. Lainey currently looks after twins aged five years. A huge art deco fan, she lives in an art deco house which is decorated in that period style. In her free time, she enjoys baking and cooking for friends and visiting national trust properties.

Her favourite ice cream is strawberry and the strangest place she has slept in was a tepee Texas.

She enjoys using her imagination to invent new stories and characters. Lainey hopes her books will help readers see themselves and the world differently and understand how special they are.