The Enchanted Sled (Creative Editions) - Hardcover

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PreSchool-Grade 2–Although Wahl's poem seems to be about a winter excursion, Felix abandons visual references to snow after the first spread. Instead, viewers are whisked away to balmy imaginary lands where a girl is transformed into a puffed-up toad, a mermaid, a queen, a gypsy asleep in camp, and other incarnations. Tendrils of her long, orange hair wind through the soft-focus landscapes. Her pale skin and languid poses add to her remoteness in this self-consciously artsy volume. For a winter book that employs artistic creativity to foster multiple readings, turn to Lynne Rae Perkins's Snow Music (HarperCollins, 2003). Hope Vestergaard's Hello, Snow! (Farrar, 2004) offers a much better choice if you need a straightforward, rhymed romp. Unfortunately for Wahl, the illustrations in Sled don't give his words much traction.–Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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