![]() ![]() Images of the wild-eyed Goldilocks in her bright yellow frock and red cowboy boots, jump rope in hand, will likely not be soon forgotten. Mark Buehner's lushly layered oil-and-acrylic paintings feature a pleasantly plump and nattily dressed ursine clan and a rustic, cozily appointed home. The husband-and-wife team behind the best-selling Snowmen at Night and Snowmen at Christmas, Carolyn and Mark Buehner are also the creators of the. If you teach seasons, this book is fun to read. ![]() This fun rhyming book is a great story to share with your students during the winter months or anytime of the year. It takes you on an imaginative adventure of what snowmen might do if they were around all year. The bears' fair-haired visitor, who bursts on the scene singing, "Tra-la-la and tee-hee-hee,/ Won't you come and jump with me?" to an empty house, makes for an entertaining and fittingly irritating protagonist. They live in Utah with their nine children. Snowmen all Year is the cutest story written by Caralyn & Mark Buehner. ![]() A Goldilocks with jump-rope rhythm who speaks in rhyme injects some freshness into the Buehners' spin on the favorite nursery tale, starring Papa Bear, Mama Bear and "Little Wee Bear." Though Caralyn Buehner doesn't stray far from the original set-up-three bowls of porridge, three chairs and three beds all figure into the mix-her bear family's humorous dynamic and contemporary-sounding exchanges will feel both fun and familiar to young readers. ![]()
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