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A Wonderful Year

Nick Bruel

Four linked stories follow the same girl through winter, spring, summer, and fall. In winter, everyone around her gives advice about dressing for snowfall until the snow disappears. Spring brings fairy-princess play with her dog, while her cat wants to be left alone. During an extremely hot summer, the girl melts and her purple hippo, Louise, puts her in the freezer. In fall, she talks with a tree that is alarmed to learn it will lose its leaves.

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Themes
Animals · Humor · Imagination · Weather And Climate
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-13
9781596436114
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2016Picture Books for School-Age Children
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