When a little rabbit wakes up early one morning its mother assures it that there's no reason to get up. A title capable of finding the dreamlike beauty in stark reality. Any child who has ever watched flakes fall in rapid succession is going to get a kick out of this book. A Japanese import from the creator of the equally compelling and mesmerizing Emily's Balloon, Sakai's title turns gray to gold. I find it hard to believe that The Snow Day by Komako Sakai will share either of these fates, though. They either are accused of glutting the market with more of the same, or they are so unique that they're told that they won't find their readership. In my experience, picture books that deal with simple subjects generally have a hard road to hoe. The contrast of bright white snow lit by the streetlights, and the jet-black sky above. I remember playing in the snow at night as a small child. You know when a picture book is successful? When it can conjure up a feeling or a memory you didn't even know you had.
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