SNOW DAY!
Patricia Lakin, , illus. by Scott Nash. . Dial, $15.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8037-2642-0
Although this exuberant book should probably come with a disclaimer—"Kids, don't try this at home"—there's no denying that Sam, Pam, Will and Jill, a quartet of anthropomorphized crocodile children, have hit on an ingenious way to take full advantage of a new snowfall. Posing as principals (they even put on dressy clothes to get in the right frame of mind), they call the local news station and declare a snow day. "All schools are closed!" announces the staff of Croc-O News. "Wheee!" exult Sam, Pam, Will and Jill, a few pages later. "And they sledded and sledded all day." Lakin's (
Reviewed on: 10/21/2002
Genre: Children's