Snowboy 1, 2, 3

Debut author Joe Wahman teams up with his wife for a winter-themed counting book that swings between charming and creepy. Decked out in stockings and a hunter’s cap, a scarecrowlike snowboy sits “all alone” in the forest. “Two children unaware,” soon appear, but the story follows other figures, including other snowpeople and a fox that attempts to lure nine rabbits with carrots. Wendy Wahman’s digital artwork features a cheerful palette, but unintentionally unsettling details—a cluster of snowpeople’s “three smiles made of stone” are downright chilling—make this an odd read. Ages 3–up. (Oct.)