Snow Day
Betsy Meastro. Scholastic, $4.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-590-46083-5
Brightly lit full-page art accompanies this nonfiction primer about the beauty of blizzards and the complex task of snow removal. Ages 5-8. (Dec.)
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Reviewed on: 11/30/1992
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