![]() ![]() Notice: the snowflake patterns on the child’s mits, the activities of the pup accompanying her the whole time, and the animals emerging and watching in the dark woods. Go back and look once more at the details in Park’s captivating snow-filled scenes. A magically uplifting moment occursĪfter which reality reasserts itself and we, and the little girl, are returned once more to her back garden and another kind of enchantment. Into the woods where she joins a throng of other snowman-building children. First though it seems, she must roll her ball of snow down urban streets, across a moonlit field, beside an elevated railway track – ‘ Fast, fast fast’ – Said toddler dons warm outdoor gear (good on her) and creeps out into the white world beyond her front door, there to discover the joys of building a snowman. With impactful minimal text and a limited colour palette, debut picture book artist Park creates the magic of a first snowfall as experienced by a toddler. ![]()
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