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Winter Is the Warmest Season Hardcover – Picture Book, October 1, 2006

by Lauren Stringer (Author, Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
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Most people think summer is the warmest season. This story, however, is brimming with evidence to the contrary--from roaring fires to grilled cheese sandwiches to toasty flannel pajamas. A unique twist on the traditional wintertime picture book, the beautiful visual narrative follows a boy and his family through a day of hot breakfasts, steaming afternoon cocoa, and a festive candlelit party before bed.
    With its inviting scenes, poetic text,and gorgeous illustrations, Winter Is the Warmest Season celebrates all the wonderful things that make winter the coziest time of the year.

 
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  1. Reading age
    4 - 7 years
  2. Print length
    40 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Lexile measure
    AD480L
  6. Dimensions
    11.25 x 0.34 x 10 inches
  7. Publisher
    Clarion Books
  8. Publication date
    October 1, 2006
  9. ISBN-10
    0152049673
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0152049676
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PreSchool-Grade 3–In this playful concept book, Stringer enumerates the joys of winter to prove her point that it is the warmest season. Children don puffy jackets, deep boots, and hats with earflaps. The cold sandwiches and drinks of summer are replaced by hot soups, pies, and breads. Nights are warm, with fireplaces and candles burning, and gatherings of friends and family. Each fanciful acrylic spread is carefully composed with an eye toward balance and to drawing readers' eyes across the pages. Thus, on one spread, while a boy and his dog dance past snowmen at the top, a row of hibernating animals burrow beneath a layer of snow across the bottom. There's a lively flow to both illustration and text, with cheerfully jumbled perspectives and a sense of the ongoing cycle of seasons. A cheerful celebration of winter's pleasures.–Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA
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*Starred Review* Winter? Cold? It's all in the way you look at things as this imaginative book makes clear. A boy proclaims that summer notwithstanding, his world is warmest in winter. His puffy jacket is cozy, and a fire burns in the fireplace. Comparisons between summer and winter come in clever pairs: jelly sandwiches turn into grilled cheese; cool swims turn into hot baths. Nor is it just the boy who feels the difference: the cat cuddles on laps instead of stretching out on the windowsill. In a linguistic rhapsody, the boy explains how "sleeping radiators awake to their dragon selves, banging and hissing and pouring heat." It takes special art to accentuate the evocative words, and Stringer, who has illustrated many books for others, provides distinctive pictures for herself. With fascinating perspectives that sometimes start on the ceiling, the deeply hued acrylic artwork ranges from friendly to joyous, as in a two-page spread of a party filled with fun and music. A special book worthy of many readings, this radiates warmth. Ilene Cooper
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; First Edition (October 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0152049673
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0152049676
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD480L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.25 x 0.34 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 52 ratings

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LAUREN STRINGER creates paintings, drawings, and books in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and two cats. Her first illustrated picture book, Mud, won an IRA Children’s Choice Award, Crayola Kids Best Book of the Year Award and was declared a "Flying Starts" by Publisher's Weekly. Since Mud, Lauren has written and illustrated many celebrated picture books. Her book When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky received the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers and named a Booklist's Top Ten Art Books and ALA Notable Book. Stringer was recently awarded a second McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, for her manuscript, An Abundance of Light: The Story of Matisse in Morocco. Her newest book, The Dark Was Done will be published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster in Fall 2022.

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All the ways to be "warm" in winter - bundling up, taking a bath, parties with friends, fireplaces, etc. Cute story and detailed illustrations.
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Karen Hale
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Great book.
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Christine Leichtnam
5.0 out of 5 stars HOORAY FOR WINTER
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2009
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Finally, winter gets the respect it deserves! As a person who survived record-breaking snowfall this winter, I read this book with a smile on my face. Bring it on!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015
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Dippy Diner
5.0 out of 5 stars children's books
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My grandchildren and I really enjoyed the artwork and the story. It was a joy to read.
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Ulyyf
4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling argument :)
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2009
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The child narrator of this book is devoted to convincing us that winter is the warmest season (yes, yes, you guessed that from the title, you're very clever).

The examples *are* convincing - in winter, we have feet on our pajamas, we eat grilled cheese instead of cold jelly, we turn on radiators instead of fans, the cats sleep on our laps instead of on our windowsills. However, what I really like about this book is the artwork. They just make me feel emotionally... well... warm. I know that that's pretty vague, but it's the truth.
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M. Allen Greenbaum
5.0 out of 5 stars A Tour de Force in Any Season!
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2007
What's that you say...Winter is the WARMEST season?! NOOO--how can that be?!

Ms. Lauren Stringer answers skeptics and pre-schoolers alike with this lavishly illustrated and imaginatively written book. It's going to make my list of top 20 books read in 2007, because Stinger's case for winter is both compelling and beautiful. The premise would engagte any toddler or early grade schooler, but Stringer runs confidently with it, writing as captivating and luscious a book as I've read in quite some time.

If you've read the other reviews and product description, you'll know that both the practical (warm clothing) and the emotional (warm feelings) effectively contradict what the thermometer tells us. However, it's the way that Ms. Stringer tells the story that makes all the difference. It's a very active book, both in the active (as opposed to passive) voice, and the way she animates the objects that warm us. The young narrator doesn't merely say he put on a warm hat and coat; instead, he tells us, "my hat grows earflaps," and "my jacket puffs warm with feathers." Later, the boy's pajamas "will grow big warm feet." Winter doesn't rest here, it's alive and full of possibilities. (Actually, one skillful illustration shows assorted animals hibernating underground, while above, the "the snowman I build dance on top, wearing warm wraparound scarves.")

Transformations continue: "My iced summer's milk turns to hot chocolate. Cold jelly sandwiches turn into grilled cheeses." Throughout her book, Ms. Springer's imagery and language are spectacular:

"When winter comes,

summer's cool fans hide

in dark basements...

while sleeping rasiators awake

to their dragon selves, banging

and hissing and pouring heat

all through my house."

This is pure poetry, and belies any thought that writing really good books for kids can be done by just anyone. I mentioned the emotional warmth that the book conveys, and we feel this in cats who sit on laps, and in festive, candle-lit parties with music ansd dancing and warm, festive clothing, snuggling and reading in bed with your parents and your cat, and later with your teddy bear. A surprise tops it off, in winter the boy might just dream of summer..."just to cool me off!"

The acrylic on watercolor paper illustrations are just as rich and inviting as the prose, with action and bold patterns and a varied palette (although warm colors abound.) A tour de force, in any season.
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Laurel Berenguer
5.0 out of 5 stars Super star!
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2013
it is a very good book because it is a good story and that I like winter too. I am now a hipster
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Britt
5.0 out of 5 stars Cuddle up under a warm blanket and read
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2013
Just read to my 6 year old. This is what she thought of the book, " winter is the very best with blankets on your lap and a good book with you to read before bed."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Livre sur l'hiver qui change de Noël
Reviewed in France on December 27, 2015
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Superbe livre parfaitement illustré qui présente l'hiver sur un nouvel angle très intéressent. Cela change des livres sur Noël. Parfait pour les parents où les enseignants de primaire.
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