Twelve Kinds of Ice
Paperback – Picture Book, November 3, 2015
HarperCollins · Paperback · November 3, 2015
With the first ice—a skim on a sheep pail so thin, it breaks when touched—one family’s winter begins in earnest.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers drawn to lyrical depictions of winter and changing ice
- Themes
- A family's winter, Changing forms of ice, Skating on natural ice
- Pacing
- Steady
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With the first ice—a skim on a sheep pail so thin, it breaks when touched—one family’s winter begins in earnest. Next comes ice like panes of glass. And eventually, skating ice! Take a literary skate over field ice and streams, through sleeping orchards and beyond. The first ice, the second ice, the third ice . . . perfect ice . . . the last ice . . .
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Twelve kinds of ice are carved into twenty nostalgic vignettes, illustrated in elegantly scratched detail by the award-winning Barbara McClintock.
Where it sits
| Seasons | 55% |
|---|---|
| Weather Stories | 26% |
| Ice Skating Stories | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Seasons
- Christmas & Advent
- Country Life
- Environment & Conservation
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- Places to Explore
- Canadian Stories
- Imagination & Play
- Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Ellen Bryan Obed
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 3, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- A family's winter · Changing forms of ice · Skating on natural ice
- Reading lane
- Seasons