![]() ![]() ![]() Unvarnished pages and an elegant layout enhance the sense of magic in a natural world just out of view. ![]() The rhythm of the girl’s discoveries balances thoughtful discovery with moments of muted excitement, as when she skis downhill, then watches a fox pounce on a mouse (“His paws scratch away to find the mouse he heard scritch-scritch-scratching along underneath”). ![]() A human father and daughter are tiny figures in a field of white, cross-country skiing past fir trees and glimpsing the occasional animal, while other creatures are visible in cutaway views below ground (“Under the snow, a queen bumblebee drowses away December, all alone. 190 likes, 3 comments - Arnold Arboretum of Harvard (arnoldarboretum) on Instagram: 'StoryWalks are a wonderful way for families to read and talk about nature in. I lick sticky marshmallow from my lips and lean back with heavy eyes”) with debut illustrator Neal’s quiet, woodcut-like portraits of the snowy forest. They encounter various animals in the winter and discover. Straddling the informative and the evocative, this lovely study of the ways animals spend the winter in a “secret kingdom under the snow” combines Messner’s (Sea Monster’s First Day) graceful prose (“Over the snow, the fire crackles, and sparks shoot up to the stars. Over and Under the Snow is about a child and a father going out into the forest to cross-country ski. ![]()
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