{"id":351578,"date":"2025-12-19T15:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/canlit-for-littlecanadians-community-snowman\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:35:45","slug":"canlit-for-littlecanadians-community-snowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=351578","title":{"rendered":"CanLit for LittleCanadians: Community Snowman"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Written by Deborah Kerbel<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Illustrated by Tine Modeweg-Hansen<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Groundwood Books<\/span><\/p>\n

978-1-77306-951-7<\/span><\/p>\n

32 pp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ages 3-7<\/span><\/p>\n

October 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s snow out there and loads more coming. Whether it’s in a yard, in a park, or in a schoolyard, there will be snow persons being built. (Actually, there will be snowmen, snow women, snow friends, snow dinosaurs, snow bears, and more.) And what’s better than building a snow person? It’s building it with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After an ordinary night of sleep, a child awakens groggily to their routines. But when they look out the winter, everything changes from ordinary to amazing because the world outside is coated with deep, fluffy snow. Soon it’s a race to get dressed and bundled up and head outside with their caregiver, perhaps a grandfather, following with similar enthusiasm, albeit a little more slowly and carrying a satchel with his knitting. So, as the child make snowballs and snow angels and starts making a snowman, their grandfather clears a bit of bench and gets to his sock knitting.<\/span><\/div>\n

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All around people are bustling. Some trudge through the snow, heads down, oblivious to the snow joy in this child and in other children. Maybe they’re going to work or to school, or walking their dogs, or going for groceries. But our child is busy too. Now they are starting to build a snowman. The bottom ball is always easy because you just roll it in to place. But the next ball, still large and needing to be lifted, is far more challenging, especially when another kid throws our child off balance with a snowball. No worries. He comes to help them. Two children then become three children at work and then a couple of teens join in to create the three-ball shape.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>Now everyone gets in on the creation, with food stuffs like a pickle, chocolates, and bagels being added, and then with bits and bobs of clothing: a hat, work gloves, a shawl, and earmuffs. Everyone contributes something. But what does a man without a coat, socks, or gloves have to give? A poppy.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Without words, Deborah Kerbel <\/b>tells a story of a community coming together to build a snowman and building kindness and compassion. It’s a powerful story of how a small thing can become a meaningful moment. What’s starts as play leads to friendship, to acceptance, and to benevolence. That’s tough to get all that into a story that is wordless. But, with Deborah Kerbel<\/b> as the storyteller, I’m not surprised by the strength of her story to draw her readers in, touch them, and make them feel the fellowship of the moment. But Tine Modeweg-Hansen<\/b>, a Copenhagen-born illustrator who lives in Montreal, gives Deborah Kerbel<\/b>‘s story the life of colour and community. In watercolour and ink, Tine Modeweg-Hansen<\/b>‘s art, very reminiscent of the award-winning Quentin Blake, fills in those words with activity and detail. The cold and the wetness of the snow, the movement of the characters, human and animal, and the diversity of people makes the story spirited. Everyone and everything becomes part of a story that could only be described as feel-good.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At this time of year, with snow on the ground and holiday cheer ringing out, let’s remember that community can come together spontaneously and with the greatest of heart without the giving of expensive gifts or conspicuous charity. It can happen naturally from a child’s delight with snow and not overlooking those who might need help, whether it’s lifting a ball of snow or providing a pair of socks.<\/span>
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