Young People's Pavilion: The Itsy Bitsy Snowman

A young, rosy-cheeked snowman stars in this fun and playful seasonal twist  on “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,”  In The Itsy Bitsy Snowman by Jeffrey Burton, the musicality  of the language makes this clever riff  and favorite nursery rhyme perfect for wintertime!

The itsy bitsy snowman went sledding into town,
looking at the snowflakes softly falling down.
Out came his friends to lend a happy hand.
And everything was perfect in his winter wonderland.

According to Publisher's Weekly:

In an echo of the original spider’s waterspout travails, the snowman has trouble keeping its limbs and body in one piece as it sleds through a cozy winter landscape of animals dressed in hats and scarves, who race around on skies and ice skates themselves. After the snowman crash lands in a small village, “Out came his friends to lend a happy hand./ And everything was perfect in his winter wonderland.” Both the rhymes and artwork are unapologetically sugary, but the book’s nursery rhyme underpinnings should result in some fun readalouds.

Kirkus Reviews said Sanja Rescek's "illustrations are bright, cheery, and cartoonlike, with an appropriate wintry pale blue as the dominant color."

Little ones will love this fresh winter spin on a classic nursery rhyme, as one little snowman sleds through a winter wonderland. Ages 2–4.