SNOW

Books, particularly children's books, often transport readers to lands unknown or not yet explored. Books can be Aladdin's magic carpet or Emily Dickinson's frigate that takes us lands away. Picture books, with their evocative illustrations, amplify the adventures; better still, the picture book experience enhanced by audio interpretation. With SNOW, listeners will travel to Eastern Europe to join a small boy, full of hope, as the first flake of snow falls. Music, positively sprightly, accompanies the flakes that spin and twirl and develop into a blizzard as the adults throughout the town scoff at the possibility. Children, who so well know the uses of enchantment and blind faith, will rejoice in its splendor. T.B. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/NOV 00]