FICTION

Who Will See Their Shadows This Year?

by Jerry PALLOTTA
Who Will See Their Shadows This Year? illus. by David Biedrzycki. 32p. Scholastic. 2013. pap. $6.99. ISBN 978-0-545-47275-3.
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PreS-Gr 1—Why should the groundhog get all the attention? Several animals decide to try affecting the weather with their own shadows, with varying results: the camel's causes a sandstorm, the buffalo's makes sleet, and the peacock's a tornado. The racket wakes the groundhog, who, seeing no shadow, brings the spring. Accompanied by hyper-cartoonish color illustrations, the one-note joke spins out for far too long, though the book might be useful to start classroom discussions about why the animals pictured (ranging from a chicken to a polar bear) would not live in the same habitat.—Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD
Reviewed by Kathleen Kelly , Apr 01, 2013

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