Then I picked this book called "Snowmen at Night", which is all about snowmen at night sliding out to the park and playing baseball and drinking cold cocoa and basically living it up. The illustrations are really bright and charming, and it looked like something a tiny person would think were very funny. (Can't wait to find out what sort of sense of humor little Finn will have. Oh, man. Until he gets old enough to be active on the comedy front, I'm going to be projecting a lu-lu sense of humor on to him.)
Look, I loved reading that snowman book myself. It looked great, and the snowmen looked so cute. And without realizing it, I developed a brief case of snowman fever. I didn't know I had it until Dave and I were leaving the store, and I kept halting by anything snowman-related. Dave finally said, "Hey, there, Snowman-Crazy..." and I had a flash of clarity that in fact I was hypnotized by anything snowman, and I found this hilarious to the point of doubling over.
But, truly, I urge you to consider the snowman afresh. Let yourself be seduced by the round simplicity and benevolence of the snowman. Become as a child again before his gentle, folksy sphericalness.
7 comments:
i love them!
Might I refer you to Bog Face's blog and the charming picture of FW with the NYC snowman (snapped by yours truly). If only I was clever enough to make a link.
In that snowman series of books, each picture has a few hidden things, like a bunny and, er.. a few other things I can't remember. It's neat-o.
Wouldn't it be a little creepy if snowmen actually did come alive at night? Like, you made it, and now it's real.
Uh oh. A new fear is developping. Stay away snow storm and you pseudo men made of snow!d
La Ketch, Pants, Eve, Kelly:
You are the people who cared enough about snowmen to comment. Or, that's a stretch. But I appreciate you nonetheless. Thank you for considering the snowman.
attack of the malformed snow man ... :P
yeap ... that will scare the beezeeburs out of the kids.
I hae snowman fever too now
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