Here comes Jack Frost

Available (8)

Location	Collection	Call #
Bethel Park Public Library	Picture Books	PB KOHARA Kazuno
Location	Bethel Park Public Library
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	PB KOHARA Kazuno
Carnegie Library of McKeesport	Picture Books	P KOH
Location	Carnegie Library of McKeesport
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	P KOH
Cooper-Siegel Community Library	Children's Seasonal	E KOH
Location	Cooper-Siegel Community Library
Collection	Children's Seasonal
Call Number	E KOH
Mt. Lebanon Public Library	Children's Picture Books	j Ea KOHARA
Location	Mt. Lebanon Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Call Number	j Ea KOHARA
Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	J PIC KOHARA
Location	Northland Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Call Number	J PIC KOHARA
Oakmont Carnegie Library	Easy Fiction	E KOH
Location	Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection	Easy Fiction
Call Number	E KOH
Upper St. Clair Township Library	Picture Books	SEASONS WINTER
Location	Upper St. Clair Township Library
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	SEASONS WINTER
Whitehall Public Library	Picture Books	PIC Kohara
Location	Whitehall Public Library
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	PIC Kohara

 

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Location	Collection	Status
Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	CHECKED OUT
Location	Northland Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Status	CHECKED OUT
Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	CHECKED OUT
Location	Northland Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Status	CHECKED OUT
Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	CHECKED OUT
Location	Northland Public Library
Collection	Children's Picture Books
Status	CHECKED OUT

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Summary

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "Kohara, author-illustrator of the well-received Ghosts in the House! (2008), moves from autumn to winter and introduces another not-of-this world creature. A young boy has nobody to play with until a frosty figure named Jack appears. Running and jumping, sledding, and skiing ensue, along with a snowball fight. All the boy has to do to ensure more fun is never mention anything warm. Then one day he finds a snowdrop: It's almost spring. In an instant, Jack disappears, leaving behind only the whisper of a promised return. The story is slight, but the artwork is divine, beginning with the glittered jacket cover. In Ghosts, Kohara, a printmaker, used orange and black to great effect. Here, the simple yet creatively rendered shapes are all icy blues and snowy whites (except inside, where a more subdued gray-blue is juxtaposed against a woody brown). The artful design (for instance, a snowy hill is simply an empty space) is what will draw repeat viewers, young and old, who'll be taken with the pictures' evocative feel.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2009 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: ""Never mention anything warm in front of me..." Jack Frost, a spiky elfin creature, tells his new friend, a boy whose winter doldrums are interrupted by the sprightly figure's arrival. "That would break the spell and force me to leave." The boy agrees, and he and Jack Frost scamper off across the spreads of this celebration of winter magic. Kohara's (Ghosts in the House!) sharp-edged white silhouettes suggest the crisp ice-cold of winter, but midnight blue backgrounds pale as they near the horizon like old Japanese woodblock prints, softening and adding depth. Jack Frost's challenges ("You can't catch me! You can't jump over the pond!") are easily met: the boy sails effortlessly with eyes closed to where the sprite waits on the far side, while the boy's hound, wearing skates as well, pirouettes. In an especially lovely scene, Jack, the boy and the dog build three snowmen with features that echo their own. Jack's a wonderful playmate, and only when the boy discovers a snowdrop does their idyll end. The book ends with a promise: "See you next winter!" A sparkling winter treat. Ages 3-6. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Additional Information

Subjects	Jack Frost -- (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction. Winter -- Juvenile fiction. Jack Frost -- Fiction. Winter -- Fiction. Boys -- Fiction. Animals -- Fiction. Birds -- Fiction. Picture books.
Publisher	New York :Roaring Brook Press,2009
Edition	1st American ed.
Language	English
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN	9781596434424 1596434422
Other	Classic View