{"id":36861,"date":"2020-02-09T23:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T03:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36861"},"modified":"2020-02-09T23:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T03:49:27","slug":"review-of-penny-and-her-sled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36861","title":{"rendered":"Review of Penny and Her Sled"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Penny and Her Sled<\/em><\/p>\n

by Kevin Henkes<\/p>\n

Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins), 2019. 56 pages.
\nStarred Review
\nReview written November 4, 2019, from a library book
\n2019 Sonderbooks Stand-out<\/a>: #7 in Picture Books<\/p>\n

Another Penny<\/em> book by Kevin Henkes! Huzzah! These are all beginning chapter books with plenty of pictures and concerns that mirror those of other young mice or children.<\/p>\n

In this one, Penny is waiting for snow because she can\u2019t wait to use her new sled. But \u2013 Spoiler Alert! \u2013 she waits all winter and it does not come.<\/p>\n

Now, there may not be too many parts of the country where this really happens, but I had a special connection to Penny, because the last winter I lived in the Seattle area, when I was five years old, the winter before our family moved to California \u2013 it didn\u2019t snow at all except for briefly when I was supposed to be taking a nap but was instead looking out the window at the falling snow that was gone by the time I got to go outside.<\/p>\n

You see how it traumatized me?<\/p>\n

So I have nothing but sympathy for poor Penny, waiting and waiting for snow!<\/p>\n

[Alas! I’m posting this with winter winding down — and this year in the DC area, very little snow has fallen. Would be a great choice here this year.]<\/p>\n

Penny finds things to do with her sled while she\u2019s waiting. <\/p>\n

And eventually, Mama suggests Penny might wait for snowdrops instead of waiting for snow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if the snowdrops are like the snow?\u201d said Penny. \u201cWhat if the snowdrops do not come up this year?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will,\u201d said Mama.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what you said about the snow,\u201d said Penny.<\/p>\n

Mama was quiet for a moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember a few years when it did not snow,\u201d Mama said. \u201cBut I do not remember a year without snowdrops.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do love how Penny responds when the snowdrops finally do come up. She makes sure that her sled is involved.<\/p>\n

This is great for beginning readers. There are five chapters and pictures on every page. And it talks about a universal concern \u2013 waiting.<\/p>\n

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