Straight to the Pole

CRITICS HAVE SAID

  • Young fans of irony-fortified humor will get a hoot out of O’Malley’s snowy spoof. . . Guaranteed to elicit giggles from any kid who has worn a snowsuit.
    –Publishers Weekly

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  • Carrick, Carol. Lost in the Storm. Clarion, 1987.
  • Cassino, Mark, with Jon Nelson. The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder. Chronicle, 2009.
  • Chapman, Cheryl. Snow on Snow on Snow. Dial, 1994.
  • Gliori, Debi. The Snow Lambs. Scholastic, 1996.
  • Johnson, David A. Snow Sounds: An Onomatopoeic Story. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
  • Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day. Viking, 1962.
  • Kellogg, Steven. The Missing Mitten Mystery. Dial, 2000.
  • Lakin, Patricia. Snow Day! Dial, 2002.
  • Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Snowflake Bentley. Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
  • O’Malley, Kevin. Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude. Walker, 2005.
  • Perkins, Lynne Rae. Snow Music. Greenwillow, 2003.
  • Prelutsky, Jack. It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! Greenwillow, 1984.
  • Sakai, Komako. The Snow Day. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 2009.
  • Schnur, Steven. Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic. Clarion, 2002.
  • Steen, Sandra & Susan Steen. Car Wash. Putnam, 2001.
  • Stojic, Manya. Snow. Knopf, 2002.
  • Wright, Betty Ren. The Blizzard. Holiday House, 2003.