Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton

katy and the big snow

Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton. HMH Books for Young Readers, 1943. 40 pages.

Only Virginia Lee Burton could craft as lovable a tractor-pushing-snowplow as Katy. Although she pushes a bulldozer in the summer, the focus of the book is on Katy’s untiring hard work on behalf of the town of Geopolis during a winter snowstorm. Given the intense snow we’ve already seen this winter, new readers will appreciate Katy’s effort anew. Burton fills the pages with so many interesting elements: a crash course in orienteering and using a compass, information on different types of vehicles, mention of many “community helpers,” weather, seasons, and the passage of time. In fact, Katy and the Big Snow is a perfect kindergarten book. The text will offer sufficient challenge for advanced readers at that age, but it also works as a read aloud.

See also our celebration of Virginia Lee Burton here, and reviews of Choo-ChooMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Little House

Cautions: none

Overall Quality: 4.5

  • Moral/Worldview Value: 4.5
  • Artistic Value: 4.5

Categories: Classics, Picture Books, Character Values, Seasons

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