Whose Tracks in the Snow?

by Alexandra Milton

Overview

A great natural-history picture book that introduces children to animal tracks.

Look! Look!
Tracks in the Snow!
Who do they belong to?
Where do they go?

Whose Tracks in the Snow? is an informative and special picture book by the author/illustrator of Who Is in the Egg? It features hares, ducks, foxes, deer, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912757947
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	12/13/2022
Series:	Nature Revealed!
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.88(w) x 10.75(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD580L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Alexandra Milton was born in Paris and brought up on a diet of beautifully illustrated children's books. She studied art and English in Paris and then moved to England, where she worked as a primary school teacher before becoming a full-time illustrator.

Editorial Reviews

Made with shredded and torn handmade paper and colored pencil, the spreads are filled with gorgeous textures, encouraging the eye to pore over not just the tracks, but the animals’ habitats as well.... Sure to lure children into the woods.” — Kirkus, Starred Review

From the Publisher

★ 2022-08-31
Clues and descriptive language will spur children to become wintertime trackers.

Rhyming text that begins identically on every other spread—“Look! Look! / Tracks in the snow!”—describes the main characteristics of each track for readers and then asks them to guess who made it. “Tracks with three points, / Tracks like a wedge. / Who left the tracks by the snow-topped hedge?” Smudgy black tracks echo what children would see in nature, and a glimpse of a part of each animal gives a further clue. In this case, the vibrant tip of a blue, yellow, and orange tail. The page turn reveals the answer—a long-tailed pheasant—and a short paragraph of information. Though the rhyme stumbles once (claws with fours), the descriptions of tracks are stellar, giving kids similes and adjectives that they can then use for other things; the duck’s tracks are like kites, the red squirrel’s are like fingers and have claws, and the deer’s are heart-shaped and in two lines. Made with shredded and torn handmade paper and colored pencil, the spreads are filled with gorgeous textures, encouraging the eye to pore over not just the tracks, but the animals’ habitats as well. The snow isn’t flat white; it has shadings and color variations. And while the animals look realistically furry or feathered, the foliage is more stylistic: a pine with lace collars of snow, another with delicately feathered branches. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Sure to lure children into the woods. (life-size tracks) (Informational picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews