This gentle ode to a teacher’s skill at inspiring, encouraging, and being a role model is spoken, presumably, from a child’s viewpoint. A seek-and-find element adds to the fun of poring over the pages-a cat, rabbit, T-rex and mouse are hidden in each painting.įans and those looking for books about occupations may find themselves looking askance at every snowman they see.Ī paean to teachers and their surrogates everywhere. Hat, mitten and scarf styles add personality to the characters-don’t miss the librarian’s and teacher’s. Especially fun is the pet store, where all the animals are made of snow: a snow rabbit with carrot ears, a snow monkey swinging from the lights and “coldfish” in a tank.

Each work scene is filled with familiar occupational details, like the clip that attaches the dentist’s cloth around patients’ necks and the decorations that adorn the classroom-it’s just the characters that seem out of place to 98.6-degree readers.

The Buehners continue their snowmen-come-to-life shtick with this look at occupations.Ī boy who made a snowman the night before awakens to find new snow on the ground but already-cleared walkways-by his snowman? “Was he the one who shoveled, with a snowman shoveling crew? / Could it be I just don’t see that snowmen have jobs too?” Caralyn Buehner’s rhyming verses then lead readers in an imaginative tour of other jobs snowmen might have: mechanic (for sleds), grocer, baker, magician, firefighter, “pizza man,” factory worker and truck driver.

Snowmen at Work by Caralyn Buehner