Beehive Award
2017 · Picture Book · Nominee
About This Book
"Blizzard" is based on John Rocco's childhood experience during the now infamous Blizzard of 1978, which brought fifty-three inches of snow to his town in Rhode Island. Told with a brief text and dynamic illustrations, the book opens with a boy's excitement upon seeing the first snowflake fall outside his classroom window. It ends with the neighborhood's immense relief upon seeing the first snowplow break through on their street. In between the boy watches his familiar landscape transform into something alien, and readers watch him transform into a hero who puts the needs of others first. John uses an increasing amount of white space in his playful images, which include a gatefold spread of the boy's expedition to the store. This book about the wonder of a winter storm is as delicious as a mug of hot cocoa by the fire on a snowy day.
Awards
Georgia Children's Book Award
2016 · Picture Book · Finalist
Red Clover Award
2016 · Picture Book · Nominee
Cybils
2015 · Fiction Picture Book · Finalist
Irma S. & James H. Black Award
2015 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Ladybug Picture Book Award
2015 · Children's Picture · Nominee
Star of the North Picture Book Award
2015 · Grades K-2 · Nominee
Junior Library Guild
2015 · Selection
Irma S. & James H. Black Award
2014 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
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