Review: Another Lovely Elwyn Tate Children's Book ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
"The Deep and Snowy Wood" is a lovely little book, written as a poem, in which a number of different animals each travel separately through the deep, snowy wood.  They meet and wait for something - until they hear the bells of Santa's sleigh and all know it is Christmas Day.  I particularly liked that on the next-to-last page, where everyone knows " ...it's Christmas Day!" that Tate included a Nativity scene and acknowledges, visually, the true meaning of Christmas.Elwyn Tate is one of my grandson's favorite authors, and one of my favorites to read aloud to him.  Tate writes well; his rhymes are not awkward, nor is the story forced in any one direction to create a rhyme.  "The Deep and Snowy Wood" is beautifully illustrated.  The charming pictures are more detailed and have more depth and visual interest than the illustrations of many current children's books.  The text flows, following the wind current, to provide visual movement and action.  In several illustrations, the animals appear almost three-dimensional."The Deep and Snowy Wood" is a book that little ones will delight in having parents or grandparents read aloud to them.