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Winter Dance

“Winter is coming … what should I do?” Many animals have an answer for the red fox who is wondering how to prepare. A caterpillar suggests spinning a chrysalis. A turtle suggests swimming deep down into mud. Gather nuts like squirrel? Zip into a cave, hang upside down, and sleep like bat? Fly south like the geese? “That won’t do for me,” fox answers each time, knowing he isn’t meant to do any of those things. Finally another red fox has an answer fox knows is just right: “When a million snowflakes fill the air, twirling, tumbling, spinning, waltzing, you and I join them.” A lyrical, patterned narrative is set against gorgeous illustrations in muted tones with occasional fox-red accents in a book evoking the natural world with both appreciation and playfulness. ©2017 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Richard Jones

Wisconsin author

Marion Dane Bauer was born and raised in Oglesby, Illinois. She was a high school teacher in Waukesha from 1962 to 1964, living in Delafield and Waukesha. She currently lives in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range: Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3) PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format: Picture book
Subject: Seasons

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publish Year: 2018
ISBN: 9781328525345

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Bauer

Winter Dance