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  • Published: 15 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887769856
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $29.99

Counting On Snow





A unique counting book that celebrates the north - it's landscape and its wildlife

Maxwell Newhouse, folk artist extraordinaire, has created a unique counting book. The premise is simple. He invites children to count with him from ten crunching caribou down to one lonely moose, by finding other northern animals - from seals to wolves to snowy owls - as they turn the pages. But as the animals appear, so does the snow, until it's a character too, obliterating light and dark, sky and earth.

A gorgeous exploration of the isolation and the beauty of northern winter, Maxwell Newhouse has created a deceptively simple picture book that can be enjoyed by all ages.

  • Published: 15 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9780887769856
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Maxwell Newhouse

MAXWELL NEWHOUSE is a highly accomplished folk artist whose work has been widely exhibited in galleries across Canada. He has illustrated Laura Secord: A Story of Courage by Janet Lunn and Emily Carr: At the Edge of the World by Jo Ellen Bogart. He has also written and illustrated several books including the acclaimed The RCMP Musical Ride, Let's Go for a Ride - a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award in Children's Illustration, The House That Max Built, and The Weber Street Wonder Work Crew.

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Praise for Counting On Snow

Praise for THE HOUSE THAT MAX BUILT:

"Warmly rendered folk-art-style oil paintings show the house coming
together over time. Varied perspectives focus on the people as much
as on the work they do, reinforcing the importance of teamwork and
specialization." - School Library Journal

"Fresh and informative." - Booklist

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