"Mother's Day with Snowman Paul" - a bookwrap

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Mother's Day with Snowman Paul 

Authored by Yossi Lapid

Illustrated by Joanna Pasek

* Age Range:  3-8

* Grade Level:  K-2

* Series:  Snowman Paul

* Publisher: Yosef Lapid
* Pub. Date:  April 24, 2018

* Language:  English 

Editorial Reviews

"This story is a beautiful tribute to all the mothers of the earth, and even Mother Earth herself."

Alyssa Elmore for Readers' Favorite (5 stars)

"Mother's Day with Snowman Paul is a delightful children's picture book... I wholeheartedly recommend Mother's Day with Snowman Paul to young readers."

Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite (5 stars)

"Mother's Day with Snowman Paul... is, above all, a beautiful ode to motherhood, to nurturing and to Mother Nature."

Marie-Hélène Fasquel for Readers' Favorite (5 stars)

"Yossi Lapid's holiday-themed children's picture book...celebrates Mother's Day while it teaches children that everyone on earth is really part of one big family... Mother's Day with Snowman Paul is most highly recommended."

Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite (5 stars)

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My Take

This is a sweet book written in lyrical rhymes that make the story  flow easily from page to page.  It is a delightful ode to motherhood.  Snowman Paul observes how loving and nurturing Dan's mother is towards him.  

"You're very lucky," declared Paul.

"You have the coolest mom of all! 

She reads Dan a story at bedtime before tucking him in, holds him close when he needs a hug, heals him when he is ill, and feeds him nutritious food to keep him strong and healthy.  He is truly blessed to have such a caring and engaging mother. 

Then Dan turns to Paul and asks a very interesting question to his best friend.  

" But who's your mother, Paul?  Tell me!" 

Do Snowmen even have mothers he wonders?  Paul declares he does indeed have a mother and for his answer he reaches away back into his history to explain how he came to be.  

The gifted author is able to marry two beautiful origins of motherhood with his excellent skill of storytelling:  Dan's human mother and Paul's mother who we discover is Mother Nature herself.  

The illustrations strongly compliment the text.  The illustrator has chosen a soft colour pallet to work with and the pictures are full of expression and detail.  The book is truly a celebration of all the mothers of the earth including Mother Earth too!   It's perfect for both Mother's Day and for Earth Day.  

"Mother's Day with Snowman Paul"  won first place in the 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Award and Topshelf Book Award competitions.  I highly recommend this book.

Storywraps Rating - 5 +++ HUGS!!!!!

Meet the author

Yossi Lapid was born in a small town in Romania where toy stores were absent, but snowmen were abundant. So, it was inevitable perhaps that he would one day write a children's book series about a snowman called Paul. Lapid's multi-volume series titled Snowman Paul won the silver medal in the 2016 Moonbeam Award competition in the best picture book series category. Subsequent volumes in 2017 have won Mom's Choice and Reader's Favorite gold medals. Lapid was previously a college professor with a Ph.D. from Colombia University. He has three children and lives with his wife Susan and a little dog named Sasha in New Mexico.

About the illustrator

I'm a freelance illustrator from Poland. My work is based on traditional techniques; watercolor, crayons, ink. My passion is drawing for children. My childhood was all about crayons and books, then I was doing other things for a time – studying, working for a publishing house, taking care of my sons… and then my boys grew up and I discovered I had some free time again. So I returned to crayons and paints. This second beginning happened when I was nearly 40, but there was no particular event to trigger it.

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