How to Get Through a Long Winter and Life

A quiet and dreamy tale of the importance of art and creativity in society, the text on each page is brief and simple-- ideal for reading aloud. Marvelous torn paper collage illustrates a band of mice who must winter in an old stone wall, including the poet, Frederick. A thoughtful and inspiring story which also teaches children that different is not bad and that we all have something to contribute. Not only poets and artists, but other individuals may have their own way of participating in society. When I read this as a child, I too, wanted to be a poet or an artist like Mr Lionni. My boys mainly like it for the good story and pictures, although the eldest is sometimes directly inspired to draw or make something. The simplicity of the torn-paper mice is at once beautiful and encouraging to youngsters.0