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Summary: Gorgeous illustrations; story is so-so....
Review: The beautiful illustrations really make this book. The pictures in which the animals help Nell build the snowman are delightful. However, I didn't find the story's message very clear or meaningful. A child shouldn't have to prove herself to her own family, as does the child in this story.
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Summary: A fun winter book!
Review: The power of determination rings clear as Nell defies her elder sisters' and mother's low expectations of how much she is capable. Nell wants to help, to be involved, to be part of things. But her mama and sisters think she can't help because she's too small. So Nell retreats to the woods where her comforting friendships with Reindeer, Hare, and Bear Cub give her the support to do what she aspires to: those things she has been told she can't because she is "too small." The animal friends want to learn to build a snowman and Nell tells them how. However, she can't do it without their help so as a winning team, they build the Biggest, Best Snowman. Not only does Nell realize her potential, but her family realizes too and is suitably apologetic, except for the ornery sister who remains unwilling to acknowledge that Nell is, indeed, Big Enough. This story is an important reminder for parents how great an impact our words have on small lives.
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Summary: The power of determination.
Review: The power of determination rings clear as Nell defies her elder sisters' and mother's low expectations of how much she is capable. Nell wants to help, to be involved, to be part of things. But her mama and sisters think she can't help because she's too small. So Nell retreats to the woods where her comforting friendships with Reindeer, Hare, and Bear Cub give her the support to do what she aspires to: those things she has been told she can't because she is "too small." The animal friends want to learn to build a snowman and Nell tells them how. However, she can't do it without their help so as a winning team, they build the Biggest, Best Snowman. Not only does Nell realize her potential, but her family realizes too and is suitably apologetic, except for the ornery sister who remains unwilling to acknowledge that Nell is, indeed, Big Enough. This story is an important reminder for parents how great an impact our words have on small lives.
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Summary: Cute Winter Tale
Review: This is a story about a very little girl named Nell and she lives with her BIG Mama, BIG Sarah and BIG Lizzie. Well her family would never let Nell do anything because she was too small. One day when Nell was playing with her friends Reindeer, Hare and Bear Cub they asked if she could show them how to build a snowman. Nell replied that it was impossible because she was too small. Well her friends' answer to that was how would you know unless you try it. So, with the help of her friends Nell built the biggest, best snowman ever. The excited little girl ran home to get her family so that they could see what she had done. At first her mother and sisters did not believe her, but they soon saw Nell's wonderful snowman. Nell proved to her family that she was not too small anymore. And Nell went back into the house to help her mother make lunch.
The authors point I believe was that no matter how little you are you can do whatever you want no matter the size as long as you try.
I thought that this was a cute little story. The little girl accomplished big things with a little support from her friends and belief in her self. I loved the illustrations in the book. The pictures were so well balanced that the illustrations easily carried your eyes around and through the pages.
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