"Very Special Snowflake" by Don Hoffman, Illustrated by Todd Dakins - A Review

Young children will delight in this simply written and beautifully illustrated story of two and their dog named Snowflake. Jeff and Veronica are playing in the snow one day and they lose their little sweet, fluffy white puppy. They ask everyone they can find around town if they have seen their precious puppy. Each person they ask thinks they are asking about the snow that is falling or something they are working with rather than their little dog. Meanwhile, each time they ask, their Snowflake is very nearby but they can't see him.The story is educational in that each of the people they encounter and ask about their Snowflake has a different occupation and therefore teaches children in a subtle way about the people in their community.However, even though the story of course has a happy ending as they lie in the snow and a ball is suddenly pushed through the snow by a nose attached to a puppy, there is one more thing that I believe the children will enjoy. Snowflake is in each
illustration as the children ask the people about him. Because of the surroundings and all the snow, however, they can't really see Snowflake. Children will enjoy finding Snowflake in each of the well drawn illustrations just as they would in an I SPY type, find it book.I recommend this sweet story for young children and one that will be read over and over as children will want to find Snowflake again and again!

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