Oh! Board Book

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The snow falls at night. Everything is white. . . Winter is here! A joyful board book edition of Oh! by the award-winning, bestselling team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek. This seasonal celebration is perfect for toddlers and very young children. “‘Oh!’ becomes a universal expression of friskiness elicited by the first blanket of snow.” —Publishers Weekly What could be better than waking up to discover that it has snowed all night Going outside to play in it, of course! Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek’s very first collaboration is a dazzling one. This cozy, sparkling book is just right for the very young, who will see themselves in the two energetic toddlers who are bundled up against the cold and happy to jump and roll and crunch and hop alongside their backyard friends—a squirrel, a rabbit, cat, dog, and flock of cheerful birds. Let it snow and snow and snow! Oh!

About the author

Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator and is the recipient of the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lasting contribution to literature for children. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors-one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller-and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Sun Flower Lion, A Parade of Elephants, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in a house in Madison, Wisconsin.

Laura Dronzek is a painter whose work has been exhibited nationally. Her picture books include the acclaimed Birds, by Kevin Henkes; Oh!, by Kevin Henkes; White Is for Blueberry, by George Shannon; Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!, by George Shannon; Moonlight, by Helen V. Griffith; It Is Night, by Phyllis Rowand; and, most recently, When Spring Comes, by Kevin Henkes. She lives with her family in Madison, Wisconsin.