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toad_maiden's review
3.0
This is such a beautiful, quiet, seasonal picture book. The illustrations are delightfully folksy and the personification of winter as a cozy, quilt-making crone is right up my alley. If I had children (or were a children's librarian), this would be a mainstay of my winter storytimes.
gillygab's review
5.0
I grabbed this book from the library because I was instantly drawn to the illustration on the cover. Much to my delight, the entire book is just as beautiful. Root's story is a wonderful retelling of a folktale about how winter comes each year. Grandmother Winter makes a quilt from fallen goose feathers. When she shakes the quilt, the feathers turn to snow, covering the world in a layer of white. Root's prose is as lovely as the illustrations by Beth Krommes. I plan to read this at least a few more times before we have to return it to the library.
coldinaugust's review
4.0
The story was so-so, and while I did like the seasonal journey, and the metaphor Grandmother herself (reminded me of Z. Budapest's Grandmother of Time), the part that really grabbed me was the art. Amazing scratchboard illustrations (how is this related to woodcut/lino/block printing? must. do. research!) that I think were colored in later, possibly with watercolor. Way awesome. I could dive into those negative-space-created trees for hours. And I think I will.
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