luann 's review for:

Under the Snow by Constance R. Bergum, Melissa Stewart

5.0

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Did you ever think about where ladybugs go during the winter? Or centipedes? Or bumblebees? Of course we all know that bears and many other animals hibernate, but Melissa Stewart shows a wide variety of animals "under the snow" during the winter in several habitats: in a field, in a forest, on a pond, and in a wetland. Constance Bergum's very nice illustrations show the animals under the snow and also what is happening above, such as people ice skating on the pond and a deer foraging at a bush. The text is simple, yet gives great details: a wood frog can freeze solid and still survive, a woodchuck sleeps soundly all winter long and gets all the energy it needs from its thick layer of fat, frogs and turtles wait out the winter buried in the mud of a lake never moving and barely breathing.

This is one of those so-simple-it's-amazing books! I plan to use this in my snow-themed library lesson next year.