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RED SLED

Red Sled
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Judge
Author's First Name: 
Lita
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2011
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Nearly wordless, save a number of well-selected onomatopoeia, this flight of fancy down a snowy hill at night is pure fun. When a sled is left outside a cozy home, a bear and his forest dwelling friends borrow it and take a joyride. The child-friendly watercolor illustrations evoke warmth, friendship, and, during the ride, speed, without seeming frenetic. Up to Seven. --Todd Krueger

A winter moon and a snowy hill form the serene backdrop for this almost wordless tale of a bear who co-opts a child’s sled and takes his animal friends on a wild midnight ride . . . only to have the sled’s owner join them in the end.

Comments

Meeting Notes for November

by ladamson - 11/24/2011 - 9:54am

Meeting Notes for November 18

Positive Comments:

  • The creative imagination of the story reveals itself in lovely, unsentimental illustrations evocative of winter.
  • Older readers will appreciate the nostalgic cover.
  • The onomatopoeia tells the story.
  • The child figures out what is happening as the story continues on the endpapers.

Observations:

  • The story is somewhat like The Mitten, and those readers who know that book as well as The Snowy Day will enjoy it even more.

Concerns:

  • The meshing of realism with fantasy could be jarring to some readers.