![]() ![]() But it’s hard to read it without thinking of fond memories of snow days from your own youth. He examines the different ways that adults and children are affected by snow and that’s really all the book has in the way of plot. Tresselt’s memories of snow from his childhood, including the way his mother said her big toe would hurt when it was about to snow. It’s only three rhyming verses at the beginning of the book and the rest is in prose, adding in bits and pieces from Mr. Author Alvin Tresselt explains, in a note at the end of the book, that the story got its start as he walked down a snowy street in New York City and composed the poem that opens the book. There is a simplicity to this book that makes it very nostalgic and likeable. ![]() ![]() Then the sun comes out and melts the snow and everyone prepares for spring. The postman, policeman and farmer all deal with the way the snow affects their daily activities and the children make snow forts and have snowball fights. The adults prepare for the impact that the snow will have on them, the rabbits hide underground and the children come out to play. The citizens of this small town predict snow in different ways and the children are very excited when the snow falls. ![]() The plot in a nutshell: A small town enjoys snow and winter Written by Alvin Tresselt, Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin Lothrop, Lee and Shephard Books, 1947 Awards: Caldecott Medal (1948)ĭown from the North came the quiet white. ![]()
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All those times I scrawled "I HATE MY MOM" in my journal. ![]() After her rise and fall from early childhood stardom, barely eking her way through high school, a brief stint as a Hooters waitress, going through thick and thin with her mom/manager, and resurrecting her acting career as Santana Lopez on Glee, Naya emerged from these experiences with some key life lessons: Whether it's with love and dating, career and ambition, friends, or gossip, Naya inspires us to follow our own destiny and step over-or plod through-all the crap along the way. Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry, Naya Rivera shows us that we're not alone in the highs, lows, and in-betweens. ![]() ![]() Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera’s successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them.įunny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Why are the reforms offered up by Premier Prince Lvov - the promise of freedom of speech and assembly, the right to strike, and elections by ballot - insufficient for the radicals? What causes the provisional government to fail?ĥ. ![]() In what way is the regime "rotten" and "ready to fall"?Ĥ. What is the political state of Russia early on in the book? Marina describes history as "the sound of a floor underneath a rotten regime, termite-ridden and ready to fall." She is obviously referring to the government of the Czar. or is it both?) is exciting to the young? As you read through the novel, at what point did fate stop being romantic for Marina? When did the the dogs start to "sink their teeth into calf"? By the end of the novel, has Marina changed? In her outlook? Or in her essential character traits? What, if anything, has she learned?ģ. There's nothing more romantic to the young - until its dogs sink their teeth into your calf and pull you to the ground.ĭo you think she is correct: that the idea of future or fate (which one is she actually referring to. ![]() I was in love with the Future, in love with the idea of Fate. Follow-up to Question 1: Near the beginning of the novel, Marina says, Why? What does she want? (Okay, sex.but what else?) Do you admire her? In what ways does Marina change over the course of the novel?Ģ. Early on in the novel, she leads a life of privilege, yet she is dissatisfied. ![]() |