Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Book Reviews: Snowman Paul at the Winter Olympics and Kate's Olympic Dream by Yossi Lapid

 




Snowman Paul at the Winter Olympics by Yossi Lapid
Colorful, children's book about the Winter Olympics. 
Dan a little boy watches as Snowman Paul is studying about the events in the winter Olympics. He wants to compete and knows he will win gold.
He exercises and Dan is afraid Paul  will hurt himself. The snowman is made of snow so there's not much harm he can come on on the snow.
He competes in all the events and his scores are very high then Dan realizes how it all happened....cheat????
He talks to Paul about it and wants him to do the right thing.
Love all the events he competes in, so real to life!  Paul can't wait for the summer games to compete again but that might be a bit hard as he will melt in the hot weather.
Dedication page at the end and a note from the author.
Highlighted works from the author are also listed at the end.





Snowman Paul and Kate's Olympic Dream by Yossi Lapid
Colorful children's book about Snowman Paul and he's watching Kate skate and talks to Dan about how good she is.
Kate wants Paul to give her some tips as he had won gold medals.
Paul asks Dan to help also then he will help him win at ice chess on the frozen pond...
As a team they helped her with jumps, speed and other things til she collapses. She knows she's not good enough but Dan and Paul have other plans for her...
They give her confidence and she shows them all!  She has a skating test and she has a big success. Now to help Dan with his chess game...
Beautiful colors and things to look at in the book, they really stand out.
Dedication and a note from the author and highlights of the authors other works are listed at the end.







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