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Who Will Make the Snow?

by ,

Translated from by ,

Published: December 12, 2023

Hardcover ISBN: 9781953861740

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$22.00

Twin moles, Purl and Crawly, are born on the first day of spring. The newest members of their woodland world, they’re curious about everything. What is swimming? How do we get better when we’re sick? Do animals live in the sea? Why do grownups eat smelly cheese? What happens when we die? Every day is filled with another adventure as Purl and Crawly explore the peculiar characters that surround them in the forest. Home is always waiting for them, filled with the clacking of father’s typewriter, the sound of mother playing her upright bass, and the smells of quince jam and medicinal moss brews. During their adventures outside the home, they learn that the world is sometimes scarier and stranger than it seemed from the pocket of their father’s coat. Each new encounter leaves Purl and Crawly a little braver and wiser and with a few extra friends. Brilliantly illustrated with scenes of mischief and discovery by Marjana Prokhasko, Who Will Make the Snow? reminds us that the world is always larger and more wonderful than we can see from our own corner of the woods.

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Praise

Marjana Prokhasko's illustrations are beautifully textured and atmospheric. The characters draw you into their whimsical world, a place I would like to stay! There are so many sweet details throughout - a feast for the eyes and a delight for the inquisitive reader (or mole)!
Esmé Shapiro
This sweet, strange and quietly philosophical illustrated chapter book follows a year in the life of the newborn twin moles Purl and Crawly, who live in a whimsically imagined woodland community... Akin in spirit and tone to A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh and Tove Jansson’s Moomin series, its narrative takes its time, stopping to appreciate the changing seasons and everyday moments of cozy family life, all enchantingly illustrated with soft, scribbly drawings... Subtle hints of anxiety, melancholy and even existentialism underpin the cuteness.
Catherine Hong, The New York Times
This fanciful tale relates a year in the life of a family of moles and their neighbors . . . In Mrs. Prokhasko’s affectionate and colorful scratchy-lined pictures, the moles are shown with inky oblong bodies and noses that resemble tiny beaks. They can be seen in charming tableaux enjoying such pleasures as hammocks, typewriters and cups of percolated coffee. A gentle philosophical note wafts into the story from time to time, notably in winter, when a group of young characters discusses where snow comes from.
Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal

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