The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

Very cute.  Minimal plot, but lots of help learning to read.  And yet more enjoyable than not - what child can't identify with layers of uncomfortable clothes, and then the relief of taking most of them off and having cocoa after an afternoon of excitement on the sled?  Well, maybe children who don't go out and play in the snow, or even have it... but they can learn from this what they're missing.  Or they can read one of Neitzel's other rebus-type early readers.

I enjoyed this book for three reasons. First the language of this book makes it easy to read, there is a pattern to how the sentences flow together and you can predict the next sentence because of this pattern. I also like this book because of the illustrations and how it mixes with the sentences. One page will have an illustration of a red scarf, with the sentence “This is the scarf, woolly and red,” from this the reader becomes familiar with what that piece of clothing is and knows what it is later on in the book when it appears again. The way this book is written is different than others; it replaces key words with pictures. So when you are reading a sentence it will say “This is the scarf, woolly and red, that’s caught in show more the (picture of a zipper) that’s stuck on the (picture of a jacket) I wear in the snow”. This helps readers who might not have known the word jacket or zipper continue reading because they know what the picture in the sentence stands for. show less

Rhyme follows rhyme as layer after layer of winter clothing ("bunchy and hot, wrinkled a lot, stiff in the knee, and too big for me!") is first put on and then taken off to the relief of the child bundled inside. Clever rebuses and jaunty illustrations make The Jacket I Wear in the Snow especially fun for prereaders and new readers.

This is a cute winter book that helps students with the concept of retelling. The book basically just adds on the story every page, so students are forced to remember what was on the previous page. This could make a great activity in the classroom. I would recommend this book to 2nd and 3rd graders and I think they would really enjoy it!

This book is about a young boy that is getting ready to go play in the snow. It begins with him putting on his jacket and than accessorizing with many different articles of clothing. The author made sure that the reader was paying attention to the book because the book had the reader repeat everything that the young boy put on. Once the little boy was dressed for the cold the went outside to play in the snow. His bright red sled ran over a snowman and soon began tears falling from his eyes. His mother noticed that he was sad and brought him in the house to take off all of the clothing that he had on when he played in the snow.

After reading the jacket I wear in the snow, I thought that it was a great book when teaching your children show more what they need to wear when dressing for playing in the snow. This book would be great book to read before allowing your children to play outside in the cold. show less

This book is similar to the "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly" books but with winter clothing. It is very repetitive.

It would be a good book for younger kids to read along and to learn what clothes to wear in the winter.

preschool and younger.

This is a very funny story or should I say a long rhyme. Its has a repetitive way that it is written. The story of a young young boy going out to play and the process of putting on all the layers of clothing.
Age: 3-5 years old
Source: Pierce College Library at Fort Steilacoom