The Happy Day

The Happy Day
by: Ruth Krauss
Pictures by: Marc Simont
Copyright: 1989
Pages: 36
Reading Level: 4-8

This book is very simple and sweet. It is obviously one of the older books we have at the library. As the top of the cover is a different shade of yellow than the rest of the book. The book starts with the snow falling, and everyone sleeping. The field mice,the bears, the little snails, the squirrels and the ground hogs, all sleeping. Then they sniff, in the ground and trees, and shells. They then all run, run out of the holes, and trees. Then continue sniffing, and running, running and sniffing. Till they all reach a single yellow flower. Where they stop, and laugh, and dance. They all gather around the yellow flower excited that it is the first flower that has grown out of the snow.

Recommended to: A young classroom learning about hibernation.
Problems: None
My reaction: I didn't feel like this story had a real ending, I kept trying to turn to the next page hoping it would continue to a real ending. But I really liked how everything was black and white, very simple, till the end with just the yellow flower being yellow. Very cleaver, but not my favorite.