The Lonely Scarecrow (1999)

A kindly scarecrow wants to be friends with the birds and animals that play at the edge of his wheat field, but they are afraid of him because of his clothing and "his beady eyes, his crooked nose, and his jagged metal mouth." When winter arrives, one night the snow falls and turns the scarecrow into a jolly snowman. The animals play with him, and he is happy now. But worries that when the snow melts, he will be alone again. Will his friends still like him when they see that he is really a scarecrow?

In my opinion this book was a great introduction into to fall season with also re-enforcing inclusion trough the scarecrow growing to have friends throughout the season. I would recommend this book from pre-school to young elementary school age because I feel it teaches a good lesson to the young age group. As the Winter approaches the scarecrow becomes a snowman and the animals on the farm come up to him and all become friends. Then, when the snow melts the animals come to find out that the snowman is in fact the scarecrow and they all become friends knowing now that the scarecrow is not scary. I would say that the big idea in this picture book would be to not judge a person on how they might seem or are assumed to be, instead make your own judgment and conclusions on how you feel about a person. I like how it taught students to think out of the box on whether a scarecrow is actually scary or not. The reason why I did not give this book a higher rating was because I think the author could have uses a little bit of better figurative language on describing what the seasons were changing into. For example, if the author would have tapped into the readers senses and described what fall smelled like, sounded like, or felts like. Although, over-all I liked reading this book and it got me prepared for Fall and Winter to come. ( )

a little story about a scary scarecrow that becomes a wonderful snowman when it snows heavily. all the animals want to spend time with him then
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26 months - Beautifully illustrated and embossed pages. Cute story, we like scarecrows and snowmen! ( )

nice feely pictures ( )