Books with author Laura Vaccaro Seeger

A playful guessing game set in a snowy landscape, this gorgeously illustrated picture book offers a cozy look at a cold winter that slowly melts into a bright spring with only a handful of carefully chosen wordsA close-up of tree trunks leads to the question "What are these?"A page turn reveals: trees!Look to the right―what are those?Shadows of crows!Follow the clues on each spread until the snow starts to melt and spring is revealed.

A playful guessing game set in a snowy landscape, this gorgeously illustrated picture book offers a cozy look at a cold winter that slowly melts into a bright spring with only a handful of carefully chosen wordsA close-up of tree trunks leads to the question "What are these?"A page turn reveals: trees!Look to the right—what are those?Shadows of crows!Follow the clues on each spread until the snow starts to melt and spring is revealed.

Opposite the simple declarative sentence, "Walter was worried" is a portrait of a very worried Walter. But wait! The letters that spell out his feelings form his facial characteristics, as well as his expression. Gradually a simple story unfolds: the sky grows dark, the fog rolls in, lightning lights the sky, and thunder shakes the trees; Priscilla was puzzled, Shirley was shocked, Frederick was frightened... and eventually (when the sun came out) Henry was hopeful, and Elliot ecstatic.