The Snowblower

Written by Larry Tremblay
Illustrated by Lord Mariano Enzo

  • Picture Book
  • Age group: 4 and up
  • Pages: 40
  • Format: 21 x 27 cm
  • Hardcover
  • RP: 20,95 CAN $

A picture book like no other: spellbinding, unsettling, unexpected.

In a poetic style suffused with sensitivity and humanity, a snowblower reveals its fear that it might hurt little children on Rue de la Colline: twelve troublemakers—boisterous, curious, and without a fear in the world, especially not of a snowblower. But one fine and stormy morning, the snowblower wakes from a strange dream and ventures out into the street, haunted by a horrible premonition.

Personifying the snowblower telling its sad tale, Larry Tremblay delivers a powerful story handled with boldness, gentleness, and horror. In poetic language leavened by rhymes, he probes with infinite delicacy the tragic encounter between children and the massive vehicle.

Themes: winter, snow, humanity.

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