"A Blizzard Year" -Gretel Ehrlich

This is a story about a ranching family. It begins in February and goes through the year telling what gets done on an annual basis and what is especially different or difficult this year. It's a simple enough tale told from the point-of-view of the daughter.

Although it's a modern setting (for 1999), it still reads like a tale of yesteryear.

Read Also:

Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Even Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery has a similar vibe.

"Is Everyone Ready for Fun?" -Jan Thomas

The title says it all...Is Everyone Ready for Fun? is a great book about cows ready for fun and a chicken who isn't. Unfortunately, it's chicken's couch at risk to 3 cows jumping, dancing, wiggling, and napping on it.

Great illustrations, bold lines, simple words, big font, Jan Thomas writes a good book! Also wrote Rhyming Dust Bunnies (fun) and Here Comes the Big Mean Dust Bunny (soon to be read).

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An oldie but goodie: Robert Kalan Jump, Frog, Jump! - similar in art.

Mo Willems' We are in a Book - breaks the 4th wall as well.