Little One’s Book Review: “A Big Bed for Little Snow” by Grace Lin

Mama and I read this book a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty good. The story taught a lesson about listening to your mother and not jumping on the bed. It’s a hard rule to follow for many children, as we learn from the main character.

A Big Bed for Little Snow
by Grace Lin
2019
Hardcover, 40 pages
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Read together February 2, 2020
Rating: 3 / 5 ⭐️
Book #18 in our “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” challenge

Mama and I read this book a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty good. The story was a little bland but the illustrations were incredibly beautiful; the artwork was the biggest draw for us, and although we’re not sure, the medium might have been watercolor. The story taught a lesson about listening to your mother and not jumping on the bed. It’s a hard rule to follow for many children, as we learn from the main character.

A little boy named Little Snow has a very special new bed to sleep in during the winter: a big blue bed made out of soft feathers. His mother gave him the bed and warned him to take care of it and sleep carefully in it. Beds ARE just for sleeping, right? Ordinarily that’s true, but Little Snow has discovered how bouncy his new bed is and he can’t resist jumping up and down on it!

Each night during the winter, Little Snow gets ready for bed, and his mother thinks he’s going to just SLEEP in his bed. The sneaky boy waits for his mother to leave before he does his naughty little deed of jumping on his big blue feather bed. He has such a great time jumping up and down and seeing how high he can soar; the fun seems endless.

Unfortunately, to his mother’s chagrin and quiet amusement, she knows exactly what Little Snow is up to each night and she tells him he’s being a naughty boy and he’s going to ruin his wonderful new bed. But Little Snow just can’t help himself; when he should be sleeping, he’s bouncing up and down on his bed like it’s a trampoline!

Soon enough, Little Snow’s bed starts to lose its feathers and go flat. However, his mother isn’t upset with him; it’s the end of the winter season and it’s time to store the bed away. Now that the feathers have all escaped the bed, it’s much easier to do so. Little Snow knows he’ll jump to his heart’s content on the big blue feather bed again next season, and he’s already looking forward to it. (We’re pretty sure his mother knows his plans as well.)

More book reviews on the way!!

xoxo,

Mama & Logan