A boy learns that nature is full of stories to tell when he finds and follows a mouse\'s tracks in a wintery wood.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection An NCTE Notable Verse Novel A Charlotte Huck Recommended Book A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year A Bulletin of the Center for Children\'s Books Blue Ribbon Book A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
A must have for the Winter season, Liza Woodruff\'s Once Upon a Winter Day is a fun read-aloud that shares details about animal behavior from a child\'s perspective.
By the time Milo comes home, he\'s the one with stories to tell.
But when he starts to follow a trail of mouse-prints, he discovers signs of activity all around, prompting him to ask, What happened here? Before long, he\'s using his imagination -- depicted in lush wordless spreads that capture the vividness of Milo\'s fantasies -- to fill in the gaps.
At first, Milo is disappointed - he doesn\'t want to play outside, he wants a story.
Instead, she encourages him to go out and play in the snow.
Milo wants a story, but his mom is too busy to entertain him.
A boy learns that nature is full of stories to tell when he finds and follows a mouse\'s tracks in a wintery wood
