Waiting for Winter

This book, by Sebastian Meschenmoser, made a few best-of-kid-lit-2009 lists. I wanted to get it for my kid for Christmas, but it is out of stock everywhere. I found a used, very slightly damaged copy and it arrived today. The illustrations are fabulous — I mean, a hedgehog and a squirrel singing sea shanties? Awesome.

Of course my kid's favorite part of the book was the smelly sock.