Books like One Snowy Night

Percy, a kindhearted park keeper who always shares his lunch with the park's animal residents, finds himself sharing even more one snowy night, as the animals knock on his door, one by one, seeking shelter. Inviting each one into the warmth of his little hut, Percy soon finds pandemonium breaking out, as all the animals struggle to share the comfortable bed with him. Then, just when things seem to have come to a head, there is a mysterious and (for some) frightening noise beneath the hut...Apparently one of a series of picture-books about Percy the Park Keeper, One Snowy Night is a book that made it onto my to-be-read shelf thanks to the appealingly wintry scene on the cover. I have a real weakness for images of snow falling, if done right. Unfortunately, I discovered that the artwork within - particularly the human figure of Percy himself - did not quite live up to my expectations, based upon the cover image. The style was just a little too cartoonish for me, and with the exception of the depiction of a few of the animals characters, not very appealing. The story was cute, with its surprise ending, and I can see young readers really taking to it, but in the end, this just was not for me.