Over the River and Through the Wood

"The traditional song about a sleigh ride to Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving dinner is interpreted with a snowy setting in the mountains. As the story opens, a brother and sister duo is ready to set off in their red, horse-drawn sleigh, with their parents preparing to follow in their own purple sleigh. As the children journey though "white and drifted snow," they cross over a river and along the way meet a rabbit, beavers, moose, foxes, and a wolf who follow them to Grandmother's farm. The boy and girl are welcomed by Grandmother and her companion, a man with a curly, white beard, who…

"In a fresh and colorful staging of the seasonal song, two siblings make a snowy sleigh journey to their grandmother’s house, encountering friendly woodland animals en route. Randall blends the snow’s white with warmer colors that suit a book about making merry: ruby and sienna in the trees’ bark, the siblings’ sleigh, and the little horse that pulls it. Amethyst mountains rise above the scenes, and Grandmother’s house is a welcoming blue. The children and their parents, grandmother, and her bearded companion sit down for a festive Thanksgiving meal, joined by the horse and their new animal…