Carol Otis Hurst

The setting of this book is in Westfield, Massachusetts. It is a story about two old men who went through the March of 1888 blizzard. They tell their own personal experiences of the time when they were snowed in for the blizzard. Setting had a big factor in this book because the two men were total opposites. One man was outgoing and the other was a shy introvert, so the illustrator depicted half of the page for one man and the other half of the other man. At the beginning, the men were depicted by their social skills. Since one man was talkative they showed him entertaining everyone and then they showed the other man sitting in a chair reading by himself. Then the snow stormed happened and the roles were switched, this is where setting has a lot to do with the plot. The talkative man got stuck in the barn with the animals and then the shy man got stuck inside with the crowd, both men were out of their elements and it showed by the setting of the story. The conclusion of the book ended with the men talking about that terrible experiences and them sitting on the same porch as they did as children, but now being old men.… (más)

This book tells the story of a horrible blizzard told from two different perspectives. Grandpa Otis and Grandpa Clark recall the day that the blizzard came and how they lived through it. I had mixed feelings about this book. I think they illustrator did a great job portraying the storm from both perspectives, but nothing about this story stood out to me. I like the idea that they are looking back on something that happened when they were younger and sharing how different yet the same they saw things, but I am sure that if I was trying to find a book to read to my class with a similar topic I could find something else.… (más)

This was book was about two grandparents who experienced a historical blizzard that happened in 1888. The two grandads talked about how miserable the 3 days they spent in the blizzard. Each of them was working on the first day when they got caught in the storm. At some point in the story they both mention trying to shovel out of all the snow and they end up shoveling meeting up with each other. They made a natural disaster not seem so bad. This book was great at talking about being with family and to laugh even at the not so fun things.… (más)