Title: I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea
Author: Janice Milusich
Illustrator: Chris Raschka
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
Release Date: October 7th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, audiobook
Summary: In this lyrical picture book illustrated by a two-time Caldecott Medalist, share in a blind child’s joyful experience of the changing seasons.
Where I live, seasons change. I know because my fingers and toes, my ears, my mouth and nose, all tell me so.
Neveah is blind, but that doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy each of the four wondrous seasons of the year.
She knows it’s winter when her boots go scruuunch in the snow and cold flakes land softly on her tongue.
She knows spring has come by the smell of hyacinths, the bzzzz of a bee in her ear.
Summer is a trip to the beach, where she can hear the crash of ocean waves and the keowww of seagulls overhead.
And when Neveah’s rake goes scritch scratch over fallen leaves and the air turns brisk, she knows it’s autumn. Soon the cycle of seasons will begin anew.
Join Neveah as she uses her senses of touch, taste, hearing, and smell to vividly describe the changing seasons and the unique delights they each have to offer.
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Thanks for celebrating I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea’s book birthday, Lauri! I so appreciate your support.
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It’s my pleasure; it’s a lovely book!
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Lauri, thank you for this post. I read it earlier but I am only able to comment on blogposts when I’m at my laptop. WordPress used to let me click on the email they send (which is when I read the post on my iPad) to comment but when I do that, they want me to prove I am me and they don’t recognize my password, ask me to change it, etc. and the comment gets lost. So here I am attempting to remember what I said 14 hours ago. Anyway, this book looks really wonderful and I am adding it to my library list.
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Thanks for coming back and commenting again, Laura. I appreciate it. I encounter similar issues when I attempt to comment on other blogs. Makes me wonder if some folks just give up and skip leaving comments🤔
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This book will be added to my school library. Thank you for bringing this book into the world for all children.
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How cool! This book sounds wonderful! Happy book birthday!
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