And yes, considering that many readers do rely on library books, and that dust jackets on picture books also often do not survive repeated readings and rough handling, it probably would have been a far better idea for the publisher to have placed the key to the hidden objects within the actual pages of Snowmen at Work.
And a huge part of the problem is (I believe) that the key to the hidden objects is on the inside flap of the dust jacket, and since I am reading a library book, where the dust jacket is fused onto the book, I am, of course, not able to peruse the key for the hidden objects. Now Snowmen at Work is also supposed to be a hidden object book, and while I have managed to locate a select few of these, most of the hidden objects, I have unfortunately been unable to successfully find.
That is not to say, that Mark Buehner's illustrations are lacking in any respect (in fact, I do think that they both compliment and complement his wife's text), simply that for me, personally, his pictures just do not work all that well (and no, I am of course not frightened by broad lump of coal snowmen smiles any longer, but they still tend to give me somewhat a case of the shivers). As a child, I was actually often frightened by the rigid, often wide (gaping) smiles shown on many snowmen, and even now, as an adult, the smiles of the snowmen in Snowmen at Work tend to creep me out a bit. While I do find Caralyn Buehner's narrative (her presented text for Snowmen at Work) enchanting and sweet enough and especially the many clever plays on words (for they are both humorous and slyly imaginative, even though the rhymes do at times have a tendency to be more than a bit awkward and stumbling), I really do not at ALL enjoy the illustrated broad lump of coal smiles of the depicted and featured snowmen.
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