You may have heard of Betty Whiteout, Ctrl Salt Delete, Sleetwood Mac or Plowy McPlowface — past winners of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name a Snowplow Contest.
This coming Thursday, the winter solstice occurs: the longest night of the year, but thankfully, the start of lengthening days. Looking beyond Christmas, I’ve enjoyed three new picture books to
While the now-annual Name a Snowplow Contest garners thousands of punny monikers, some plow drivers are hoping it’s an opportunity to keep Indigenous languages alive.