Samson in the Snow by Philip C. Stead

Samson, a woolly mammoth, loves the color yellow and his dandelion patch.  He longs for a friend.  One day a red bird comes along and asks to take a few dandelion to his friend who is having a bad day.  Samson generously selects three of the best dandelions.
Samson falls asleep and awakes to a world of winter.  Worrying about the red bird, he searches for her in the snow drifts and discovers, not just one friend, but two.
I read this aloud to my ten year old, and he loved it (He says he would like to own it!).
A sweet story.
Strategy: predicting
-Borrowed from the library.