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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

A rhyming tale about a lady who swallows snow, a pipe, coal, a hat, a stick and a scarf to a surprise purpose.

Eckstein sheds light on the snowman's enigmatic past: from the present day to the Dark Ages, with the creation of the very first snowman. Eckstein interest has snowballed into a (mostly) earnest quest of chasing Frosty around the world, into museums and libraries, and seeking out a riveting history as an integral part of our world culture, appearing in rare prints, paintings, early movies, and advertising. -- adapted from Amazon.com

Describes snow's physical qualities and how quantities of it can be fun as well as dangerous.

"Describes snow, how it forms, and how snow and cold affects nature and people"--

Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother's jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and everything twists upside down. This could be Sophie's one chance at freedom -- but can she trust another person to keep her safe? Gabe defied his parents Rose and Wilhelm by going to find Sophie, and now he believes they...

Robert, a little mouse anxious to experience snow, falls out of his bedroom window in his family's boot home and has a snow adventure. "Too much snow," Grandpa Mouse grumbles. "Snow is just trouble," scoffs Aunt Vicky. "Small animals like us," Mum says, "don't like snow." But Robert, the smallest mouse, knows he likes snow, even though he's never touched it. When he finally gets his wish to go outside and play in it, Robert is overjoyed. Snow is wonderful!...

"The complete story of snow, this is the first book to fully examine snow as a historical, cultural, and scientific phenomenon"-- Snow, beautiful and magical, is sometimes considered one of nature's blessings. It is also a nuisance needing to be managed and moved, and worse, a sometimes-crippling catastrophe to be battled. Wood looks at snow in all its delightful and fearsome manifestations as he delves into science, history, economics, and popular...

When Old Man Winter lets his snow ponies out of the barn, they run into the world, and everything that they touch turns white.

"Simple text and supportive images introduce young readers to Snowplows. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade."--Provided by publisher.