Category: Announcements
USA Today's Book Roundup
January 21st, 2010The Story of Snow is featured in today's USA Today's Book Roundup - in an article entitled Weather the Winter with a Picture Book. The books is described as "an artistic science lesson about the rise and fall of snow crystals." You can read the on-line… more »
Not the Worst Winter Ever
December 29th, 2009The winter of 2009/10 is still quite young, and no one knows what it holds. But at this early date there is one thing I can say for sure – when it comes to snow crystal photos, it won’t be the year ever. I don’t feel like digging into my records to fig… more »
New Review On Bookends, a Booklist Blog
December 29th, 2009Yesterday, a new review of The Story of Snow appeared on the Bookends, a Booklist blog. Here’s an excerpt: “They take a rather technical subject and make it “crystal” clear for really young readers and still retain a tangible sense of wonder. This i… more »
Winston - Salem Journal and Chicago Tribune Reviews
December 27th, 2009Today’s Winston-Salem Journal has a nice article about books to read on snowy days – and The Story of Snow is one of them. You can read the whole review here –http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/dec/27/snowy-days-call-for-snowy-pages/Last week th… more »
First Snow Crystal Photo of 2009/10
December 19th, 2009Last week’s storm brought several inches of hard driving, wet snow to Kalamazoo. But after the blizzard passed temperatures grew more mild, and soon patches of grass began to emerge from the melting snow cover.
A slight dusting of lake effect snow a co… more »
Outstanding Science Trade Book
December 13th, 2009Great news! The Story of Snow has been named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 by the National Science Teacher's Association and Children's Book Council!- Mark more »
Front page News
December 11th, 2009The Kalamazoo Gazette ran a front page article about The Story of Snow on Wednesday, December 9. Click here to check it out! The weather was quite accomodating as a blizzard moved into west Michigan around the same time. - Mark more »
100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
December 7th, 2009A little while ago the New York Public Library came out with their recommended list of children's books called 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. The Story of Snow is included! Here's a nice stellar dentrite from last December - almost a year ago. Thi… more »
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