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Japanese Edition Coming Soon!
March 13th, 2010An interesting package arrived in the mail earlier this week - it contained a couple of advance copies of The Story of Snow, Japanese edition. Here's a scan of the cover - the book is a bit smaller than the US edition. How cool! more »
Blue Ribbon From BCCB
January 28th, 2010The Story of Snow has been awarded a 2009 Blue Ribbon from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books! You can see all the details here: http://bccb.lis.illinois.edu/blue09.html - Mark more »
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 »
Feedback from the Blogosphere
January 1st, 2010Here are three reviews of The Story of Snow that have appeared in the blogosphere over the last month (plus a few days): Abby (the) Librarian describes the books as "beautiful and interesting" and discuses pairing it with Snowflake Bentley when teachi… 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 »
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