Category: Reviews
Two Snow Crystals and a Review
February 10th, 2010Yesterday' snow fizzled by midnight, and the show smiled upon us here in Michigan this morning. On the news I hear about the blizzard in the mid Atlantic, but up here in the snow belt all is calm. Here's another snow crystal from yesterday's storm - im… more »
USA Today's Book Roundup
January 21st, 2010The Story of Snow if 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 »
Reviews in McClatchy Newspapers
January 19th, 2010On Monday several of the newspapers for the McClatchy company ran a review of The Story of Snow in their "Read It:" column. An excerpt: "Part science, part art, this beautiful book explains a bit of the chemistry behind winter's cold, white precipitatio… more »
NSTA Recommends: The Story of Snow
January 14th, 2010A little while ago I mentioned that The Story of Snow was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2010 by the national Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council. Here's a link to a review that appeared a couple of days ago on the NSTA'… more »
New Reviews in The Washington Post and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
January 7th, 2010Here are two new reviews of The Story of Snow: Washington DC has seen a bit of snow of late, on the heels of that the Washington Post says "The engaging "Story of Snow" -- featuring a succinct text, spare illustrations in gray-and-blue hues and magnifi… 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 »
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