Title: The Snow Child
Author: Harriet Ziefert
Illustrator: Julia Zanes
Publisher: Puffin
Year Published: 2000
Format: Hardcover/ Paperback
Genre: Easy- To- Read
Reading Level: Self-Reader
Reading Interest Level: Upper Elementary- Middle School
Topics: Snowman, Family, and Children
Summary: An older couple wanted to have a little boy or girl very badly; so they decide to make one out of snow. When the old lady kisses the snowman, the child springs to life only to bring utter joy to the elderly women. Only when the weather starts to warm up, the child must leave for somewhere colder; the elderly couple think they will never be happy again. However, when winter returns the child does as well and the couple is forever grateful for their winters.
Extension Activity: Since this book deals with snow and snowmen, I would have the children make snowmen out of cotton balls and decorate them with various supplies.
