The Snowflake review

 

 A wintery tale about a young girl wishing for a perfect Christmas tree, and a young snowflake wishing for the perfect place to land.(goodreads summary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

A tiny snowflake forms from the clouds and begins to fall.  She doesn't want to fall downward but the cloud tells her that is what snowflakes do and to not worry because she will find her way.  While the little snowflake floats here and there, she hopes for a perfect place to land.  Meanwhile, a little girl named Noelle longs for a Christmas tree like the one she sees in the store window.  She finds a pine branch along the path and takes it home to decorate it with many different colors.  As she places the lovely tree on her outside windowsill, she hopes real snow will cover it someday.   Eventually, the two characters paths cross and the snowflake finds the perfect place to settle down while giving Noelle a happy surprise. 

 

Here is the last of my reads from my holiday stack and I thought it is still worth mentioning even though Christmas is past.  This sweet story goes back and forth between the snowflake falling and hoping to land in the right spot and Noelle wanting a beautiful Christmas tree for her family.  The illustrations are warm and gentle with many details.  A few of the pages are in a darker tone of grey/dark blue making the text a bit hard to see.  If you are reading aloud to a group, this may slow down your flow.  The story did not go into a reason why Noelle and her family did not have a tree but it leaves room for thinking and talking about it if kids ask.  Otherwise, it is a nice holiday or winter book to add to next years Christmas read list.  I think this is a "just right book" for ages 4-7.~

Title:  The Snowflake

Author: Benji Davies

Pub. date: October 2020, Harper Collins

Genre:  picture book

Hardcover, 32 pgs.