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Flow with the Snow

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Book Synopsis

High on the mountaintop, Snow is watching the clouds dance by. And then, something extraordinary happens-Snow begins to melt. She flows down the mountain, into the river, through the city, and out into the ocean.

During her journey, Snow changes. She becomes fluid and can drift with the river currents and dances with the tides. But there’s one more change in store-maybe she will be able to dance and twirl with the clouds through the beautiful open sky.

Our Review Panel says...

This book is about Snow – personified as the central character. She has been sitting on the top of a mountain for as long as she can remember. Snow starts to feel something very new – slushy and warm, she begins to melt! From there, we go on a joyful journey with her through the water cycle. Snow shares with us her journey and perspective as she goes on an adventure down a waterfall, along a river and out to sea.

This is a fascinating take on the water cycle, enabling children to develop a sense of how water everywhere is connected. There is plenty of pleasing vocabulary in this story which is written in rhyming verse. Words like flurry, slushy and warm, big splishy splash, bobbing and bubbling, hazy and hot demonstrate playfulness with words.

The book explores themes of pollution, environment and geography, exploring how waste can have an impact on our water system and beyond. The illustrations in this book are really powerful and emotive – it is sure to evoke children’s interest and curiosity and keep them coming back.