It's snowing!

Format:

Book

Title:

It's snowing!

Other title(s):

It is snowing

Author:

Gibbons, Gail.

ISBN:

9780823422371

9780823425457

9780545441902

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm

Summary:

Introduces readers to snow and discusses topics such as different types of snowstorms, regions where snow falls, and how to prepare when a snowstorm approaches.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR Lower Grades 4.1 0.5 quiz: 146462.

Accelerated Reader LG 4.1 .5.

Reading Counts K-2 4.2 1.

Subject(s):

Snowflakes -- Juvenile literature.

Snow -- Juvenile literature.

Snowflakes.

Snow.

Genre:

Picture books for children.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Silver Falls Library	JNF 551.57 GIBBONS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Independence Public Library	J 551.57 GIBBONS 2011	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	J 551.57 GIBBONS 2011	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	551.57 GIBBONS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Woodburn Public Library	551.57 Gibbons 2011	Searching... Unknown

Small, soft flakes fall quietly from above. It's snowing! People like to sled and ski in it, but what exactly is snow? How does it form? While it is believed that no two snowflakes look exactly alike, most have either six sides or six points. included in this crystal clear introduction to one of winter's wonders is information about different types of snowstorms, regions where snow falls, and how to prepare when a snowstorm approaches.

Author Notes

Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 3-Written in the style of Gibbons's Hurricanes! and Tornadoes! (both Holiday House, 2009), this book grabs the intended audience with stylized bright drawings and short blocks of text. It addresses what happens when it snows and covers cloud formation, ice crystals, and snowflakes; a simplified map illustrates worldwide snowfall regions. Ways in which snow falls to the ground, such as sleet, flurries, and a storm, are also discussed. Pictures show children playing, building snowmen, and making snow angels. There are tips about staying warm and preparing for a snowstorm, and a simple project on viewing a snowflake close up. Back matter mentions Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, the first person believed to have taken a picture of a snowflake, and the Great Blizzard of 1888. Libraries will want this as a general purchase for weather units.-Melissa Smith, Royal Oak Public Library, MI (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

(Informational picture book. 4-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Snowstorms, snowflakes, snowmen, and everything you didn't know about snow is all here in 32 frolic-filled pages. In her typical illustrative style, Gibbons blankets the pages with information from crystallization to how to prepare for a storm. The device of painting the factual pages in blues and grays and contrasting them with full-color scenes of how weather impacts people is surprisingly effective. For example, the explanation of how snowflakes are formed is followed by a picture of a family bundled in winter clothing catching snowflakes. The factual stuff includes a map of where snow falls (on all seven continents), definitions of a winter storm watch and warning, and record snowfalls (6 feet 4 inches in one day in Silver Lake, CO, on April 14, 1921). Other tidbits are advice on how to stay warm outside and directions on how to see snowflakes close up. For families and classrooms, this is a crystal-clear introduction that illustrates how snow can be dangerous, but plenty of fun, too.--Cummins, Julie Copyright 2010 Booklist