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32 pp.
| North-South
| October, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-2207-8$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Friederike Rave.
Anna lives someplace where it hasn't snowed for years. After seeing a white horse made from sugar ("or was it ice?") in a bakery window, she wishes for snow. Each of the delicate illustrations includes small patches of white (a pane of glass, a bedroom rug), echoing Anna's longing. A lack of clear cause-and-effect in the plot limits the story's success.