Just like snowflakes, no two sisters are alike, but together, they can share the perfect snow day. Siblings, snow-bunnies, and fans of the Frozen movies will all find something to love in Snow Sisters!
When snowflakes fall, two sisters react in different ways. One is excited and the other is wary. The first sister spends the morning outdoors, playing until she's all tuckered out. Meanwhile, the second sister stays indoors, becoming ever more curious about the drifts outside. Soon, they switch places, and spend the second half of the day retracing each other's footsteps. But each sister puts her own unique spin on activities like sledding, baking and building.
The simple mirrored text is spare and lovely, and each spread is split to show what each sister is doing independently--until at last they come together in the sweet, satisfying conclusion. LeUyen Pham's Big Sister, Little Sister meets Kate Messner's Over and Under the Snow.
"Chock-full of ideas for fun on a snowy day . . . A nice addition to sibling shelves that shows that fun can also be had apart." --Kirkus Reviews
Snow Sisters! was written by Kerri Kokias and illustrated by Teagan White. It shares the story of a snow day for two sisters. I absolutely loved the illustrations for this story from the snow scenes to the cocoa. Snow Sisters highlights how two sisters who are very different spend their snow day. One is overly excited and goes immediately outside before coming in, baking and building a fort. The other prefers to cozy up with a book and hot cocoa before going outside to watch nature. It was a delightful story with simplified text allowing the pictures to do the talking. After their solo adventures, the girls come together and celebrate the snow. I loved the message that we can like different things and still be friends (sisters). Sophia loved the story and had fun pointing out things she liked. She did get a tad worried about the mess in the kitchen though. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer
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