Mary McKenna Siddals

NEW! Challenge yourself with this fun Snowflakes Puzzler

Try this easy online snowflake designer

Cut out some paper snowflakes

Make your own "paper" snowflake online

Create your own rotating snowflake online

Can you draw the same snowflake twice? Try here.

Find out more about the different types of snowflakes

Capture a real snowflake or measure the snowfall (pdf)

Have fun outdoors playing these Seven Snow Games

Play the "Match the Flakes" game (requires Flash)

Cross your eyes to see these close-up snowflakes in 3D

Watch a time-lapse movie of a snowflake being created

Watch this video about Wilson Bentley, Snowflake Man

Browse the historic Bentley Snow Crystal Collection

Make some glittery snowflake window clings

Shake up a flurry of fun when you make a snow globe

Bake some six-sided sweet tortilla snowflakes

Collect some fresh snow and make snow ice cream

For more snowflake science, explore SnowCrystals.com

For more snowflake crafts, explore PaperSnowflakes.com

* Canadian Children's Book Centre
"Our Choice" (starred selection)

Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best

A sparkling salute to the frosty season.
–Kirkus Reviews

Siddals’s book is perfect for small hands,
and Sayles’s evocative illustrations in pastels create
 winter surroundings made for playful exploration.
–School Library Journal

This is a book, like Uri Shulevitz's, Snow… that will get
 an enthusiastic reaction from active young children.
–American Library Association Booklist

Captures the simple pleasure
of cavorting in newly fallen snow….
–Horn Book

Never has winter seemed so enjoyable or the
concept of counting from one to a million so easy.
CCBC Children’s Book News (recommended)

Graceful and concise. It depicts snow
the way a child can relate to it: on her nose,
on her hair, on the house, everywhere!
–Eileen Hanning in Children's Literature

Perfect for reading aloud,
this book also counts from one to five.
–National Book Service

A gentle, simple celebration of the joys of snow,
this upbeat book will delight
young children everywhere.
–Kendal Rautzhan in The Dallas Morning News

The brief, rhyming text makes this perfect
stocking stuffer just right for little children,
who'll surely love to read along.
–Lee Littlewood in Kids' Home Library

The story and illustrations embody the moment
so precisely, you can almost feel the gentle touch
of snowflakes falling on your cheeks.
–Jessica Wood in The Edge

Playful and charming.
–Parent and Preschooler

Little ones won't be able to keep still as they
catch imaginary snowflakes on their noses,
blink them away, and spin around with the little girl.
–White Rabbit

Pointing out the individual snowflakes,
each one unique and drawn in detail,
would provide an excellent beginning
to a study of snow crystals
or an aid to making paper snowflakes.
This book is a must purchase
for school and public libraries….
–Lynda Curnoe in Resource Links

Ontario Science and Technology
Curriculum - Grade 1