Can a long-forgotten song bring the snow back to Freya's town? A
lyrical fable from award-winning creators Jon-Erik Lappano and Byron
Eggenschwiler.
Freya has always loved the snow and the way it covers everything like
powdered sugar. But the snow hasn't come to her town for two winters,
and she's starting to forget what it looks and feels like. When will it
be cold? When will it snow again?
One day Freya finds a snow globe at the market. It plays the melody of a
song that the townspeople sang for generations to call the snow home.
Freya's own grandmother used to sing it to her mother on cold winter
nights. Every morning, Freya takes the snow globe outside and sings the
song, but still there is no snow ... until she has the idea to share the
song. Soon everyone in town is singing it, and then, early one morning,
the winds change.
Jon-Erik Lappano and Byron Eggenschwiler have created an eloquent fable
about remembering past traditions, our connection to nature and caring
for a world threatened by climate change through shared effort and hope.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details
in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of
their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or
appeal to the senses.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters,
setting, or events.
