When the first flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer
and the policeman and his wife scurried about doing all the practical
things grownups do when a snowstorm comes. But the children laughed and
danced, and caught the lacy snowflakes on their tongues.
All the wonder and delight a child feels in a snowfall is caught in the
pages of this book - the frost ferns on the yard and the mystery and
magic of a new white world. Roger Duvoisin's pictures in soft blue
halftones with brilliant splashes of yellow and red emphasize the gaiety
and humor as well as the poetic quality of the text.