Snowflake by Ilona Ryder is an educational yet simple story of natureโs fascinating cycle, centered on the formation and deformation of a snowflake. It aims to stimulate the imagination of children, parents, and others as they read along.
- A snowflake is born, matures, and falls to earth.
- In this book, you will learn what happens next,
- And color the world of the snowflake.
Excerpt from Snowflake by Ilona Ryder:
โThe very first memory I have of becoming anything is when I started to feel myself growing arms.
It was cold, and the white fluffy cloud around me was swirling in unusual ways.
I had lived here as molecules of water vapour for a while โ how long, I couldnโt tell.
Now I was changing, growing crystal by crystal, into a snowflake.
The moment of my becoming a snowflake was exciting, and I saw many others growing crystal by crystal, just like me.
No, wait, they were like me but also slightly different: we were individuals.
We bounced up and down and sideways among the folds of our mother cloud, and I could feel my crystal limbs getting stronger, the edges harder.
โWhat beautiful shapes we have,โ I thought as I admired my brother and sister snowflakes.โ
