A WINTER DAY Snow falls gently to the ground Winter has arrived A girl bundles up to explore her backyard She trudges through the deep snow The girl builds a snowman She forms three snowballs for the body To build a snowman you need deep heavy snow 5 CHAPTER 1
Snow drifts past her as the wind blows The air feels frigid on her face She adds twig arms and stone eyes She uses a dish for the snowman’s hat She fills the dish with seeds The seeds will be a winter snack for birds FUN FACT Wilson Bentley took the first photograph of a snowflake in 1885 He photographed thousands of snowflakes No two snowflakes looked the same 6
A museum worker holds one of Wilson Bentley’s snowflake photographs The girl works until the sun sets Then her backyard grows dark The snowman sparkles in the moonlight All is quiet in the girl’s wintry world 7
