CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Contest 4 CHAPTER 2 A Good Idea and a Bad One 12 CHAPTER 3 A Mad Scientist Makes Snow 17 CHAPTER 4 Wendy’s Warriors Plus One 22 CHAPTER 5 Dandruff and Other Types of Snow 28 CHAPTER 6 Practice Makes Perfect 36 43 CHAPTER 7 Reading the Signs 48 CHAPTER 8 Snow Snow Gone CHAPTER 9 Teeny Tiny Snowmen 57 63 CHAPTER 10 Two Great Ideas CHAPTER 11 Snow Party 70 Did You Know 76 Snow Myths 77 Dennis’s Favorite Experiments 78
CHAPTER 1 A Contest Gobble gobble gobble Austin Scott ran past Wendy Peters and grabbed the notebook out of her hand Hey give that back she shouted Austin dodged around the desks gobbling and holding up Wendy’s notebook He ran around until Dennis Galloway grabbed it Gobble Austin said one last time Wendy took the notebook from Dennis I’ll be glad when Thanksgiving is over and Austin quits gobbling she said She opened the deep blue notebook She had glued paper snowflakes on the cover 4
I’m glad it snows here Where we used to live it hardly ever snowed I can’t wait I want enough snow to throw snowballs and build a snow fort Jessica Roberts nodded It’s so pretty I’ve got some great snow pictures Dennis shrugged It’s not even Thanksgiving yet We don’t usually get snow until to Christmas Sometimes not until January closer He tapped the small notebook in his shirt pocket Wendy knew he was thinking about snow experiments Wendy tapped her folder I’ve learned all about snow Did you know that snow is a mineral Like diamonds Or salt Katie Carter shook her head until her curls bounced My mom just got diamond earrings I don’t think she’d like snow earrings 5
