The book, Snowflase Sisters, is a one-poem book. This book is about two snowflakes twin sisters, Crystal and Ivory. It is winter time and Cystal and Ivory are having fun being snowflaes spinning about the wind. One night a large wind swept the two sisters off with billions of other snowflakes down the countryside. In the middle of this, they heard a tin bell jingling and out of nowhere comes Santa with his eight tiny Reindeer. Crystal and Ivory decide to tag along on Santa's sliegh. They watched him all night long as he put presents under the tree and ate his cookies and milk. Six days later, the cold winds picked up again and snow hurried down. Crystal and Ivory ended up hovering over a town that was so big it made the rest of the world seem small. They were in New York City just in time for New Year's Eve. They went to Time's Square and saw all of the people gathered around. The next morning, were worried they were going to be swept into a cab or stepped on by someone's shoe. They found a snowman in Central Park and decided to stay on his shoulder the rest of the winter. They played and had a great time with their new snowman friend. When Spring began to come, Cyrstal, Ivory and the Snowman began to melt and everyone became very sad. But before they were gone Winter called out, "I'll bring you back again next year!"
I think this book is a great example of a one-poem book. The text ryhmed and but had a more mature feeling to it. I really liked how the snowflakes were incorporated with Christmas and New Years because those are two of the main events that occur during winter. I also really liked how the book ended saying that Winter will bring the snowflakes back next year. I think this made the story end on a happy note instead of having the reader be sad that the snow was melting.
J. Patrick Lewis did not receive any awards for this book but many of his other works having been given awards and recognition.
Lewis, Patrick J. Snowflake Sisters. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2003.
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