Snow Sisters! is a 2018 addition to the world of children's literature. Written by Kerri Kokias and illustrated by Teagan White, Snow Sisters! lets us peek in on two sisters enjoying a snowy day, each in the way they prefer.
Right off the bat, it's clear that these girls are complete opposites. One is clearly neat and tidy, while the other is...not.
One sister heads out to play in the snow - throwing snowballs, building a fort, hiding to track animals, sledding - while the other enjoys inside activities - reading while wrapped in a cozy blanket and drinking hot cocoa, baking cookies, making paper snowflakes, having a tea party, and watching animals from the windowsill.
Then they switch places and children can enjoy seeing how differently they do the very same things their sister did in previous pages.
The last couple of pages find them enjoying the rest of the afternoon together inside their blanket fort.
The sparse text leaves plenty of time for observing and discussing what is happening in the illustrations (gouache & watercolor), and sibling relationships.
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