First Snow, Magic Snow
John Cech; Illustrated by Sharon McGilney-Nally
Macmillan, 1992
ISBN: 0027179710
A sprightly adaptation of the Russian story of the snow maiden, this picture book glows with love of winter and children. When a childless woodsman shapes a mound of the first snow into the form of a child, she comes to life, and he carries her home to his wife bundled in his coat… John Cech’s text is a rare blend of sweetness and vigor.
–Hungry Mind Review
