The Little Snowgirl

The Little Snowgirl is a retelling of "The Little Daughter of Snow" from Arthur Ransome's Old Peter's Russian Tales. This is a Christmas tale featuring Babouchka, the old woman of Christmas who parallel's her better known Italian counterpart Befana.In the tale a woodcarver and his wife have everything they need and want except for a child. After seeing his wife's sadness as the caroling children dream of their gifts from Babouchka, the woodcarver makes a snow girl as a surprise to his wife. The snow girl comes to life, eating crushed ice and sleeping in the cold. Until the miracle of Christmas ...The illustrations are very well matched in style to the story. This is a delightful book which I recommend.

In this version of an old Russian fairy tale, a childlesscouple longs for a child of their own. The man builds a little girlout of snow for his wife, and the little snowgirl magically comes to life as they wish. But the snow girl still must eat ice and sleep out in the cold...Nice illustrations add to the cheerful, if predictable, story.