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32 pp.
| Atheneum/Schwartz |
October, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-689-85029-8$$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lisa Desimini
&
Lisa Desimini.
Inviting cut-paper illustrations depict the winter holiday adventures of twin snowflake sisters, Crystal and Ivory, who, among other things, hitch a ride on Santa's sleigh and watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve. The breathless rhyming text is lively and unpredictable but forced in spots (e.g., "What is that tin bell I hear / Jingling...like a chandelier?").