In The Snow Angels Nativity A First First Christmas Story a heavenly host of snow angels is on call to assist the holy family in sweet & imaginative ways Snow on the road? No problem A blanketless manger? Have it covered A choir needed pronto? One is always available In The Snow Angels Nativity A First First Christmas Story a heavenly host of snow angels is on call to assist the holy family in sweet & imaginative ways This version of the Nativity story introduces children to the traditional Christmas story which is accompanied by tender depictions of the travelers to Bethlehem & their angelic helpers Youngsters will enjoy seeing the many ways in which the angels perform random acts of kindness for the baby Jesus ...

Beast has been robbed! & so has the whole village Without tools the villagers can't put on their legendary Winter Festival so Beast sets off to solve the mystery Discovering that a stranded Snow Beast is behind the robbery Beast has to decide whether to help this odd-looking stranger ...

A bewitching tale of heartbreak & hope set in 1920s Alaska Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback & paperback & went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Alaska the 1920s Jack & Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead but the wilderness is a stark place & Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land each is filled with wonder but also foreboding is she what she seems & can they find room in their hearts for her? Written with the clarity & vividness of the Russian fairy tale from which it takes its inspiration The Snow Child is an instant classic ...

When the power-crazy Most Royal of Fire Dragons decides he wants to rule not only his own hot southern kingdom but also the icy wastes of the Snow Dragons' northern territory catastrophe occurs The Fire Dragon ignores the warning from the powerful Book that Twolegs will eventually destroy his kind & sets out crisping & frazzling the world Little Tuft a Twoleg can't ignore the warning & enlists the help of the last remaining Snow Dragon in a thrilling & magical quest to save the world from burning up An entrancing story lyrically told & gorgeously illustrated which will be appreciated on a variety of levels by children from pre-school to 8-year-olds & older ...

With an introduction by Robert Macfarlane Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize I had attached myself to the birds I couldn't move on until the birds moved on & the birds couldn't move on without the spring One winter after an enforced period of recuperation William Fiennes finds himself restless & yearning for adventure He travels to Texas where he begins a quest to trace the million-strong flocks of snow geese making their spring flight thousands of miles north to the Arctic tundra On his epic journey he meets people from every walk of life from ex-nuns to train fanatics & their stories resound with the longing to arrive at the right place in the world Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize & winner of the Hawthornden Prize The Snow Geese is a poignant & lyrical paean to the richness & wonder of the world around us A unique blend of autobiography travel & nature writing this is a classic tale of belonging & the inescapable lure of home ...

Brilliantly written literary fiction with the tension & twists of a thriller 416 pages Henshaw Mark ...

One September the writer & explorer Peter Matthiessen set out with field biologist George Schaller to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau They wanted to study the wild blue sheep the bharal but also hoped to see the snow leopard a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical The Snow Leopard is not only an exquisite book of natural history but an extraordinary account of an inner journey ; a 'true pilgrimage a journey of the heart' ...

From the fabulous partnership of award-winning author Jim Helmore & the brilliant Richard Jones comes a stunning book about ...

A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale about the wicked Snow Queen's attempt to kidnap a boy in the frozen north Designed for young children who are just beginning to read alone & are looking for lively stories to tackle Colurful pictures combine with narrative text written to encourage reading skills for developing & emergent readers ...

Wrap up warmly & join Gerda on her quest to rescue her best friend from the icy clutches of the wicked Snow Queen This charming retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale is beautifully complemented by the magical illustrations of Alan Marks With sturdy board pages so the book can be enjoyed time & time again ...