Awards

• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024

Overview

On a snowy day . . . Two flakes play. Four flakes sashay. Eight flakes twirl. Sixteen flakes swirl. At this rate, how long will it take to surpass 100 snowflakes? How about 1,000? Or even 16,000? Experience a snowstorm that brings together playful rhyming verse with the power of exponential growth! Bob Raczka's clever rhymes come to life in the dynamic illustrations of Bryony Clarkson. The artwork includes the precise number of snowflakes mentioned in the text, starting with 2 and ending with an astonishing 16,384!

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9781728450919

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""A great book for the wintertime that can be used to explain what exponents are in math class as one can challenge the students to calculate each new equation on the page.""—Children's Literature ""[T]his arrangement is a delightful, rarer find that jumps from simple counting to exponential growth."" — Booklist ""Cool! Snow really has the power to wow—and teaches math, too."" —Kirkus Reviews ""The beautifully textured illustrations create visual interest, while the snowflakes, a combination of smudge-style dots and the delicately articulated, folded papercut versions familiar from grade-school arts and crafts, offer a counting opportunity for budding numerophiles.""—The Horn Book Magazine

"""A great book for the wintertime that can be used to explain what exponents are in math class as one can challenge the students to calculate each new equation on the page.""--Children's Literature -- (10/16/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""[T]his arrangement is a delightful, rarer find that jumps from simple counting to exponential growth."" -- Booklist -- (8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""Cool! Snow really has the power to wow--and teaches math, too."" --Kirkus Reviews -- (8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""The beautifully textured illustrations create visual interest, while the snowflakes, a combination of smudge-style dots and the delicately articulated, folded papercut versions familiar from grade-school arts and crafts, offer a counting opportunity for budding numerophiles.""--The Horn Book Magazine -- (8/2/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

"""[T]his arrangement is a delightful, rarer find that jumps from simple counting to exponential growth."" -- Booklist -- (8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""Cool! Snow really has the power to wow--and teaches math, too."" --Kirkus Reviews -- (8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""The beautifully textured illustrations create visual interest, while the snowflakes, a combination of smudge-style dots and the delicately articulated, folded papercut versions familiar from grade-school arts and crafts, offer a counting opportunity for budding numerophiles.""--The Horn Book Magazine -- (8/2/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

Author Information

Author of the art appreciation series, Bob Raczka's Art Adventures, Bob Raczka studied both art and advertising in college. He has worked as an advertising writer for 30+ years, and has published more than 30 children's books. His work has received multiple awards including the Claudia Lewis Award for his first poetry book, Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor for Niko Draws a Feeling. Bob and his wife Amy have three grown children, Robert, Carl and Emma, plus two dogs, Penny and Pippa. He is based in Illinois. Bryony Clarkson is a designer, Illustrator and collage artist. She studied textiles at Loughborough College of Art before studying for an MA at the Royal College of Art in London. She worked for many years as an embroidery designer for both fashion and interiors, as well as a design lecturer at Many UK art colleges. Now she specializes in children's book illustration, working with a mixture of cut paper collage and digital techniques to create magical worlds and quirky creatures. Bryony works in a studio in Oxford, UK.

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