From her initial glimpse out the window to her poignant adventuresrolling a snowman, making snow angelsthe. And many iterations of 'I can't see anything' later, we left our white on white paper behind and came to the reading corner ready to listen to FIRST SNOW. A young girl wakes up to the years first snowy day. To our white paper we used white crayons to draw some snow. A- what's that called- a verb because it is something falling.'Įventually we filled in the blank by using spelling clues to check our thinking, which might not sound like a whole lot of fun, but spelling is awesome and totally fun. It has seven letters, snowflake has nine.'Īnd: 'It is an action. A young girl wakes up to the year's first snowy day. 'Well it is a snowflake because 'one flake'.'įollowed by: 'No. The kids worked cooperatively at their table groups to discuss what word might fill in the blank. In this beautiful book from debut creator Bomi Park, a young girl wakes up to the year's first snowy day. From the sky one flake falls, then another. I used the sentence starter from the jacket copy: First Snow 16.99 Author: Bomi Park Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication Year: 2016 ISBN: 1452154724 Description from Amazon: Look out. It’s the first snow She dons her clothes and goes out to play. (We also made a mess- which is kind of my modus operandi during writing workshop. First Snow Bomi Park A young child hears something outside pit pit pit against the window. We also explored watercolor resist techniques. We used the book as a mentor text to explore personal narratives and poetry. Recommended to picture-book readers looking for winter-time picture-books for younger children, perhaps six years and under.We had fun with Bomi Park's gorgeous FIRST SNOW last week. I loved the overall aesthetic of the book, with its quiet sense of wonder, and I appreciated some of the little details as well, particularly the little puppy that follows the girl on her nighttime adventure. Mostly black and white and shades of gray, with some limited color accents - the girl's red scarf, and the red hats and scarves of the other children - the artwork here skillfully captures the wonder of the nighttime vista, and the enchantment of the first snowfall of the season. From her initial glimpse out the window to her poignant adventuresrolling a snowman, making snow angelsthe girls quiet quests are ones all young readers will recognize.

Although not wordless, it is textually sparse, allowing the beautiful illustrations to tell most of the story. In this beautiful book from debut creator Bomi Park, a young girl wakes up to the years first snowy day.

Originally published in 2012 as 첫눈, and then translated into English in 2016, First Snow is author/illustrator Bomi Park's debut picture-book. It is a magical time, as the children build their snowmen. Show More into a field, where countless other children have come as well, rolling their own balls.

First Snow by Bomi Park