Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell tree houses also written with Martha Holmberg

also written with Martha Holmberg

" --Meghan Cox Gurdon

127 The Realists

especially the books of Norse and Greek myths

Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell tree houses also written with Martha HolmbergFrom mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks and desert hills, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a whole world of myth and story the perfect winter gift. Snow. Every language has its own words for the magical, mesmerizing flakes that fall from the sky. In this exquisite exploration, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow. In Japanese we encounter yuki onna a 'snow woman' who