Girl From The Snow Country By Masako Hidaka

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Review by Allison Martin

Girl From The Snow Country is the beautifully illustrated children's story of a young Japanese girl, Mi-chan, and her quest to find bright red eyes for the cute bunnies she made out of snow. Mi-chan walks through the lovely, soft snow with her mother to the local market. Here they purchase crabs to eat and little rice flour dogs to guard the house. Mi-chan receives a branch of pretty red berries for her snow bunnies. On the way home, they stop in the falling snow to bow in thanks at the stone statue of Jizo, the protector of children and travelers.

This is a beautiful book for the winter, with soft illustrations of snow, country people, and bright flowers of the market. It also provides a context to discuss how people's lives can vary in different parts of the world.

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