Stella, Queen of the Snow

Stella, an adventurous red head with a wonderful sense of humour introduces her little brother Sam, to his first snow storm in Marie-Louise Gay’s “Stella Queen of the Snow.” Sam would prefer to look at it from inside the house, asked his sister if snow is cold, hard and icy. Sam has a lot of questions which enables Stella to give him her version of snow and winter. After the first reading (to a 28 year old child) I decided Sam was a wimp, and he is to a certain extent, but on my second reading I realized that Sam plays an important role in telling the story of snow. I was, and still am, dazzled by Stella’s red curls and long ago memories of another little girl with curly red hair girl.
I selected this as a Secret Santa book show more (2012) for a woman in Greenland who told me she wanted to rush out and play in the snow. show less

This could be used in a classroom while talking about the seasons or even within an English classroom when discussing different types of figures of speech. This book uses a lot of metaphors as Stella gives her own personal take on Winter. It's a delightful story that children would enjoy. The illustrations are marvelous.

This is a book about a young girl and her brother adventuring in the snow during a snow day. The illustrations are bright and paired with easy to follow simple language. Fun and interactive story for students to connect with.

Stella and Sam (her brother?) play outside in the snow. I'm not sure why Sam, who seems old enough to construct intelligible questions, has never seen snow before. Stella answers all his questions about the snow and cold, and even tells him that dogs don't get cold. What the?! The snow angels singing at the end is a bit weird also. Not worthy of a public library collection.

This book is about a littl girl named Stella and her little brother. They have a snow day and her little brother has many questions about it because he has never seen snow. I think this book would be a good book to read during a lesson on seasons or in fall/winter. Most children really enjoy the snow, so they can relate and get excited about the adventure while learning new vocabulary.

Stella, Queen of the snow, is an older sister and knows everything there is know about snow. She knows about the concept of snowflakes and every activity you can play in the snow. She spends the day with her little brother and explains everything to him that he wants to know about snow.

This book is about learning about snow and all the fun activities you can do in the snow. You could read this book during the seasons changing between winter and fall or after the first snowfall of the year. For an activitym the students could create their own snowman or tell stories of their personal experience with snow.