I read this a long time ago, and didn’t give a rating. What I wrote was “Very short, gentle tale in which Jennie and her family ponder the journey of a single snowflake.” Since I really can’t remember it, I’ll rate it a rather neutral 3 stars.

I had a rough day, and I ended up in a used bookstore looking for Christmas picture books. I ended up sitting down to read this one. It has some sweet messages about:

1) the wonder of aspects of how the world works, questioning, embracing the mysteries
2) thinking about the journey of a snowflake—how they are all different, yet individual smaller ones often clump together to make a larger snowflake, comparing it to individual family members being related to each other
3) wondering about if snowflakes, molecules of water, animals and people have souls

In the spirit of M. Scott Peck, it explores new spirituality concepts. The illustrations were peaceful and calming, and the message and language brought me into a child’s world and soothed my soul, focusing on the simplicity and beauty of life for a moment.

This book was not good.

This book was a sweet little surprise. I didn't know what to expect of it all and it turned out to be a journey through trying to understand the spiritual world through the physical one and an appreciation of serendipity. A snowflake falls on a little girl and in reflecting how it came to find her she thinks about if it has a soul, how that relates to the water cycle, and reincarnation. Which could be done....so badly...but it isn't. I can't explain why it works but it does. If you have a child who likes to ask questions (and is there such a thing as a child who doesn't like to ask questions?) this is a character they will relate to...a little girl through a winter just trying to figure out the world she lives in with an older brother who loves to look things up. Would be such a great read for a snow day when you can fall down your own research rabbit holes.

well, there is actually a lot to say about this 200 page book... this is one of those books I would NEVER pick up in my life, it's a small book written very small, I'll be honest at the beginning I did slightly snob it a little.. but I'm glad to say I was wrong. I devoured this book in less than 2 days, I think it's right to say that it's one of those books with various levels... if a 7-year-old read it he would only pick up the story.. so it's safe to say that the older you are the more you understand, or better yet realise it's hidden there... I'm very proud of this book and want to make it my winter tradition! I definitely recommend it to any age!!! Have a good read...!

Christian classic

This book was obviously written by a psychologist. The story itself is quite bland, but the underlying themes are significant. If you read this book, try to dig beneath the surface - the child protagonist has learned life truths that remain elusive to most adults.

Great book my daughter read it on a snow day..

Sarà pure scritto in modo "elementare".
Ma non c'è anno in cui, quando nevica, da quando me l'hanno regalato, non lo rilegga!

This was a cute story about a girl discovering the wonder of snowflakes and relating that to her relationship with God. It was cute, but I'm not sure young students would understand the message behind it.

This book feels like it is made of a lot of extra filler and not as much momentum toward the destination. He compares human souls to water molecules and evaporation to reincarnation. I thought it would be more of a Christmas story.