How do you build a snowman? First, you need snow. Find out what else you need in this Ready Readers title. Focuses on alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness. Paired to the nonfiction title What Is Snow?.

Shares the story of Ellie, who wants to build a snowman. First, she makes a small snowball. Then she rolls the snowball to make it bigger. What happens next? This book introduces readers to time-order words through Ellie's engaging story. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the story. Fun facts add engaging details about snowmen. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index.

Discover the joy of building a snowman through rhyming text with realistic touchand- feel surfaces! Gorgeous textured art adds dimension to this simple seasonal tale. Children will delight in the snow's glitter, the carrot's slick skin, and the soft cotton of the snowman's hat and scarf!

Who made the first snowman? Who first came up with the idea of placing snowballs on top of each other, and who decided they would use a carrot for a nose? Most puzzling of all: How can this mystery ever be solved, with all the evidence long since melted? The snowman appears everywhere on practically everything -- from knickknacks to greeting cards to seasonal sweaters we plan to return. Whenever we see big snowballs our first impulse is to deck them out with a top hat. Humorist and writer Bob Eckstein has long been fascinated by this ubiquitous symbol of wintertime fun -- and finally, for the first time, one of the world's most popular icons gets his due. A thoroughly entertaining exploration, The History of the Snowman travels back in time to shed light on the snowman's enigmatic past -- from the present day, in which the snowman reigns as the King of Kitsch, to the Dark Ages, with the creation of the very first snowman. Eckstein's curiosity began playfully enough, but soon snowballed into a (mostly) earnest quest of chasing Frosty around the world, into museums and libraries, and seeking out the advice of leading historians and scholars. The result is a riveting history that reaches back through centuries and across cultures -- sweeping from fifteenth-century Italian snowballs to eighteenth-century Russian ice sculptures to the regrettable "white-trash years" (1975-2000). The snowman is not just part of our childhood memories, but is an integral part of our world culture, appearing -- much like a frozen Forrest Gump -- alongside dignitaries and celebrities during momentous events. Again and again, the snowman pops up in rare prints, paintings, early movies, advertising and, over the past century, in every art form imaginable. And the jolly snowman -- ostensibly as pure as the driven snow -- also harbors a dark past full of political intrigue, sex, and violence. With more than two hundred illustrations and a special section of the best snowman cartoons, The History of the Snowman is a truly original winter classic -- smart, surprisingly enlightening, and quite simply the coolest book ever.

Lists everything that one needs to build the perfect snowman, from the very first snowflake that falls.

Book Features: • 24 pages, 7 3⁄4 inches x 7 3⁄4 inches • Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2 leveled readers • Simple, easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations • Features before and after reading vocabulary • Includes reading tips and comprehension questions The Magic Of Reading: Bring excitement to reading and Winter activities with Building a Snowman book. The 24-page fictional Winter book features vibrant illustrations and simple language to practice early reading comprehension skills. Hands-On Reading Adventure: It's Wintertime, and the kids are outside playing in the snow. Follow along as they work together to build a snowman, and a special friend for him, too! Features: More than just a fun Christmas Snowman story, this kids book also includes pre- and post-reading vocabulary lists, as well as reading tips for mid-story interaction and engagement. The book also includes end-of-book comprehension questions. Leveled Books: Vibrant illustrations and leveled text work together to tell a fun story and promote reading comprehension skills. The leveled book engages PreK—2nd graders with short, simple language and high-interest topics like playing in the snow. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.

The best way to cure the winter blues is to go outside and build a snowman! In this book, beginning readers join a happy family on a trip through the snow to find some winter fun. Rolling snowballs is just the start of things for their snowman friend. Early readers are taken through the step-by-step process with colorful photographs and accessible text, watching as a pile of snow transforms into a friendly winter character complete with its own eyes, hat, and even a carrot for a nose!

Go on an adventure learning to build a snowman out of shapes. This book guides the reader through the process of learning basic shapes and applying them through the building of a snowman.

In this sparkling picture book celebration of winter and creativity, a boy’s snow day efforts show that perfection is relative and what’s important is taking pride in what you do! When a little boy wakes up to see a blanket of snow covering the world outside, there’s only one thing to do: make a snowman, and not just any snowman—he wants the best snowman ever. But when his perfectly packed and powdery dreams clash with cold, slushy reality, he realizes the best snowman ever may be out of reach…but he can make his best snowman yet.