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The Snow Show by Carolyn Fisher gives scientific information about how snow and snow crystals are formed at the North Pole in a TV cooking show format.

The colorful, detailed illustrations were created digitally. My favorite images include ingredients, directions, vapor high, zero degrees, ice, snow crystal shapes, crystals fall, and roll & stack.

There is some very good information explained well within this book, which appears from the cover to be a simple picturebook. While the presentation style will please some, others may feel that it is very busy, or choppy. Some will also not appreciate some potty humor, especially this sentence: "Water vapor is an invisible gas, like a fart is an invisible gas." Others may love that explanation. To me, this would make a wonderful video presentation on this topic. At the end of the book is a bibliography, polar pop recipe, more snow crystals and a list of phase changes. The author's website contains more information and a free activity kit. An interested student could learn much from this book, which belongs in elementary school libraries. 3.25 stars

For ages 5 to 8, snow, science, evaporation, condensation, humor, precipitation, and fans of Carolyn Fisher.