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Helen Stevens

Location: Gardiner, Maine

Down East Enterprise:

Spirit of the Snowpeople

Author Information:  DIANE KEYES has worked as a floral designer, home stager, lay minister, retreat director, grief counselor, and book reviewer. Educated at the University of Minnesota, she lives in Fridley, Minnesota.

Illustrator Information:  A graduate of San Francisco State University, illustrator HELEN STEVENS is also a published poet and has her own line of greeting cards. She won a Maine Press Association award for her work; she lives in Gardiner, Maine.

Book Review:  Somewhere in the north, where the winters are long and dark, the adults decide to brighten their children’s days by creating snow figures. While the children sleep, their elders use snow to create men and women, children and pets, and much more. When the children awake, they join in the fun, building more and more snowpeople -- so many, in fact, that they surround the nearby lake with them. Neighboring villagers come to see the marvelous figures, and the snowpeople bring cheer to all who see them. But snow does not last forever, and when the snowpeople melt, the villagers must find a new way to keep the spirit of the snowpeople alive in their hearts.

 

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Spirit of the Snow People

Dimensions 8" x 10", 32 pages, 23 color illustrations, hardcover. $15.95

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