Shows with the help of pulldown tabs how things look different when covered with snow. Suggested level: junior.

This is the story of Jimmy who is eleven years old and in sixth grade. The book chronicles how a three day weekend became a four day weekend thanks to a snow storm Monday night.It starts snowing 8 a.m. on Monday. The superstition is if you put a spoon under your pillow or an ice cube in the toilet, it increases the chance for a snow day, or a day off from school due to inclement weather. By 4pm we have 16 inches of snow, and buddy Kenny and I are challenged to a snow ball battle with neighbors and brothers, Jeff and David. We take twenty minutes to build walls of snow and a pile of snow balls. We begin the battle which last five minutes until David gest hit in the face, begins crying and runs in the house. At 5:30 p.m. I have chili and hot chocolate with Mom, Dad and sister Jody. When finished eating, Jody and I wash and dry the dishes when it happens! On the radio, it is announces schools are closed to the two feet of snow that has fallen. We jump up and down for joy!President's Day weekend, three days, has now become four days. The next day is spent shoveling snow for money, sledding, and Kenny and I getting our picture in the local paper. The weekend is a time of football, ice hockey, hanging out with family and friends, watching the Philadelphia Flyers hockey game, and playing in the snow! Snow days are a gift from the universe!

When the summer sun becomes too hot for Jimmy and his friends, Jimmy the boy genius makes it snow in Retroville but then finds there is a new problem to solve.

Blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy and a sci-fi flair, Neitherworld covers lots of ground with dexterity and grace. This unique story is populated with alien civilizations, 17th-century Ojibwe shamans, shady government agents and archaeologists. Akiiwan begins in the 1600s, when a talented Native American shaman-Voice-in-the-Sky-is contacted by members of an alien race who are interested sharing with the Ojibwe people their secrets and talents. Fast-forward to the modern day: government agents hire skilled archaeologist Samantha Horner to learn more about Voice-in-the-Sky's mysterious powers. But from the moment her excavation begins, strange occurrences - violent storms, unexpected attacks on crew members and baffling disappearances - suggest to Horner that something strange is afoot. Horner's tale is told with skillful ease. The prose is elegant and precise. The descriptions-both of characters and of the natural world-are beautiful and evocative.

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Snow day! School’s closed! And somewhere out there, a snowball fight is waiting to happen! Comedian and future Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon brings the high action and high comedy of winter’s most riotous kid rite of passage to life in brisk, uproarious verse. Snow bunnies and Fallon fans of all ages will recognize the runny noses, snowball assaults, toboggan shields, and hand-me-down snowsuits that are essential ingredients of cold-weather fun.