The Snowchild

by Debi Gliori

Katie tries to play with the children in the park, but is unable to make friends with them until the winter, when she and Jenifer make snowmen together

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Debi Gliori (born 1959) is a Scottish author and illustrator of children's books.
She grew up as an only child in Glasgow, and when young began drawing and writing stories. She started writing children's books in 1976, and attended art school in Edinburgh from 1979 to 1984. She then received a travelling scholarship award to go to Milan, and worked as a freelance from 1984 onwards.
She is the author/illustrator of many books for children including Mr Bear, the winner of a Children's Book Award. She is best known for her black comedy Pure Dead series for older children, which display strong elements of family lives amid dark and fantasy-based plots.

Reviews

[Jessica Hembree]

A cute book about not fitting in, making friends, and making snowmen. Each year, my family wraps our collection of Christmas and winter books so that we can randomly pick one each night to read aloud as a family. This was today’s book.