The Story of the Snow Children: Mini edition Hardcover – Picture Book, September 15, 2012

This story may not appeal to everyone. I love Sibylle Von Olfers, my husband isn't a big fan. Both of my kids are huge Root Children fans and prefer that story over this one. However, I think the the Wind and Root Children books go nicely with this book...almost like a set....but not quite.I love the nature metaphors and waldorf-y pagan tones. The metaphors leave a bit of room for interpretation and discussion as the kids get older, making it appropriate for both young kids and older ones at the same time.My kids are 4 and 2. This story is the right length. Not too long, not too short. It holds the attention of both without boring them.Side note: Be sure to read the description of the copy being sold. The copy I received is a small one, just FYI. The small one is the only one that has been available for close to a year now on Amazon (as of Dec. 2013) so if you want the larger book or ones that match the other Von Olfers' stories, you may have to look elsewhere.

My 6 year old daughter loves this story! We read it every night for the first two weeks she had it. Then, for my own sake, I said we had to alternate some other stories. Beautiful and timeless.

I ordered this classic book because I wanted to give my daughter a sense of magic and wonder related to nature and winter. This book satisfied that desire. However, for the price I was really surprised by the size. It's about the size of a 3x5 inch index card. Thankfully it made a wonderfully cute little stocking stuffer, and the small size added to its adorability. But I might not have purchased it if I'd known it was going to be so small.

My 5 year old loves these books. He loves the story line because he can relate it to his own imagination. He loves the size of the book, which is perfect for his little hands. And he loves the illustrations because as budding artist himself, they are easy to recreate. Wonderful book all around.

This sweet book is delightfully illustrated, but is too small to enjoy visually. Truthfully more successful/enjoyable if printed in larger format.The story is not strong, and slightly frightful that a child is left alone at home...& goes off w “strangers”-personified snowflakes,etc-...and a “snow”man brings home her home (asleep!) ...not interested in familiarizing toddlers with the idea of being alone w strange “men” in today’s context? Also- the snowmen were scary looking.Our toddler sadly wouldn't let us build snowmen all winter- so that they would NOT “come alive”!:’-(

Beautiful book, my child loves this book!

Young children love this book. The pictures are quite lovely and little ones usually want to hear it again and again. The first time I read it to my 4 year old granddaughter I had to read three times in a row, as she kept delightfully requesting. It is about a little girl being taken to fairyland to the snow queen and then returning home again. Wonderful winter book. It is not about snowflakes being all individually different as one review said before I bought it. You can relie upon any book by this author to be lovely and pure and just what young innocent children need.

This is the tiniest book! I did not like the size and am returning it for that reason. You can barely see the illustrations which was in large part the reason why I ordered this book in the first place. The story is simple and sweet but more something I would check out for a week from the library than purchase for our home and read repeatedly over the years. I know this author is quite well regarded but I was not that impressed with this book.

This is a cute little book - the pictures would make wonderful Christmas cards, as little red-cloaked Poppy finds herself in the world of the snow children.Unfortunately the story (such as it is) is banal in the extreme. No moments of excitement hold the reader - Poppy is taken to the nice snow-queen, where they have a birthday party. And that's about it.Probably more of a purchase for the adult reader who likes the art work than a young, plot-driven child.

I really enjoyed this story and have read it numerous times with my 5 yr old daughter and also my class ( I teach Reception). Its a magical ( and slightly eerie) story about a little girl that goes on an adventure with the snow children. The children that I have read it to have all enjoyed it and it's a bit different from a lot of the modern stories. I was able to pose lots of questions to the children about whether they would have liked to have gone to the snow castle. It's a story that was written a very long time ago but it's still enjoyable today.

Sweet story, lovely illustrations. Well printed with lovely colours and string pages. Small book for small hands.

Lovely little book with nice illustrations. It's very small but it's a lovely size for small children. Would recommend.

This book is so lovely for a bedtime story, my 2, 4 and 6 year olds all really enjoyed it and liked looking at the pretty artwork.