Lina wakes to find her neighborhood covered in snow. Last night’s blizzard left everything quiet and white. As she walks to her grandmothers to make a special meal of warak enab, Lina encounters new sounds in the snow-covered neighborhood. Lina knows her grandmother cannot see very well and asks about the snowstorm. She realizes that her Sitti has heard the snow rather than seeing it. Lina discovers 10 diverse ways to hear snow.

Wonderful, clean illustrations take the reader with Lina as she travels to Sitti’s house, and the onomatopoeia of the story heightens the sounds Lina is experiencing. This quiet book celebrates the sounds and feel of Lina’s journey, but also her strong familial relationships and Lebanese culture.
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Very beautifully written and illustrated! Some people see the world with their ears. (Yes, I'm quoting Last Stop on Market Street.) ( )

Sure it can be a counting book
Sure it can be a book about someone with impairments
Sure it can be a book about winter

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As I awoke today to snow, it was a good day to read a book with this title. This is another illustrated story that is very well told, and the accompanying illustrations are lovely! I'll look for additional books in the hope this team continues with their exceptional work.

Lina has a date with her beloved grandmother to make stuffed grape leaves. As Lina travels through the lovely snow, she observes the beauty as she walks to her house.

This is a soft, lovely, well-written story of the love of family, and their Lebanese culture. Lina looks out the window to snow, and the lack of sound on the street was the prompt to understand the quietness.

However, Lina wisely finds ten ways to hear snow. This oxymoron continues throughout. There is the sound of wiping the extra snow from a lovely snowman. Then, the sound of a snowball which finds the target of Lina. The sound of people removing snow from their cars is yet another way to appreciate the quiet sound of snow.

I read this book three times, continuing the enjoyment of a new discovery each time I turned the pages.

Highly recommended!! ( )