This winter hasn’t  brought us much snow but that hasn’t stopped us from reading books all about snow!

Students enjoyed reading, Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper, illustrated by Kenard Pak. This picture book is a celebration of family traditions and the changing weather. Lina wakes up on the day she is to visit Sitti, her Lebanese grandmother, to find it has snowed overnight. It’s “Grape Leaf” day, the day Lina and Sitti make warak enab (stuffed grape leaves- similar to dolmas) together.  Once there, she discovers that Sitti, whose eyesight is failing, has her own ways of hearing and appreciating snow.

After reading Cathy Camper’s picture book together, the students enjoyed rolling and stuffing their own grape leaves. We also enjoyed eating our warak enab with Pita bread and Greek yogurt.

Link to Brightly Storytime’s reading of  Ten Ways to Hear Snow