Books with title Dear Snowman

Driving a busload of happy, young scouters on rain-slick roads John Benjamin Frosst is faced suddenly with the unimaginable. In a fraction of a moment, he makes a decision, selflessly offering his life in exchange for the lives of innocents. Now confronted with the knowledge that the comfortable existence he had expected is in tatters, Ben realizes that, instead of doing the serving he loves, he must now humbly receive it from others. Hampered by this new reality, the fine man that is still Ben Frosst discovers the term ‘handicapped’ is only a starting point from which to find new ways to give and to help. That service comes in many forms. And, with enough love and support, anything is possible. Sometimes, life simply doesn’t turn out the way you plan. And that’s just fine. Diane Stringam Tolley’s newest Christmas novel is a charming, heart-warming story of sacrifice, love and the strength of family and community.

This brand-new addition to Barron's popular and growing Little People Shape Books has a cheerful winter theme about playtime in the snow. Heavy board covers and pages are die-cut so that when the book is closed it takes the shape of the happy snowman decorated for Christmas on the front cover. When the cover is closed, the book presents an attractive, layered, three-dimensional effect.

The Frost Family and The Winter Clan have feuded for as long as anyone in the town of December can remember. But when one of the Frost sons plays a prank on the Winters, the feud turns into all-out war. Both sides prepare for a massive showdown in the center of town where snowman will face snowman in a war the likes of which December has never seen.