The Snow Woman

Sadie's nickname is Frosty. Is it time to thaw out?

Here's the newest twist on the familiar tale of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly.There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow.I don't know why she swallowed some snow.Perhaps you know.This time, the old lady is swallowing everything from snow to a pipe, some coal, a hat, and more! With rollicking, rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page. And this time, there's a surprise at the end no reader will be able to guess!

When Rupert and Kate tell their parents they're going to make a snowman, both Mum and Dad correct them, "You mean a snowperson." Originally published over 30 years ago, this is a deceptively simple story that overthrows gender stereotypes in a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek way that only David McKee could accomplish.

A novel first published in 1969, by the author of COLD COMFORT FARM.

Sandra has loved writing all her life from when she was at the top of her class in English to the present day at 76 years old, never thinking of being a professional but using her gift for her own and her husband's pleasure. Her short stories are, for the most part, based on facts. A small event, like her husband, Colin, building a snowman in the back garden that he decided to make into a snowwoman for a change that turned into a harrowing tale of murder. Another example is her visit to a first-division football match with Colin where she felt frightened in the massive crowd that showed how to never judge a character by how they look. There are many more examples in this book, from simple events like a walk in a garden, a charming old lady spotted in a village, clearing rats in their house, having an operation in a hospital, a sailor husband coming home, and real love. All to do with living a life. A few can be read in a minute, some a few minutes. All short enough to relay in a short conversation to a friend to create a tear or a laugh. Sandra lost her battle with cancer during the writing of this book. She wanted to share her life with you all using these little stories. They should bring you much pleasure.

An emotionally cold woman thaws out when brought into contact with a young family of different social background.

“A perfectly paced and tautly plotted thriller…and an incredibly accomplished debut” (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water), about a beloved high schooler found murdered in her sleepy Colorado suburb and the secret lives of three people connected to her. How can you love someone who’s done something horribly, horribly wrong? When a beloved high schooler named Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her community is untouched—not the boy who loved her too much; not the girl who wanted her perfect life; not the officer assigned to investigate her murder. In the aftermath of the tragedy, these three indelible characters—Cameron, Jade, and Russ—must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, the truth, or both. In crystalline prose, Danya Kukafka offers a brilliant exploration of identity and of the razor-sharp line between love and obsession, between watching and seeing, between truth and memory. “A sensational debut—great characters, mysteries within mysteries, and page-turning pace. Highly recommended” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels). Hailed as “Gillian Flynn of 2017” (Yahoo! Style), compulsively readable and powerfully moving, Girl in Snow is “engagingly told… its endearing characters’ struggles linger in memory after this affecting work is done” (The Wall Street Journal).