All it takes is a shake of the wrist to make the flakes fall on Santa’s sleigh, Elvis’s hips, or the Statue of Liberty’s torch--creating a miniature world in each snow globe. From the ornate to the political, from children’s characters to American cities and personalities, these colorful images will propel collectors back to their curio cabinets to watch a dazzling display and set the rest of us out on a lovely nostalgic trip. Each picture comes with a description that gives the history of the piece--going back to the time when snow globes weren’t just tourist souvenirs but depictions of the most romantic sites on earth. Find out where they were first created, which companies specialized in making them, and why they’re so irresistible.

As the worst snow storm of the year rolls in, one family hunkers down together in a cozy blanket fort for the night. A little girl makes a wish on a snow globe and, in the morning, the sun rises on a winter wonderland--beckoning all outside. And what if, on this snow-filled day, families shake their busy lives and everyone goes out to play? A lyrical holiday story about wishes and community and snow--lots and lots of snow.

Oh, when will it snow again? wonders the little family who lives in the snow globe. They long for a swirling snowstorm—if only someone in the big family would pick up the snow globe and give it a great big shake. Baby would love to. She alone notices the little family. She gazes longingly at their snowy little world, but the snow globe is up way too high for her to reach. Then, when a real snowstorm sends the big children outside sledding in the moonlight, Baby finds herself alone in the parlor. . . . Will the snow globe family at last get a chance to go sledding too? As readers follow the parallel adventures of both families, big and little, they will take special pleasure in the miniature world of the snow globe, where the skating pond is the size of a shiny quarter and a snowman is no bigger than a sugar cube.

Includes plastic insert with equivalent measurements and metric conversions.

Santa has had an accident in his workshop and is stuck in a snow globe! Will he make it out to see the kids of the world for Christmas?

A curious kid discovers how magnification and density make her favorite collectible possible. After starting to collect snow globes with the help of her grandmother, Lily has questions. She wants to know who invented them, what the snow is made of, and how the tiny scenes look so magical when she peers inside. As she researches and experiments, Lily learns about light waves, magnification, and density—all while gathering ingredients to make her own snow globe.

A Vision of World Harmony and Peace and Abundance for All We need a celebration for Worldwide Peace and Harmony - a day to rally around-a day of fun and joy. Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving inspires us to take our U. S. celebration of Thanksgiving and go global with it, inviting all the people of the world to put aside their disappointments, anger, hatred, prejudice, for just one day and totally concentrate all of their Heartfelt Gratitude and Energy to the Commitment of Worldwide Thanksgiving for all of the "good" things we have, forgetting all the "bad" things and, also, giving Soul-felt Forgiveness for all the wrongs done on earth in thought or action, personal or institutional. "Everyone would say they want world peace, but how do you manifest it? What Victor Villaseñor has done is simple and genius, by taking our traditional Thanksgiving holiday and going global with it. May each year bring hundreds of communities around the world into this practice of gratitude and fellowship, ushering in 5,000 years of Peace, Harmony and Abundance for All!" - Myra Westphall, editor and nature enthusiast