This nicely illustrated book contains a Russian folk tale about a childless couple whose wish to have a daughter is granted one day. When they make a girl out of snow, she comes alive... But will she be able to survive the spring?The book also contains children"s winter-time riddles and poetry by classic Russian poets A. Blok, F. Tyutchev, N. Nekrasov, S. Esenin and S. Chyornyi.