Synopsis
“Caught in a terrible blizzard one night, a young woodcutter has a frightening vision: A beautiful woman appears to lean over the young man’s elderly companion as he dies. Warning the woodcutter never to tell what he has seen, the snow woman disappears. But years later the young man forgets his promise and tells his wife about the strange experience. Breaking his vow has terrible consequences as his wife is swept away to the spirit world where she dwells as the Woman of the Snow. So begins the gripping tale by Robert D. San Souci (of Mulan fame), based on an ancient Japanese legend and illustrated with powerfully evocative paintings by Stephen T. Johnson. How the woodcutter tries to find his wife and bring her back to the living world makes this a book that will thrill all young readers.”
Dial Books for Young Readers
A Division of Penguin Putnam, New York, NY
ISBN 0-8037-1409-2, Copyright 1993
Trim Size: 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, Hardcover, 32 pages
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