Alanna's Snow Dream

By Robert Connelly

At first Snowflakes is just like any other snowman made on a snowy afternoon. He can only stand, cold and stiff and silent in his borrowed hat, scarf and coat. But then Santa Claus arrives on his sleigh and shows Alanna the way to bring him to life with a wave of a wand. Together Alanna and Snowflakes set off with Olka the white owl and their elfin friends on a wonderful magical journey to Fairyland. This enchanting story, written in rhyme, is the perfect way for children to enrich their imagination while enjoying the adventures with Alanna, Snowflakes and Olka.

• Language: English
• Publisher: A H Stockwell
• Release date: Dec 12, 2016
• ISBN: 9780722347553

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Alanna’s Snow Dream

A Children’s Fairy Tale

Robert Connolly

ARTHUR H. STOCKWELL LTD

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© Robert Connolly, 2016

First published in Great Britain, 2016

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One winter’s night thru windowpanes I watched

The silent snowflakes, in feathery dance,

On the sleeping Earth descend,

Piling deep in wide expanse

And in my wild delight I wished it would never end.

In bed I thought of all the joys

That would follow in the wake of snow,

Until sleep crept silently over my weary eyes

And led me to the valley of dreams

Where little children often go.

And there in a spacious snowbound park

I made a snowman

And dressed him up a treat,

With hat and coat and scarf

And smiling face complete.

Then suddenly I heard the sound

Of jingling bells like notes of joy,

And when I looked, to my surprise, two reindeer

With a colourful sleigh in tow came to a halt close by,

And thereupon sat Santa Claus

With smiling face and happy song:

Hi-ho, I go, hi-ho, I go and Hello, hello, hello!

"My, my, your snowman is, upon my word,

A true festive sight,

A sculptured work of art,

And is it not indeed a shame

That he has no heart?

"But I know the secret of how to

Bring your snowman to life

And fill him full of animation.

Then he can be your play-friend

And