A Little Snow Must Fall

By Ada Hopper and Rafael Kirschner

In the eleventh DATA Set adventure, the kids and Dr. Bunsen prepare for their iciest adventure yet…in the Antarctic!

It’s snowing in Newtonburg and the DATA Set is excited for a winter-ful day! That is, until Dr. Bunsen’s latest robotic invention snatches Gabe, hops into a portal, and takes him all the way to Antarctica. In a world filled with ice, snow, and suspicious penguins, surely there’s snow thing to fear…right?

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the DATA Set chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Little Simon
• Release date: Dec 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781665949156

Ada Hopper

Ada Hopper has been extremely inventive ever since she was little. There was nothing that a rubber band and some tweezers couldn’t fix, no question that couldn’t be answered by scouring the library, and no way she wasn’t escaping over that backyard fence! Ada loves reading and writing because of all the fantastical worlds a good book can bring you to. When not working, Ada enjoys karaoke, spending time with her family, and going on the occasional adventure or two.

Book preview

A Little Snow Must Fall. Danger! Action! Trouble! Adventure!. The Data Set. 11.The Data Set. A Little Snow Must Fall, by Ada Hopper and Illustrated by Rafael Kirschner of Glass House Graphics. Danger! Action! Trouble! Adventure!. The Data Set. Little Simon. New York | London | Toronto | Sydney | New Delhi.

Chapter 1

A Winter Thrill

The current temperature is thirty degrees, Gabe said as he finished his calculations.

Tir-ty! squealed his little sister, Juanita.

Wind is at perfect velocity, Gabe added.

City! City! repeated Juanita as her winter hat slipped down over her face.

Not city. Ve-lo-ci-ty. Gabe smiled and helped her lift her hat. Velocity means the speed and direction of an object.

Gabe, she’s only two, Laura said. Don’t you think she’s a little young for a physics lesson?

It’s never too early to learn, Gabe declared.

Fluffy white snow blanketed all of Newtonburg. Gabe, Olive, Cesar, and Laura were enjoying a rare snow day in Gabe’s backyard. The four whiz kids were eager to test Laura’s new sled that she designed. They weren’t known as the DATA Set for nothing, after all.

Did your mom really let you babysit Juanita? asked Olive.

Nah, admitted Gabe. She’s watching by the window, but she thinks we can’t see her.

That tracks, said Cesar. At least we get an extra cool test driver.

Extra! Extra! shouted Juanita.

Okay, we are all set! said Olive.

She proudly presented two snow mounds she had just finished building.

This little one is the Cricket, Olive explained. "It’s the perfect slope for Juanita, so she goes fast, but