One Christmas afternoon, Lou in Canada writes to Araba, his pen pal in an unnamed tropical country, to explain to her what snow is. In free verse, he describes it by moonlight, in the late day, and in the muddy spring. His catalog of enjoyments includes tobogganing; packing snowballs; and making forts, igloos, and snow angels- all activities that most northerners will recognize, but few tropical dwellers may picture without explanation.
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Cross Group, Incidental
Settings: Africa, Canada, Ghana, Northern America, Western Africa
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, White/European American/Caucasian
Cross Group Sub: Central, Indirect, Positive
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary