A Caldecott Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A Booklist Editors' Choice
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.

　　"Pure enchantment from start to finish. Shulevitz uses text as spare as a December landscape to cast a spell of winter magic [and] works a bit of visual alchemy as the tale progresses." --Starred, Publishers Weekly
　　"Outstanding . . . filled with humorous touches . . . Youngsters will joyfully join the boy in his winter-welcoming dance." --Starred, School Library Journal