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A ReaderrsquosGuide to

Eowyn IveyrsquosThe Snow Child

ldquoSpellbindingrdquomdashGill Hudson Readerrsquos Digest

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Joseph Flaherty Executive Directorjoefwaborg

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Readerrsquos GuideContents

Dear Reader 4

Eowyn Ivey A Biography 5

A Conversation with Eowyn Ivey 6

Discussion Points for Readers of The Snow Child 18

Related Titles of Interest 23

Tips for Book Discussions 25

Calendar of Public Programs amp Events 29

Become a Member of Writers amp Books 40

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Dear Reader

Writers amp Books is Rochesterrsquos nationally renowned non-profit literary center located at 740 University Avenue in the heart of Rochesterrsquos Neighborhood of the Arts In 2001 Writers amp Books initiated the ldquoIf All of Rochester Read the Same Bookrdquo program The goal of ldquoIf All of Rochester Read the Same Bookhelliprdquo is to encourage people to connect to others in our community through reading and discussion and through the shared experience of literature Each year Writers amp Books selects one book for our community to explore together leading to an extended residency by the author

Our choice for 2014 the fourteenth year of the program is the novel The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey We estimate that well over 130000 Rochester area readers have participated in our thirteen previous programs which featured A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines (2001) The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks (2002) Kindred by Octavia Butler (2003) Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (2004) Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett (2005) Name All the Animals by Alison Smith (2006) The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian (2007) Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami (2008) Jim the Boy by Tony Earley (2009) Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2010) The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (2011) The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean (2012) and Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (2013)

During her residency in Rochester March 19ndash21 2014 Eowyn Ivey will make a number of appearances at local libraries schools and universities in the Rochester area to read and discuss her work and sign books For several weeks before Iveyrsquos arrival readers around the region will be joining discussions about The Snow Child as well as attending film screenings and panel discussions making quilts inspired by the book and participating in special events highlighting Alaskan and homesteading music and culture (and snow)

For a complete calendar of events or to learn how to participate in this program visit our web site at wwwwaborg or call us at (585) 473-2590

Joseph FlahertyExecutive Director Writers amp Books

5

EOWYN IVEY A BIOGRAPHY

Eowyn (pronounced A-o-win) LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters Her mother named her after a character from JRR Tolkienrsquos Lord of the Rings

The Snow Child is Eowynrsquos debut novel Her essays and short fiction have appeared in Londonrsquos Observer magazine Sunday Times magazine Sunday Express magazine Woman amp Home magazine the anthology Cold Flashes the North Pacific Rim literary journal Cirque and Alaska magazine as well as on FiveChapterscom

Prior to her career as a bookseller (at Fireside Books in Palmer Alaska) and novelist Eowyn worked for nearly a decade as an award-winning reporter at the Frontiersman newspaper Her weekly articles about her outdoor adventures earned her the Best Non-Daily Columnist award from the Alaska Press Club

Eowyn earned her BA in journalism and creative writing through Western Washington Universityrsquos honors program and studied creative nonfiction in the University of Alaska Anchoragersquos graduate program She is a contributor to the blog 49Writers and a founding member of Alaskarsquos first statewide writing center

The Snow Child was informed by Eowynrsquos life in Alaska Her husband is a fishery biologist with the state of Alaska While they both work outside of the home they are raising their daughters in the rural largely subsistence lifestyle in which they were each raised

As a family they harvest salmon and wild berries keep a vegetable garden turkeys and chickens and hunt caribou moose and bear for meat Because they donrsquot have a well and live outside any public water system they haul water each week for their holding tank and gather rainwater for their animals and garden Their primary source of home heat is a woodstove and they harvest and cut their own wood These activities are important to Eowynrsquos day-to-day life as well as the rhythm of her year

Adapted from the authorrsquos website

6

A CONVERSATION WITH EOWYN IVEY

Writers amp Books How important was storytelling when you were growing up

Eowyn Ivey I grew up in a family of avid readers My father has his degree in English literature and my mom is a poet with her Masters in creative writing and although they had unrelated day jobs they both have always loved to read Books were a constant presence in my life My dad was always building more shelves and my mom was always bringing home more books to fill them When we were dating in high school my husband used to joke that our house was like a librarymdasheven if the television was on everyone would be reading

WampB As a child did you tend to read adventure books or those set in a natural landscape

Ivey Yes to both Some of the first books I read on my own and adored were The Boxcar Children Island of the Blue Dolphins Julie of the Wolves Little House in the Big Woods Like a lot of young readers it seems I was drawn to stories of children in extreme conditions surviving by their own wit and skill and I think that partly fed my desire to tell the story of The Snow Child

WampB Your mother the poet Julie LeMay named you after a character in JRR Tolkeinrsquos The Lord of the Rings Did that put any pressure on you to read (and love) Tolkein (or poetry)

Ivey No itrsquos funny because I never gave much thought to my name when I was younger I would sort of appease grownups when they asked where it came frommdashis it Celtic Yes Irsquod say Is it Irish Yes Is it Welsh Yes It seemed too complicated to explain its real origin When I was about 9 I tried to read The Lord of the Rings and found the books confusing and frankly kind of boring so I skipped ahead found a few sentences with my name and then put them aside I went on to read The Hobbit several times and itrsquos still one of my favorite books Itrsquos an awful confession coming from a reader and writer but although Irsquove watched The Lord of the Rings movies and enjoyed them still havenrsquot made my way through the books As for poetry I feel blessed that it was so much a part of my life that I never had to make any distinction about whether I liked it or not It just was and some of it I loved and some of it I didnrsquot understand but still loved

7

WampB When did you start writing and in what form did you first work

Ivey As a child I think I identified as a reader more than a writer I did like to write stories with fantasy premises such as talking cats and alien-inhabited planets and sometimes I would make them into little books but it seemed like just another form of playing and inventing not anything someone would pursue as a serious occupation

WampB Tell us how the story of The Snow Child came to you I have read that you called it a ldquolightning-strike momentrdquo that involved a ldquotinglyrdquo feelinghellip

Ivey It really was an inspiring moment for me as a writer I was working alone at Fireside Books one night getting ready to close when I came across a childrenrsquos picture book illustrated by the Alaskan artist Barbara Lavallee I know a lot of Alaska children books but strangely I had never seen this one before and I read it standing there by the shelves It was called The Snow Child and in just a handful of sentences it told the Snegurochka fairy tale An old man and woman are filled with sorrow because they canrsquot have children One night they build a little girl out of snow and she comes to life After I finished reading it and started to walk back to the register I was struck by this elated spine-tingling sensation and I thought ldquoThis is it This is the story I want to tellrdquo

WampB You have shared in other interviews that you were already writing a different novel when this story came to you Did that other novel have Alaska as a setting and will we ever see that novel completed And might it also have magical elements

Ivey Yes my discovery of the fairy tale was both one of my most thrilling moments as a writer and my most challenging I was working on a completely different novel also set in Alaska and was probably three-quarters done and had invested nearly five years in it For a while I tried to resist the temptation of Snegurochka because it seemed foolish and irresponsible to turn my back on all the hard work I had done on that first novel But that first novel was modern realism and it had some plot problems but more than that it felt like a grind to work on it With the fairy tale it was as if I had been

8

handed permission to tell the kind of story I really wanted to tellmdasha magical story set in my own backyard That first novel wonrsquot ever see the light of day It was my ldquopractice runrdquo But Irsquom still attached to the characters and have since written some short stories about them

WampB How important to you as a native Alaskan is writing about the setting and landscape of the Last Frontier as the state is sometimes called or the ldquogreat landrdquo (which is what the Aleut word ldquoAlyeskardquo means)

Ivey At least right now I canrsquot imagine writing about anywhere else This is the place I know and love but it is also an emotionally complex subject for me as a writer There is a lot about Alaska and my relationship with it that I donrsquot understand and so I think it could keep me occupied for some time

WampB In many ways the book reads as a love letter to the Alaskan wilderness

Ivey Thatrsquos a wonderful comment I did have something like that in mind but I also believe that in order to truly love a place or person you have to see it whollymdashnot just as a postcard or airbrushed image I wanted the novel to depict Alaska in a more three-dimensional light

WampB It does indeed explore the complicated aspects of the region What kind of research about early 20th-century homesteading (for example) did you have to do for this book

Ivey This really wasnrsquot a research-driven book for me So much of Jack and Mabelrsquos lifestyle is similar to how a lot of people still live in Alaskamdashhunting wild game raising a garden making homemade jams and sourdough I wrote very much from my own experiences However I did research the campaign to bring homesteaders to Alaska in the early 1900s I also interviewed an elderly man who was raised on a farm in the Matanuska Valley in the 1930s because I wanted to get the details correct as to how much industrialized equipment they might have had Even a decade after Jack and Mabel moved to Alaska there was very little

9

WampB The novel was first released in Norway another region of snow and ice Was that connection intentional How was it received by Norwegian readers

Ivey The Snow Childrsquos path has been a complete surprise for me including its trip to Norway When the book was acquired here in the United States by Little Brown and Company it was simultaneously picked up by publishers in several other countries including Norway UK Italy Germany and France The publishers choose their own translators covers and publication dates Pantagruel my Norwegian publisher chose to release earlier than anywhere else So months before any bookstores here in Alaska had it on their shelves I was receiving emails from readers in Norway and it went on to be a bestseller there It was astounding And now I think wersquore up to 25 or so translations being distributed in 30-some countries

WampB I have seen a selection of those different international covers on linemdashvery interesting In terms of the narrative how did you find a balance between fairytale inspiration and serious even life-and-death adult tale Did you find yourself revising Fainarsquos world to make it more realistic or more magical

Ivey This was one of the elements of the story that most excited memdashthe idea of setting a magical fairy tale in the harsh landscape of Alaska There was something in that contrast that juxtaposition of the ethereal and the brutal the mythical and the wild which appealed to me As for Faina early on I had chapters written from her perspective explaining how a little girl could survive in the Alaska wilderness (thinking back to those adventure stories of my childhood) but my agent suggested taking those chapters out to allow her to be more mysterious and unexplained And he was absolutely right The enigmatic aspect of her character was important to the novel

WampB Along with the mystery that is Faina another element that is especially noticeable about this novel is the complex characterizations including the charactersrsquo inner lives You so often successfully show donrsquot tell (as the saying goes) how they are feeling which leaves the readers to do a bit of work themselves This is especially true of Mabel How do you develop your characters

Ivey Thank you again It was a really different process from other fiction I have written Often I think of a character and then wonder

10

what will happen to them and so find my way to a plot With The Snow Child I had the basic plot so the process was reversed I was asking myself Who are these people How did they come to Alaska Why are their lives so filled with sorrow How will they ever come to think of Alaska as home As I was writing I discovered new aspects of their pasts and personalities and I would weave those back through the story

WampB How did you come to include Jack and Mabelrsquos experience of losing a child

Ivey Both the fairy tale and my personal life convened here I was pregnant with our second daughter when I came across that picture book at Fireside I was thinking a lot about how it would feel to want children and not be able to have them About this time a screening blood test revealed that our unborn baby was at a high risk for a type of genetic disorder that would result in her death within days of being born if not in utero It required us to have further testing and as we waited for the results I read a lot about the disorder and families who had dealt with it It is a tremendously heart-wrenching grief these parents endure We were fortunatemdashthe final tests came back negative and our daughter was born healthy But the experience was very much with me as I wrote Mabelrsquos character

WampB How significant was it that Mabel be an outsider to Alaska Is her experience based on any historical figures

Ivey This was very important for me I grew up in Alaska and in ways probably take it for granted I wanted to see it through new eyes and I wondered what it would be like to come here for the first time as an adult and be miserable How could you grow to think of this as home What would that look and feel like Like a lot of extreme places Alaska attracts people who donrsquot always know what to expect Many of them live here for a winter or two and then leave but some stay Irsquom interested in those who stay

WampB And how important was it that Mabel is unable to read the book about Snegurochka as it is in Russian

Ivey I liked the idea of Mable interacting with the Snegurochka fairy tale of being aware of the many possible versions but not being handed her own fate I wanted it to be something like remembering a dream you canrsquot make out all the details or recall the specifics but it

11

still has a strong visceral effect on you By giving Mabel the childhood memories and the illustrations but having the words be in a language she doesnrsquot know I hoped it would allow for this kind of surreal interaction

WampB On a related note some readers have commented on the fact that you did not include quotation marks when Faina speaks At what point did you decide on this strategy and why

Ivey Irsquom so glad you mentioned this A lot of readers donrsquot notice it at all Others think itrsquos a typographical error But some do notice and itrsquos always interesting to hear what the effect was on their reading process It came about when I first began writing the dialogue for Faina When I put the quotation marks around her words it was as if I had yanked her to the ground Suddenly she was too ordinary too loud too present I experimented with taking out all quotation marksmdashIrsquom a fan of writers like Cormac McCarthy who have handled dialogue in different waysmdashbut that wasnrsquot right either Then it occurred to me that I could use punctuation as another character trait for Faina So whenever she is part of a conversation there are no quotation marks I hoped it would lend something unearthly soft and eerie to her voice

WampB It certainly does furthering her enigmatic presence I think In the novel there is a focus on strong women How did you come to explore the varied relationships between Mabel and Esther and Faina

Ivey Irsquom not sure how best to express this but my goal wasnrsquot necessarily to create strong women I was just interested in the many different ways people cope and love and live their lives I suspect that if I had set out to create a certain type of character it wouldnrsquot have been as satisfying to me Instead I wanted to discover these people to find out how they are surprising and resilient fragile and remarkable

WampB Mabel and Esther both are certainly ldquoresilient fragile and remarkablerdquo as you say They are such endearing characters yet they are so different at least initially How did each evolve as you wrote the book

Ivey I have to confess that it was such a relief not just to Mabel but to me as a writer when Esther popped into my imagination She

12

wasnrsquot part of my original outline or idea for the story but I was so happy when she appeared By the nature of the story Mabel is kind of a downer She is suffering and depressed I realized that Esther could help show her how to survive in Alaska Shersquos sort of my quintessential Alaskan womanmdashstrong and independent but also very caring and generous of spirit

WampB Esther and Mabel both end up being mothers as well Which brings me to the idea of the orphan which is a familiar trope in literature One writer has stated that orphans are ldquoat once pitiable and noblerdquo and they are therefore considered rich characters And the ubiquitous snow child stories are necessarily about orphans How do you see the orphan functioning in the readerrsquos psyche

Ivey It was interesting because as I was working on The Snow Child I began to see the archetypes everywheremdashthe person who longs to be a parent and magically creates a child (the gingerbread man Pinocchio Rainbabies etc) and the orphan child who is always slightly on the outside (Harry Potter the Boxcar Children Anne of Green Gables) I donrsquot understand our fascination with these types of characters but I certainly share it

WampB There are also many examples of the ldquowild childrdquo in literaturemdashboth fiction and nonfiction How does Faina fit into that tradition

Ivey If I would have kept those original chapters that described Fainarsquos life in the woods then The Snow Child very much would have been in that same vein We would have seen the day-to-day details of her life Itrsquos strange to say but now that those chapters arenrsquot part of the story Irsquom not even sure theyrsquore true anymore I only know as much about Faina as Jack and Mabel do

WampB There are scenes in which it appears that Faina might also be a changelinghellip

Ivey Exactly At some point as I was working on the story I realized that I wanted to keep both those possibilities alive throughout the storymdashthat Faina is a flesh-and-blood orphan with the skills to survive and she is a magical being who has come to Jack and Mabel out of ice and snow Just as I was excited about the contrast of fairy tale and gritty homesteading story I liked that Faina embodied these two contrasting truths

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WampB I have read that the name ldquoFainardquo is Russian for ldquolightrdquo and has Slavic origins meaning ldquocrownrdquo What does it mean to you

Ivey Thatrsquos wonderful that you discovered that I think character names can lend a lot to a story Although I didnrsquot want to be too heavy handed I wanted the snow childrsquos name to be lyrical to be of Russian origins in honor of the Snegurochka roots of the story and also to have some deeper meaning I imagined her bringing light into Jack and Mablersquos lives and I also liked the connection to alpenglow a common phenomenon in Alaska when the snowy mountains are aglow with the low setting sun

WampB I have seen that phenomenon in Alaska myself along with the aurora which is otherwordly the first time The fox is also an important character in the book (and is a crucial visual element of the US paperback book cover) We have a display of the book that also includes several versions of a red fox which will also serve as the focus of our scavenger hunt this year How and when did the fox come into such prominence in the book

Ivey I first came across the fox in Arthur Ransomersquos 1916 translation of the Snegurochka fairy tale and it sparked a vivid image in my mind of Faina running through the trees with this red fox As my story developed the fox became more important I saw him as a symbol of Fainarsquos wildness It was my talented editor Andrea Walker who helped me take it farther in seeing the connection between Garrett and the fox and his relationship with Faina I donrsquot want to give too much away But Irsquove enjoyed seeing him on the various covers of the book

WampB The Snow Child is evocative very much a sensual book with great attention paid to the senses Do you work toward that within a narrative or do scenes come to you through the senses

Ivey Thank you I do tend to use all my senses when Irsquom trying to imagine myself into a fictional scene or situation But I also make a conscious effort to weave in more sensory detail during the revision process with hopes that it will allow the reader deeper into my story

14

WampB The book is also (and obviously) very cinematic Has it been optioned for film

Ivey There has been some interest in a film but nothing definite The UK composer Eric Wetherell is working on producing The Snow Child as an opera Our oldest daughter is an aspiring opera singer so Irsquove been learning a lot more about the form and itrsquos amazing to imagine my story being translated to the stage like that

WampB What a fantastic family connection Tell us you were a newspaper reporter for a decade what is the difference for you between reporting and writing fiction

Ivey I received my degree in journalism because I wanted a practical way to have a career as a reader and writer and I ended up working at the Frontiersman newspaper here in my hometown in Alaska In ways it was a really exciting time in my lifemdashI wrote a lot edited a lot and formed some lifelong friendships But I have to admit I never had a real passion for journalism Irsquove always been drawn to fiction both as a reader and writer I feel closer to Truth to the elements of life that cut closest to the bone in fiction because itrsquos not hamstringed by fact if that makes any sense So I was really following my passion when I left the newspaper business to work as a bookseller

WampB What did you learn about publishing with this very successful first book

Ivey Irsquove learned that as a market it is even more baffling and capricious than I ever imagined and that as a business it is filled with people who are wonderfully passionate about books But as a writer I canrsquot think about ldquopublishingrdquo when Irsquom writing I have to think about the stories Irsquove loved and the story I want to write and try to remember to be fearless and honest

WampB Speaking of truth what are the similarities between the lives of the characters in The Snow Child and your familyrsquos contemporary existence in Alaska I know you forage and hunt and live semi-off the grid with your husband and daughters What modern conveniences do you have that Mabel and Jack for instance do not How does your life now differ from your childhood in Alaska

15

Ivey In ways much of The Snow Child is informed by my own experiences in Alaska first as a little girl growing up here and now with my own family But there is a distinct difference between my real world and that of the novelmdashwe have all the modern conveniences and we have the safety net of technology As much as we rely on hunting as a part of our lifestylemdashwe eat primarily wild fish and gamemdashwe arenrsquot going to starve if we donrsquot get a moose during hunting season We live in a rural area but we are on a road system that can get us to Anchorage and via the airport anywhere in the world in a matter of hours We have the internet and smart phones and snowmachines (what most people outside of Alaska call snowmobiles) We go to the grocery store every week and can have avocadoes in February if we want them and pay for them with a credit card if we need to But we also pick wild blueberries on the tundra fill our freezer with caribou roasts and salmon fillets harvest carrots peas and radishes from our garden heat our home with wood and trade chicken eggs for blueberry mead from our neighbors Like a lot of Alaskans we straddle these two lifestyles one that is tied to the land and aims to be self-sufficient and another that is very modern and American

WampB Do you see a movement toward a more traditional back-to-the-land lifestyle We certainly read a lot about it here in the lower 48 even in urban environments

Ivey There does seem to be a growing interest in that direction I hear more about people growing gardens and keeping chickens even in urban areas I think the more we all understand about where our food comes from the better

WampB It is important to note that besides writing a best-selling novel your vocation has been as a bookseller How did you get into bookselling Can you tell us about the store Fireside Books in Palmer Alaska (I twice spent several weeks in and around Palmer but it was before the shop opened) I worked in a usedantiquarian bookstore here in Rochester for many years and often miss it What do you particularly enjoy about being a bookseller

Ivey Palmer is so fortunate to have Fireside books I went to work there in part because I thought it would be fun but also because I hoped it would help me become a better writer As a reporter I had no creative energy left to write fiction at the end of the day Going to the bookstore was one of the most important decisions Irsquove ever made

16

Not only did working as bookseller teach me a lot about books and readers and fill me rather than deplete me as a writer it is where I found the specific inspirations for both The Snow Child and my current project

WampB It is interesting that a previous ldquoIf All of Rochesterhelliprdquo author Ann Patchett after several successful novels opened a bookstore in Nashville Tennessee where she has lived for most of her life Novelist Jonathan Lethem co-owns a used bookstore in Maine (and there are other examples) What are your thoughts on the future of independent booksellers in this age of big box stores and online retailers

Ivey At least here in Palmer Alaska the independent bookstore is a kind of sanctuary for artists and writers and readers and the community would suffer without it Unlike larger retailers I think independent booksellers can respond more nimbly to the specific desires of their customers and they can provide this unique service of handselling of finding the right book for the right person This is unbelievably important for both authors and readers But it is not an easy time for bookstores as anyone can tell you This is a time of huge change for all of the publishing world and I think itrsquos hard to predict how it will shake out

WampB Has becoming a successful writer changed how you read

Ivey Not really I sometimes get an early peek at books that are coming out as publishers seek endorsements but I had access to advance reader copies also as a bookseller I still read a mix of new releases and classics I still feel like Irsquom searching for those unique books that surprise and inspire me Because Irsquom right in the middle of my new novel I find Irsquom not reading as much fiction as nonfiction and poetry which feed my work without distracting me from my own story

WampB Thatrsquos interesting As a bookseller what are some titles you could recommend (old or new) to people who enjoyed The Snow Child

Ivey Unfortunately Irsquom not at Fireside Books anymore When I was writing The Snow Child I was only working a few hours on weekends and evenings and my book event schedule quickly became a conflict But Irsquom in the store nearly as often now shopping for books and visiting with my friends there

17

However once a bookseller always a bookseller I always enjoy sharing my favorite books For those seeking more about Alaska Two Old Women by Velma Wallis The Ravenrsquos Gift by Don Rearden Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner Two in the Far North by Margaret Murie The Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley and The Stars The Snow The Fire by John Haines are some of my all-time favorites Of recent novels Irsquove read I really admire The Returned by Jason Mott The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton and The Round House by Louise Erdrich

WampB What a rich list Of course we are looking forward to your next book Many sources on the Internet have revealed its title to be Shadows on the Wolverine which leads me to believe the setting will be the same as The Snow Child What can you tell us about the story

Ivey Yoursquore one of the first people to make that connection Yes it is the same setting Although it is based on real places here in Alaska I invented the Wolverine River for The Snow Child because I wanted the freedom to play with the geography and I decided to return there with my newest novel Shadows however is set nearly 40 years earlier in 1885 and is inspired by a true-life military expedition that traversed Alaska In my telling Lt Col Forrester ventures up the Wolverine River with a sergeant and private to explore the heart of the territory As they travel deeper into the country they encounter the mythology described by the landrsquos indigenous people It is also the story of Sophie Forrester the colonelrsquos pregnant wife who waits for his return at Fort Vancouver She is wrestling with her conscience and trying to find the courage to tell her husband about her past but she is also on the cusp of making an inspiring discovery Irsquom telling the novel through journals letters and other documents Some of my favorite parts to write in The Snow Child were the letters between Ada and Mabel so I am having a lot of fun with this new project

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DISCUSSION POINTS FOR READERS OF THE SNOW CHILD

The Authorrsquos Craft

bull How does the title set the tone for the book How does it relate to the story told

bull How does the author Eowyn Ivey inform the reader about the initial setting of the narrative What does the novel tell us about the people and culture of that region and that era

bull How does the author inform the reader about the landscape her characters are exploring

bull How are the personalities (and emotions) of the various characters revealed through small details

bull How does the author exhibit empathy in her writing

bull In what ways can this story be considered magical

bull Discuss Iveyrsquos writing style including sentence structure diction tone setting narrative structure and use of imagery and figurative language such as metaphors

bull The Snow Child is evocative is very much a sensual book For example the book begins with sound and how silence is not what Mabel expected In what other examples can readers see such close attention paid to the senses

bull How does the lack of quotation marks when Faina speaks affect how readers experience her character

bull Explore how Iveyrsquos writing is visual In what ways is it cinematic

bull What portions or aspects of the writing did you find most artful andor enjoyable to read

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Characters amp Motivations

bull Who is the main characterprotagonist in the novel bull How are Mabel and Jack initially described (both physical and emotional characteristics) What brings them to such a remote and challenging location

bull Explore the differences in how Mabel and Jack believe (in Faina in their potential success as homesteaders etc)

bull Why is it important that Mabel is an outsider in Alaska

bull In what ways does Mabel fulfill the role of heroine Does she remind you of other literary heroines

bull What differing circumstances bring each of the main characters into the story

bull Mabel and Esther are quite different personalities What brings them together How is Mabel changed by their friendship

bull What other relationships blossom and change over the course of the story

bull How does each of the main characters change over the course of the novel What lessons do they learn How does each reconsider their lives their choices their conception of family their future Track their emotional and psychological shifts

bull How does the reality of homesteading in Alaska match or differ from Mabel and Jackrsquos expectations

bull The name ldquoFainardquo is Russian for ldquolightrdquo and has Slavic origins meaning ldquocrownrdquo How does this relate to the girlrsquos character and her story

bull How is Faina like the wilderness herself

bull Why doesnrsquot Faina name her baby or her dog

bull Faina is related to several literary character tropes such as the orphan the wild child the changeling How do we see each of these come into play in the narrative

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bull How does each character see himself or herself before Faina appears Do they see themselves differently as the story ends

bull How is each character changed by knowing Faina Who is changed most fundamentally

bull How might Mabelrsquos affinity for fairytales affect her reaction to meeting Faina

bull How might the fact that Mabel lost a child lead her to be more accepting of a snow child

bull What do you admire or dislike about each main character Does this opinion change over the course of the novel

bull Narratives such as this ask readers to gain insight into and empathize with characters who might on the surface seem very unlike us indeed part of the pleasure we get derives from feeling that we are getting inside othersrsquo heads and lives and satisfying our curiosity Therefore it is pertinent to ask How do these characters show curiosity about insight into or empathy for other characters Where is lack of such traits an issue

Issues and Themes

bull How are various gender relations portrayed

bull What different kinds of friendships are evident

bull How are different types of ldquofamilyrdquo and nurturing portrayed and understood How do they change over time How do different family structures or relationships parallel one another

bull In what ways are the concepts of family and home expressed by the different characters

bull How do the ideas of community and of self-reliance balance in the story

bull How is the concept of ldquofrontierrdquo played out in different ways What frontiers are approached or breached or even conquered

bull How does the rural Alaska landscape become a character in the novel How does the landscape interact with the human characters and vice versa

21

bull How does the book differ from the fairytales on which it was based

bull How do the elements of magic realism function in the novel

bull The coat that Mabel makes for Faina is reminiscent of Josephrsquos coat of many colors Is it magic

bull In what ways is this book a love letter to the Alaskan wilderness

bull Explore the several examples of the power of art in the novel

bull How does the author use symbols in the narrative

bull Explore the differences in the narrative when the story takes place in the daylight vs darkness and in winter vs summer

bull What function does Fainarsquos fox fulfill What characteristics do Faina and the fox share

bull How does the foxrsquos death change the narrative

bull Explore the role of animals in this story and as part of this rural lifestyle Think of Fainarsquos fox the swan Faina slays the first time Garrett sees her the chickens Jack and Mabel keep the wolverine that appears at the end and morehellip

bull What messages about death isare conveyed in the novel

bull How are the ideas of tension and balance conveyed in the novel from plot points to characters to narrative details

bull What is the role of storytelling throughout the novel

bull Mabelrsquos sister tells her in a letter (in relation to the Russian fairy tale) that she can rewrite the story How does Mabel (or any other character) rewrite their own story

bull What is the significance of the book ending with a new uncertain story about to begin What does it say about the importance of storytelling

bull Is Fainarsquos story ultimately tragic

22

Speculative Questions

bull What do you think Iveyrsquos motivations were in writing this novel

bull Would this story affect readers in and outside of Alaska differently Why

bull What might have been different if Faina had not have left

bull Could this story be told in the same way in a present day setting

bull Might the story Faina be pure fantasy

Related Writing Projects

bull Write a few entries in a reflective journal by Mabel exploring her life homesteading in Alaska

bull Write another letter from Mabel to her sistermdashandor vice versa

bull Write a few entries in a reflective journal by Faina exploring her life in the backcountry of Alaskamdashin winter and in summer

bull Write a letter from Faina to Garrett after she leaves him and their childmdashandor vice versa

bull Write the story of Faina from the perspective of her fox

bull Start with an old postcard or a family photograph or an image from a database such as httpvildaalaskaedumdashany picture that includes people Use your imagination to write about who the people are in the picture where they come from and what they experience in daily life

23

RELATED TITLES OF INTEREST

IF YOU ENJOYED THE SNOW CHILD YOU MIGHT ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING

BOOKS

Nonfiction about Alaska and the Arctic regionArctic Dreams by Barry LopezArctic Homestead The True Story of One Familyrsquos Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds by Norma Cobb Charles W Sasser and Charles SasserComing into the Country by John McPheeInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerKabloona by Gontran de PoncinsThe Last Light Breaking Living Among Alaskarsquos Inupiat Eskimos by Nick JansNever Cry Wolf Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley MowatOne Manrsquos Wilderness An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith from the journals and photographs of Richard ProennekePassage to Juneau A Sea and Its Meanings by Jonathan RabanThe Quiet World Saving Alaskarsquos Wilderness Kingdom 1879ndash1960 by Douglas BrinkleyThe Shameless Diary of an Explorer A Story of Failure on Mt McKinley by Robert DunnStill Points North One Alaskan Childhood One Grown-up World One Long Journey Home by Leigh Newman

Fictional narratives set in AlaskaAlaska by James MichenerThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonA Cold Day for Murder by Dana StabenowJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (Young Adult)Ordinary Wolves by Seth KantnerTwo Old Women An Alaska Legend of Betrayal Courage and Survival by Velma WallisThe Yiddish Policemanrsquos Union by Michael Chabon

24

Related FolktalesFairy TalesRussian Fairy Tales by Aleksandr Afanasev Alexander Alexeieff Norbert Guterman and Roman Jakobson The Salmon Princess An Alaska Cinderella Story by Mindy DwyerThe Snow Child A Russian Folktale by Freya Littledale and Barbara LavalleeThe Story of the Snow Children by Sibylle Von OlfersThe Snowchild by Debi Gliori

Alaska PoetsLinda BierdsNora Marks DauenhauerOlena Kalytiak DavisJohn HainesLinda McCarristonSheila NickersonTom SextonMary TallMountain

FilmsAlone in the Wilderness (Parts I amp II) the account of the true day-to-day explorations and activities of Dick Proenneke as he built a cabin in the Alaskan wildernessThe Edge adventure thriller written by David Mamet and directed by Lee TamahoriThe Grey survival story directed by Joe CarnahanInsomnia noir thriller directed by Christopher NolanGrizzly Man documentary by Werner HerzogInto the Wild directed by Sean Penn from Jon Krakauerrsquos nonfiction book of the same nameThe Simpsons Movie

Television SeriesNorthern ExposureDeadliest Catch Crab Fishing in Alaska

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TIPS FOR BOOK DISCUSSIONS

Reading Critically

Good books for discussion move the reader and stay in the mind long after the book is read and the discussion is over These books can be read more than once and each time readers learn something new

Reading for a book discussionmdashwhether you are the leader or simply a participantmdashdiffers from reading purely for pleasure As you read a book chosen for a discussion ask questions and mark down important passages or pages you might want to refer back to Make notes like ldquoIs this significantrdquo or ldquoWhy does the author include thisrdquo or ldquoHow does this relate to previous elements of the storyrdquo Making notes as you go slows down your reading but gives you a better sense of what the book is really about and saves you the time of searching out important passages later

Obviously asking questions as you go means you donrsquot know the answers yet and often you never do discover the answers But during discussion of your questions others may provide insight for you Donrsquot be afraid to ask hard questions because often the author is presenting difficult issues for that very purpose

As with any skill good literary consciousness grows with practice You can never relax your vigilance because a good author uses every word to reveal something Try to be aware of what authors are revealing about themselves and want you to learn about life from their perspective Appreciate the artistic presentation but also reap the benefits of the experience the author is sharing

As you read The Snow Child consider the questions and topics raised in the Readerrsquos Guide What timeless topics does Ivey raise How are some of these issues addressed in the book How do these issues relate to your own family or your own life These are the kinds of questions that lead to in-depth conversations with your group and make the book meaningful and of lasting value

26

Another way to analyze the important themes of a book is to consider with what premise the author started You can imagine an author mulling over the beginnings of the story asking ldquoWhat ifhelliprdquo questions Think about which ldquoWhat ifsrdquo prompted the story

When you meet the characters in the book place yourself at the scene Think of them as you do the people around you Think about their faults and their motives What would it be like to interact with them Listen to the tone and style of their dialogue Read portions aloud to get to know the characters and the authorrsquos style

Sometimes an author uses the structure of the book to illustrate an important concept or to create a mood Notice how the author structured the book Are the stories or chapters prefaced by quotes or titles How do they apply to the content of the chapters How many narrators tell the story Who are they How does the sequence of events unfold to create the mood of the story Does it make sense

Compare the book to others by the same author or to books by different authors that have a similar topic or style or explore the same era or eventssituations Often themes run through an authorrsquos works that are more fully realized by comparison Comparing one authorrsquos work with anotherrsquos can help you solidify your opinions as well as define for you qualities you might otherwise miss

The best books are those that insinuate themselves into your experience They reveal an important truth or provide a profound sense of kinship between the reader and the writer Searching for identifying and discussing these truths often make the book more important and more significant

Asking questions reading carefully imagining yourself in the story analyzing style and structure and searching for personal meaning in a work of literature all enhance the workrsquos value and the discussion potential for your group

27

The Discussion

Come prepared with 10 to 15 open-ended questions Questions that can be answered ldquoyesrdquo or ldquonordquo tend to cut off discussion

Questions should be used to guide the discussion and keep it on track but be ready to let the discussion flow naturally Yoursquoll often find that the questions yoursquove prepared will come up naturally as part of the discussion

Remind participants that there are not necessarily any right answers to the questions posed

Donrsquot be afraid to criticize a book but try to get the group to go beyond the ldquoIt just didnrsquot appeal to merdquo statement What was it about the book that made it unappealing The style The pacing The characters Has the author written other books that were better Did it remind you of a book that you likeddisliked Many times the best discussions are about books that the majority of the group disliked

Try to keep a balance in the discussion between personal revelations and reactions and a response to the book itself Every reader responds to a book in ways that are intimately tied to hisher background upbringing and worldview A book about a senseless murder will naturally strike some sort of chord in a reader whose family member was murdered Thatrsquos interesting but whatrsquos more interesting is how the author chose to present the murder or the authorrsquos attitude toward the murderer and victim It is often too easy to let a group drown in reminiscences

28

Some Suggestions for Participants

A good discussion depends partly on the skills we develop as participants Here are some suggestions (based on the New York Public Libraryrsquos book discussion program)

SPEAK UP Group discussion is like a conversation everyone takes part in it Each speaker responds to what the person before him said Nobody prepares speeches there should be a spontaneous exchange of ideas and opinions The discussion is your chance to say what you think

LISTEN Try to understand the other personrsquos point of view see what experience and thinking it developed from Donrsquot accept ideas that donrsquot have a sound basis Remember there are several points of view possible on every question

BE BRIEF Share the discussion with others Speak for only a few minutes at a time Make your point in as few words as possiblemdashitrsquos more effective in a group discussion Be ready to let someone else speak A good discussion keeps everyone in the conversation

SHARE YOUR VIEWPOINT AND EXPERIENCE Donrsquot expect to be called on to speak enter into the discussion with your comment of agreement or disagreement When you find yourself disagreeing with other peoplersquos interpretations or opinions say so and tell why in a friendly way Considering all points of view is important to group discussions

COME WITH YOUR OWN QUESTIONS IN MIND As you read the selection make note of the points on which yoursquod like to hear the comments of group members

29

Fri Jan 3 500pm

Deadline for sub-missions 2 Pages2 Voices1

See Details below for information

Sun Jan 5 130-230pm

Teen (ages 12-18) Writing Workshop with Ken Waldman Alaskarsquos Fiddling Poet

Greece Public Library 2 Vince Tofany Blvd GREECE

Free but registra-tion required For more information or to register call (585) 225-8951 or visit wwwgreece-publiclibraryorg

Sun Jan 5 300-400pm

Adult Creative Writing Workshop with Ken Waldman Alaskarsquos Fiddling Poet



Mon Jan 6 200-300pm

Childrenrsquos Program with Ken Waldman Alaskarsquos Fiddling Poet



Mon Jan 6 630-800pm

From Rochester to Real Alaska with Ken Waldman Alaskarsquos Fiddling Poet



CALENDAR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS amp EVENTS

training screening book special event Special Event discussion with author

Date Event Venue Admission Information

30

Sat Jan 11 1230-200pm

Creative Approach-es to The Snow Child A Training for Teachers and Book Discussion Leaders2

Writers amp Books 740 University Ave ROCHESTER

Free but registra-tion required To register email karenwaborg by Wed Jan 8 at 5pm

Mon Feb 3 600-730pm

Reading Seminar of The Snow Child (first of three meetings other meetings are Feb 10 and Feb 17)


$50 members$55 nonmembers Reg-istration required To register or for more information call (585) 473-2590

Mon Feb 3 700pm

Book discussion of The Snow Child

Winton Branch Library 611 Winton Rd ROCHESTER

Free No registra-tion required For more information call (585) 428-8205

Tues Feb 4800pm

Reading 2 Pages2 Voices


Free

Fri Feb 7 1215pm




Fri Feb 7- Sat Feb 8

Glove drive to benefit local chari-ties (both childrenrsquos and adults gloves appreciated)


Drop off Fri Feb 7 (11am-9pm) and Sat Feb 8 (900am-100pm)

Sat Feb 8 1000-1100am

Fairy Tales Around the World Russia and The Snow Child with paper snowflake making3


Free and open to the public but reg-istration strongly recommended Please call (585) 473-2590 x107 to reserve your spot


31

Tues Feb 18 130-300pm


Brighton Memorial Library 2300 Elmwood Ave BRIGHTON

(sponsored by Friends of the

Brighton Memorial Library)


Wed Feb 19 700pm


Brighton Memorial Library 2300 Elmwood Ave BRIGHTON (sponsored by Friends of the



Thurs Feb 20 700-830pm

Alaskan Odys-sey Cruising the Inside Passage and Beyond4

Henrietta Public Library 455 Calkins Rd HENRIETTA

Free but registra-tion required To register or for more information call (585) 359-7092 or visit hplorg



Seymour Library 161 East Ave BROCKPORT

Free No registra-tion required For more information call (585) 637-1050 or email cgou-veialibraryweborg

Mon Feb 24 700pm


Fairport Public Library 1 Fairport Village Landing FAIRPORT



32

Wed Feb 26 1200-100pm

Brownbag book discussion of The Snow Child

Rundel Auditorium Central Library of Rochester amp Monroe County 115 South Ave ROCHESTER

Free No regis-tration required Refreshments served participants welcome to bring a lunch For more information call (585) 428-8375 or email Carol Moldt at carolmoldtlibraryweborg

Wed Feb 26 700pm

Book discussion of The Snow Child with the Titles Over Tea Book Group

Barnes amp Noble Greece 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr GREECE



Book discussion of The Snow Child for parents and com-munity members

Palmyra Macedon Primary School 120 Canandaigua St PALMYRA

Free but registra-tion required For information or to register email jolenecretekospalmaccsdorg or julianneballardpalmaccsdorg

Thurs Feb 27 100pm


Ogden Farmerrsquos Library 269 Ogden Center Rd SPENCERPORT




Highland Branch Library 971 South Ave ROCHESTER




Rush Public Library 5977 E Henrietta Rd RUSH

Free but registra-tion required To register or for more information call (585) 533-1370


33

Thurs Feb 27 700pm

Book discussion of The Snow Child with Words on Women

Barnes amp Noble 1070 Ridge Rd WEBSTER


Fri Feb 28 600-1000pm

Opening of the exhibition ldquoPeterrsquos Picks 2011 Featur-ing Winter Imagesrdquo (on view through March 23)

Image City Photog-raphy Gallery 722 University Ave ROCHESTER

Free No registra-tion required Gal-lery open Wed-Sat 1100am-700pm and Sun 1200-400pm For more information see wwwimagecity-photographygal-lerycom

Tues March 4 700-800pm

Native American Crafts Demonstra-tion Basket Weav-ing in Alaskan Tribal Pattern

Ontario Public Library1850 Ridge Rd ONTARIO

Free but registra-tion required For information or to register go to wwwontariopublicli-braryorg


Sleeping in Ice5 Penfield Public Library 1985 Baird Rd PENFIELD

Free but registra-tion required begin-ning Feb 18 To register or for more information call (585) 340-8720

Thurs March 6100-200pm

Author Eowyn Ivey talks live with host Evan Dawsonand local callers on ldquoConnectionsrdquo

WXXI Radiomdash 1370 AM

Free To join the conversation call (585) 263-WXXI (263-9994)

Thurs March 6 700-900pm





34

Fri March 7 600-1000pm

The Snow Child ldquoSnow Dayrdquo Party with music by The Fevertones paper snowflake making and refreshments plus our annual First Friday Scav-enger Hunt6

Writers amp Books 740 University Ave amp other First Friday venues ROCHESTER

Free No registra-tion required For more information see wwwwaborg or wwwfirstfriday-rochesterorg

Sat March 8 1000-1130am

Surviving in the snow (ages 8+)7

Mendon Ponds Park MENDON

(sponsored by the Rochester

Regional Group of the Sierra

Club)


Sat March 8 230-330pm

Spring Into the Arts Storytelling8

Penfield Public Library 1985 Baird Rd PENFIELD



An Afternoon of Winter Fancies Creative Move-ment Workshop with Live Music followed by Flights of Winter Fancy dance performance9

Hochstein School of Music amp Dance 50 N Plymouth Ave ROCHESTER

Free but registra-tion suggested To register or for more information call (585) 454-4596

Wed March 12 700-830pm

Book discussion of The Snow Child with Women Who Love to Read

Lift Bridge Book Shop 45 Main St BROCKPORT



Video The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012 directed by Peter Hedges)




35

Fri March 14 700pm


LAVA (Literature amp Visual Arts) First Unitarian Church (Susan B Anthony Room) 200 Winton Rd S ROCHESTER

Free No registra-tion required For more information email Bill Fugate at wrfugatefrontier-netnet

Tues March 18-Wed March 19

Exhibition of quilts inspired by The Snow Child organized and sponsored by the Genesee Valley Quilt Club10


For more informa-tion see Details below or email Lois Mae E Kuh at forkuhfrontier-netnet

Wed March 19 200pm





An afternoon with Eowyn Ivey reading followed by QampA and book signing

Nazareth College Chapel 4245 East Ave ROCHESTER

(sponsored by The Marie Cal-

lahan Reading Center Memorial

Fund and the Graduate Literacy

Programs of Nazareth College)

Free No registra-tion required For more information call Dr Naomi Erdmann at (585) 389-2614



Ontario Public Library 1850 Ridge Rd ONTARIO

Free no registra-tion required For information call (315) 524-8381


Stories and crafts based on the Rus-sian ldquoSnow Childrdquo fairy tale




36


An evening with Eowyn Ivey and book signing



Thurs March 20 1200pm

Author visit by Eowyn Ivey read-ing followed by QampA and book signing

Central Library of Rochester amp Monroe County 115 South Ave ROCHESTER

Free No registra-tion required For more information call (585) 428-8350 or email RebeccaFusslibraryweborg



Rochester Institute of Technology Reading Room Campus Life Center One Lomb Memo-rial Dr HENRIETTA

Free No registra-tion required For more information email karenwaborg





Fri March 21 1100am


Wood Library 134 N Main St CANANDAIGUA



37

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey(paperback version) is available for sale at Writers amp Books at a cover price of $1499

Writers amp Books offers a discount to members (just ask at the bookstore)as well as bulk discounts to schools and book groups (email karenwaborg)

bull

Visit the Writers amp Books web site at wwwwaborg for more information and Calendar updates



Valley Manor 1570 East Ave ROCHESTER

Free but registra-tion required

To register or for more informa-tion call (585) 770-1956 or email Gail Reeves at greevesseniors-firstonlinecom


A Novel Evening with Eowyn Ivey

Location offered with tickets space for this intimate event is very limited

Tickets are $75 each To purchase tickets call (585) 473-2590 x106

Sat March 22 1000am-300pm

Critter Challenge11 Seneca Park Zoo 2222 St Paul St ROCHESTER

Free with zoo admission For information call (585) 336-7200 or visit wwwseneca-parkzooorg

Mon March 31 700pm


Wadsworth Library 24 Center St GENESEO

(refreshments provided by

Friends of Wadsworth Library)


Wed May 14 200pm


Parma Public Library 7 West Ave HILTON



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DETAILS ABOUT CALENDAR EVENTS

1 Writers amp Books and Geva Theatre Center Seek Submissions for 2 Pages2 Voices Each January Writers amp Books and Geva Theatre Center collaborate to present 2 Pages2 Voices an evening of short short plays written by area writers and read by area actors Each play must be no more than two pages in length and contain no more than two characters The only other stipulation for this yearrsquos submissions is that at some point in the play the word ldquofoxrdquo must be included in honor of The Snow Child Deadline for submissions Friday January 3 2014 Submissions can be hand-delivered or mailed to Writers amp Books 740 University Ave Rochester NY 14607 Reading Monday Jan 27 at 800pm at Writers amp Books

2 Creative Approaches to The Snow Child A Training for Teachers and Book Discussion Leaders Join Wendy Low former Youth Education and Outreach Coordinator at Writers amp Books and Karen vanMeenen RIT faculty member and Coordinator of ldquoIf All of Rochester Read the Same Bookhelliprdquo for a presentation and dis-cussion of various approaches to teaching and discussing The Snow Child The discus-sion will revolve around analyzing the writerrsquos craft character development choices and change social and cultural issues raised within the text the use of creative writing and personal writing assignments in the classroom and other pertinent information This workshop is geared toward anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the book especially book discussion leaders and teachers looking for insight and creative approaches to the learning process Free but registration required email karenwaborg by Wed Jan 8 at 500pm

3 Fairy Tales Around the World Russia and The Snow Child Come read around the world with Writers amp Books Read fairy tales from Russia including The Snow Child the magical tale that inspired this yearrsquos ldquoIf All of Rochester Read the Same Bookhelliprdquo pick Enjoy hot chocolate and make paper snowflakes after the reading Facilitated by Marni Rossi and WampB staff For families with children ages 4-12 Children must be accompanied by an adult

4 Alaskan Odyssey Cruising the Inside Passage and Beyond Join Lisa Wemett and Terry Mulee as they revisit their exploration of our 49th state via a round-trip cruise from Seattle Washington The forested islands along the Inside Passage give way to the raw beauty of the Hubbard Glacier and Tracy Arm Discover the Native Tlingit culture at remote Icy Strait Point the Gold Rush days of Ketchikan and Juneau and the Russian influences on Kodiak and Sitka From the cosmopolitan port of Anchorage to the wild-life centers in Homer and Kodiak find out why Alaska is truly the Great Land To regis-ter or for more information call (585) 359-7092 or visit hplorg

5 Sleeping in Ice Ever wonder how the Eskimos stayed warm in all that snow and ice Join Rick French from Pack Paddle Ski Corporation of South Lima veteran of many nights sleeping in igloos and snow shelters as he demonstrates how to make an igloo with your family in your backyard or how to survive a surprise blizzard in the moun-tains This is a multimedia and hands-on demonstration Free but registration required beginning Feb 18

6 Join us on Friday March 7 to celebrate this yearrsquos ldquoIf All of Rochester Read the Same Bookhelliprdquo program with a ldquoSnow Dayrdquo Enjoy music by The Fevertones refreshments inspired by the novel coffee tea and ldquomoonshinerdquo Make paper snowflakes to decorate Writers amp Books or to take home Expand the celebration with a Scavenger Hunt as part of First Friday with prizes Visit participating First Friday venues and find a hidden fox (images of the fox will be posted on the WampB website and Facebook page and via

39

Twitter on March 6) Bring your fox to WampB by 930pm to receive a free copy of the novel This event is free and open to the public For information on WampB events visit wwwwaborg For information about the monthly First Friday events visit wwwfirstfri-dayrochesterorg

7 Surviving in the snow Join Peter Debes and Valerie Rice of the Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club for a foray into the wilds of Mendon Ponds Park to search for signs of the ldquosnow childrenrdquo that live there Winter is a severe hardship for any creature that lives outdoors and many do not survive But just how does any creature (or even a child) survive Some creatures just ldquodisappearrdquo as they go into hibernation but others stay active all winter and emerge to raise their babies to brave another winter which in Alaska is only a few short months away We will look for signs of life learn about the shelter and food these animals can find and if conditions are right create a snow shelter ourselves Evolution has resulted in amazing adaptations for survival and wersquoll ponder the possibilities of a human child surviving bitter cold alone in a wilderness Location Hopkins Point Mendon Ponds Park Take the 2nd park entrance off Route 65 (Clover St) Go to the end of the road by the pond Come dressed for the weather including boots or snowshoes if you like Afterward stop at Friendlyrsquos on Monroe Ave for hot chocolate or coffee Storm date Sunday March 9 (same time and place) For more infor-mation or confirmation of date due to inclement weather call (585) 820-2018

8 Spring Into the Arts Storytelling Join us in an exploration of the themes of The Snow Child through the folktales of many cultures including Russian and Inuit The Genesee Storytellers will offer tales of wonder wishes and hope in this once-upon-a-time listening experience For ages 8 through adult

9 An Afternoon of Winter Fancies Creative Movement Workshop with Live Music Accompaniment in our dance studio 300-400pm open to ages 3 and up Join our dance departmentrsquos students and faculty as they lead families through an improvisational hour of movement for dancers and non-dancers alike They will be accompanied by our music students performing a variety of pieces inspired by winter This is immediately followed by a dance performance ldquoFights of Winter Fancyrdquo at Hochstein Performance Hall 415-500pm Hochsteinrsquos dance faculty students and friends will be performing a variety of dances fitting to the season including ldquoNutcrackeringrdquo inspired by ldquoThe Nutcrackerrdquo Our headline performer is Mariah Maloney a native of Homer Alaska who grew up lis-tening to her mother playing chamber music in their homesteader log cabinmdasha begin-ning that influences her dancemaking process today Learn more about Mariah athttpmariahmaloneydancecom and httpwwwbrockportedudancepeoplemmaloneyhtml Learn about Hochsteins dance faculty at httpwwwhochsteinorgour-peoplefacultydance Both events are free and open to the public

10 Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC) Exhibition GVQC invites quilters in the greater Rochester area to read The Snow Child and create quilts inspired by the novel Each quilt will be ldquonovelrdquo and will show the artistrsquos love of both quilting and reading Quilts will be on display the evening of March 18 through March 19 (the night of the authorrsquos visit) at Penfield Library For further information email Lois Mae E Kuh at GVQCnovelquiltgmailcom

11 Seneca Park Zoorsquos Critter Challenge Could you spot your dinner from a mile away Stand on one foot while you sleep Or keep your nose to the ground to find a mate Our Critter Challenge event gives visitors a chance to try several fun activities that will give them a better understanding of what some species do in order to survive Visit the Writers amp Books table too

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Fri Jan 3 500pm



Sun Jan 5 130-230pm




Sun Jan 5 300-400pm




Mon Jan 6 200-300pm




Mon Jan 6 630-800pm







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Sat Jan 11 1230-200pm




Mon Feb 3 600-730pm




Mon Feb 3 700pm




Tues Feb 4800pm



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Sat Feb 8 1000-1100am





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