Ask students: When you look at the cover of this book, what do you notice?
Point out that the cover wraps around to the back of the book as well. Students should notice that there is snow, children are playing, the children are bundled warmly, the land is flat with some rolling hills (tundra), and there is a small town close by and the land and sunrise in the distance. Students may predict that the story takes place in Northern Canada.
