Just One Flake

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I want to catch a snowflake.

Just one snowflake. Right here:

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This should work.

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I’m not going back inside until I do it.

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It’s working.

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It’s worrrrrking . . .

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Not working.

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Hm. Maybe I’ll make a snowman.

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From up here I know I’ll catch a flake.

Or not.

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The faster I go, the more flakes I’ll catch!

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* * I *
* can’t * * keep that up.

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And now the snow is stopping.

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I will never catch a snowflake.

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Wait! There’s one last flake!

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My last chance.

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I WILL CATCH

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THAT FLAKE!

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Oof.

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GOT IT!

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Whoa.

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I caught a snowflake. It wasn’t on my tongue.

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And now that I know what a REAL snowflake looks like . . .

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But hot chocolate probably tastes better anyway.

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. . I can have as many as I want.

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Case art by Tom Angleberger, Stephen Barbara, Cece Bell, Betsy Bird, Lauren Castillo, Carter Higgins, Allison Jonker, Colin Jonker, Lina Jonker, Supriya Kelkar, Laurie Keller, Minh Lê, Donalyn Miller, James Preller, John Schu, Colby Sharp, Bob Shea, Philip Stead, and Erin Stead. This book wouldn’t exist without all of you. Thank you.

The illustrations for this book were made with just one TWO things: a Pentel Color Brush and Procreate.

Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-1-4197-6011-2

Text and illustrations © 2023 Travis Jonker

Book design by Heather Kelly

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