Ice Cycle
Poems about the Life of Ice

What I love most about this book is how it encompasses art and science all at once. The poems are entertaining and insightful, while the images help to explain and describe the science. The images are beautiful and I can't wait to read more books like this. It is a fantastic book for learning.......more

I found this book on the list of 2023 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels selected by the NCTE Award for Excellence in Children’s Poetry Committee and read it in hardcover format. It is an informative picture book that combines the vivid imagery of verse with elements of science education to creat......more

Ice Cycle by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Jieting Chen (Millbrook Press, 2022) is subtitled “Poems about the Life of Ice,” and I must say that I had never considered a variety to ice! Yes, as Gianferrari shows in her simple poems, ice is unique in every situation, and it changes form as does wa......more

The life cycle of ice is explored in this poetic picture book from author Maria Gianferrari and illustrator Jieting Chen, as the formation and growth of ice, its different types and structures, and its eventual dissolution or transformation are all covered. The book closes with an extensive afterwor......more

"Ice Cycle: Poems about the Life of Ice" was published in 2022 and won the NCTE Excellence in Poetry Award. It contains eleven poems that tell the story of ice, from its creation to its various forms, with beautiful digital illustrations in cool colors. The poems are both imaginative and factual, w......more