title: Snowflake
author: Little Bee Books
description: Virginie Graire studied Art in Paris and then decided to create different designs for children, fashion, and decor. She is the illustrator of<i>Animals</i>, <i>Colors</i>, <i>Christmas Tree</i>, <i>Snowflake</i>, <i>Shapes</i>, and <i>123</i>. She lives in France.
zlib_text: The First Snow
  
    
  
  A Novelette
  
  Prequel to the Snowbound Series
  
  Bee Brooks
  
  The First Snow © 2019 by Bee Brooks. All Rights Reserved.
  
  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead,
  businesses, events, or locales is purely coincidental. Both reproduction and
  transmission in whole or part of this publication without express written
  consent is strictly prohibited, except for the inclusion of brief quotations
  in a review.
  
  Chapter 1
  
    
  
  Ella ducked under the roof of the coffee shop and shook a sprinkle of
  snowflakes out of her hair. The first snow of the year was magical in all its
  glittering glory, but it sure didn’t do anything for the delicate flowers in
  her arms. She needed the chrysanthemums, roses, and sprigs of baby-blue
  eucalyptus, protected only by a thin paper wrap, to survive so they could
  brighten the rooms of her B&B. Besides, they’d been too expensive to freeze.
  And a mug of something hot for herself would hit the spot after running
  errands a