Fifty Words for Snow cover art

Fifty Words for Snow

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Fifty Words for Snow

By: Nancy Campbell
Narrated by: Beth Eyre
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Waterstones Non fiction Book of the Month November 2021

Snow. Every language has its own words for the magical, mesmerising flakes that fall from the sky. In this exquisite exploration, writer and Arctic traveller Nancy Campbell digs deep into the meanings of fifty words for snow.

In Japanese we encounter yuki-onna – a ‘snow woman’ who drifts through the frosted land. In Icelandic it is hundslappadrífa – ‘snowflakes as big as a dog’s paw’ – that softly blanket the streets. And in Māori we meet Huka-rere – ‘one of the children of rain and wind’.

From mountain tops and frozen seas to city parks and desert hills, each of these linguistic snow crystals offers a whole world of myth and story – the perfect winter treat.

©2020 Nancy Campbell (P)2020 Simon & Schuster Audio Language Learning Linguistics Poetry Social Sciences Themes & Styles

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Library of Ice cover art
Forecast cover art
The Colour of Magic cover art
Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands cover art
Lost Britain cover art
The Archipelago of Hope cover art
John Muir cover art
The Vanishing Ice cover art
Chasing Lions cover art
Creation Stories cover art
Crow Never Dies cover art
Wilderness Essays cover art
Landmarks cover art
The Wayfinders cover art
Tambora cover art
Outlandish cover art

Critic reviews

"A delightful compendium that brings together language, culture and adventure through frozen landscapes as it shares the meanings behind 50 words for snow, gathered from around the globe." (The Herald)

"This stunning book made me want to pack all my woolies, candles, ample firewood and enough books for a year – and head to as northerly a location as I could find." (Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Caught By the River)

"Sparkles and dazzles with new meanings and old magic. You’ll never see snow in the same way again." (Matt Gaw, author of Under the Stars)
All stars
Most relevant
A beautiful calm experience. Enjoyed it so much, I’m going to start it all over again.

Hypnotic and calming

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.