A magical snowman teaches an unhappy girl about friendship and skating.

Describes the delights of such winter activities as throwing snowballs, making a snowman, and going ice skating.

Poppy's big dreams lead her to Paris for the world games ice skating championship. Nervous but ever courageous and supported by her family she embarks upon the adventure head-on. Poppy meets a snowboarding panda, a Maltese who skies, and two fellow skaters, a crane and a Kangaroo. She begins to realize that although these animals look different, act different, and are from different places, they are all the same at heart.