Boule de neige is a light, descriptive miniature designed for pedagogical use. It highlights rhythmic lightness and evenness of touch, suggestive of falling snow.
Maintain an even, flowing stream of sixteenth notes without rushing.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Boule de neige is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Boule de neige lasts about 2 minutes.
Boule de neige is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Berceuse de Polichinelle by Félix Huet, Bajeczka by Henri Kowalski, Bébé by Alfred Godard — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.