Wintry Tales

Celebrate cold weather days with easy-to-read books that showcase the season's coolest scenes.

The Biggest, Best Snowman

by Margery Cuyler

Little Nell wants to help her mother and sisters, but is always told she is too small. With the help of her animal friends, Little Nell builds the biggest and best snowman ever made.

Brave Irene

by William Steig

Wonderful illustrations help tell the story of a brave girl's battle through a snowstorm to deliver a package sent by her mother to the duchess. She has the courage and determination to keep on going...

The Great Ice Battle

by Tony Abbott

Eric, Julie, and Neal travel to the World of Droon where they must help Princess Keeah break Lord Sparr's curse, or Jaffa City will remain frozen forever.

Secrets of Droon series: book 5

I Love Snow!

by Hans Wilhelm

The Magic Hockey Stick

by Peter Maloney

After her parents buy a star hockey player's stick at an auction, the player goes into a scoring slump. The girl who owns it, on the other hand, has a great season. She decides to return the stick...

Old Winter

by Judith Benet Richardson

When the townspeople complain about the cold weather, Old Winter's feelings are hurt and he takes a very long nap in the meat locker of the P&J Supermarket.

Owl Moon

by Jane Yolen

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

The Penguin Who Wanted To Fly

by Catherine Vase

Flip-Flop the penguin wants to fly so badly, he makes himself wings, but they don't help.

Poppleton in Winter

by Cynthia Rylant

Poppleton experiences winter with old friends and new, dealing with icicles and sleigh rides as well as indoor activities and surprises.

Poppleton series: book 8

A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North

by Peter Sis

A man leaves his dreary city existence and gallops across the Bering Sea in his reindeer sled, hoping to find a better life in the Far North.

Snowflake Bentley

by Jacqueline Briggs

From the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal.

Snowmen at Night

by Caralyn Buehner

When a boy observes the snowman he built the day before looking droopy and disheveled, he imagines what happened to his snow creation during the night. Witty, imaginative verse offers many amusing details...

There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!

by Lucille Colandro

This time, the old lady is swallowing everything from snow to a pipe, some coal, a hat, and more!

There Was an Old Lady series

Togo

by Robert J. Blake

Although he is small, Leonhard Seppala's sled dog Togo displays courage and leadership to save the residents of Nome, Alaska.

The Tomten

by Astrid Lindgren Viktor Rydberg

This outstanding book by the author of Pippi Longstocking--and winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award--has been called a "picture book of rare distinction" by the Chicago Tribune.

Winter

by Steven Schnur

The colors and textures of winter are gloriously captured in linoleum-cut illustrations in this companion volume to "Autumn, Spring, " and "Summer." Full color.

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