If your child loves the snowy days of winter, they might want to curl up with these
A Perfect Day
Author: Carin Berger
Illustrator: Carin Berger
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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Take children + one snowy day and you have A Perfect Day. Whether sledding or skiing; skating or snowball fights; snow angels or snowmen; snow inspires creative fun that lingers long after the day is done. A perfect book for a snowy day.
Awards: 3×3 Magazine, International Picture Book Show, [Merit] 2013; Selected for the Original Art Show, The Society of Illustrators, 2012
Dusk
Author: Uri Shulevitz
Illustrator: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Dusk is a beautiful book that captures this time of day in magical illustrations. During the holidays, as a boy and his grandfather watch the sun go down, they realize that the city’s lights have only begun. It is a wonderful reminder why this time of year is often the brightest of all.
Snow
Author: Uri Shulevitz
Illustrator: Uri Shulevitz
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
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Follow the anticipation of one child as he waits for the snow to fall…and waits…and waits… But when the adults around him don’t believe the snow will fall or, ultimately, amount to much, guess who’s in for a surprise?
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book; American Library Association Notable Children’s Books; Booklist Editors’ Choice; Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Award; Charlotte Zolotow Award; Golden Kite Award Winner; New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year; Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year; School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Snowballs
Author: Lois Ehlert
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
Lois Ehlert’s Snowballs is the author’s take on a snowball family. Using everyday items, a dad, mom, boy, girl, cat, and dog are created; that is, until they slowly begin to melt. If it’s snowing when you read this book, you might have a request to build at least one member of your family!
Awards: Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
The Snowy Day
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Viking Press
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
Follow one boy’s snowy-day adventures as he climbs up “mountains” and slides back down; creates frozen pictures with footprints and sticks; makes snowmen and snow angels; snowballs (and snowball fights), and, of course, the warmest of memories in this classic winter tale.
Awards: Caldecott Medal Winner, 1963; Film version wins Venice Film Festival Lion of Saint Mark Award for best short film for children, 1965; New York Public Library’s 150 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century, 1996
When It Snows
Author: Richard Collingridge
Illustrator: Richard Collingridge
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends, an Imprint of Macmillan
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 6
Richard Collingridge’s When It Snows is a beautiful book that captures a boy’s magical, snowy adventure. With fairies, elves, reindeer and, of course, Santa, this story shows what happens when a child follows his imagination through this wondrous time of year.
Winter is the Warmest Season
Author: Lauren Stringer
Illustrator: Lauren Stringer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
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Winter is the Warmest Season is a terrific book that shows that the coldest season is not always what it appears. Blankets of snow, mittens, boots, coats, hot chocolate, grilled cheese, are only a few of the “warm” treats that winter holds. Beautiful illustrations complete the book.
Awards: Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, Honor Book; CCBC Choice; Booklist Editor’s Choice; Between the Lions, PBS; MN Book Award Finalist