The Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis, The Millbrook Press, Brookfield CT, 1994Facts and Folklore about the shortest day of the year and the first day of Winter.
The Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson, illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis, The Millbrook Press, Brookfield CT, 1994
Facts and Folklore about the shortest day of the year and the first day of Winter.
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian, Houghton Mifflin Co., NY 1998
The biograpy of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes to study their unique patterns.
The Hat by Jan Brett, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1997
When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun, to air them out for winter, the hedgehog ends up wearing a stocking on his head.
Animals in Winter by Ron Fisher,Books for Young Explorers, National Geographic Society,1982
How animals adapt, using different strategies, to survive the rigors of winter.
A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart, pictures by Chris Riddell, HarperCollins Publishers, NY, 1998
How Rabbit tries to remember to save a little bit of Winter to share with his friend Hedgehog who sleeps through it.
Brave Irene by William Steig, Farrar Straus Girouz, New York, 1986
The story of how Irene delivers a fancy dress from her ill, seamstress mother to the duchess in spite of the cold winter snow and wind.
The Mitten, A Ukranian Folktale, adapted and Illustrated by Jan Brett, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York,1989
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until a brown bear sneezes.
Good Morning River by Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray, Arcade Publishing, Inc., New York, 1990
A story about the friendship of young Katherine and her elderly friend, Carl, and the changing seasons on a river.
The Young Ice Skater, A Young Enthusiast's Guide to Ice Skating by Peter Morrissey, foreword by Todd Eldredge, DK Publishing, Inc., NY, 1998
An introduction to the history, equipment and techniques of Ice Skating from the basics to competition jumps.
Call Me Ahnighito by Pam Conrad, pictures by Richard Egielski, A Laura Gheringer Book - HarperCollins Publishers, 1995
The true story of a Meteorite discovered by the Peary Arctic Expedition and now located in the American Museum of Natural History in New York,told from the point of view of the meteorite itself.
First Snow Magic Snow by John Cech, illustrated by Sharon McGinley-Nally, Four Winds Press, New York, 1992
A retelling of the traditional Russian tale Snegoorochka - The Snow Maiden. about a girl made of magical snow that lives with a lonely couple through the winter and vanishes in the spring.
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