A celebration of the winter season, from tasty treats and snowball fights to holidays and spending time with family.
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Winter Fun!
Celebrate the official start to winter with one of these frosty new picture books!
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- An ode to the winter solstice, human connectedness, and the hope of renewal.
- Follows one red fox, two ravens, and other animals through the snow-covered woods.
- In the winter woods Fox, Mouse, and Crow are hungry. Squirrel knows he has a stockpile of food, but he cannot remember where he stashed it--so he enlists the help of the others in the search.
- When Badger discovers many of his animal friends hibernating, he tries to keep busy on his own, but being alone is not his thing, so he sets out to find new friends to join his winter plans.
- One winter evening, a curious brown bear named Hiro slips out of her cave and finds a surprising new friend by the bonfire.
- Alice follows a white rabbit down a glacier crevasse and goes on a fantastical Alaskan adventure full of absurd people and animals.
- Transporting readers to the enchanting world of Agnes and Stefan as they use their imaginations to celebrate the joy and magic of a snowy day, this timeless tale, with poetic prose and charming illustrations, captures the essence of childhood.
- A family shares the perfect, cozy snow day together during winter’s first snowfall, in a lyrical picture book about togetherness and the magic of the changing seasons and an early snow.
- In this cozy picture book, a young groundhog is not tired for hibernation time, so she does her best to stay up all winter and almost misses Groundhog Day!
- A community of forest animals celebrates all the wonder that winter offers.
- Hank and Hoog are best friends, but they have very different opinions on winter: Hank hates it and Hoog loves it and they will have to find a way to deal with their differences, because their friendship is very important to both of them.
- Felix Fox is ready for winter. He's looking forward to a fun snow day! But... not a single snowflake is falling. That's okay! Felix Fox's friends remind him that winter is beautiful, with or without snow.
- Invites readers to embrace the season's beauty while awaiting warmer days.
- When Squirrel sees snow for the first time, Bird helps him adjust, but just as Squirrel starts to enjoy it, the snow disappears, leaving Squirrel convinced a thief is on the loose.
- Before Bear and his best friend Bird prepare for their winter sleep, the curious duo and their pals set off on a snowy trail in search of adventure through the freezing forest.
- Duck, Duck, and Goose encounter an interesting and unlikely new friend during their migration south for the winter.
- The little red left mitten and the little red right mitten enjoy their life as a pair, keeping Little One’s hands warm and toasty, but one day Little One loses the right mitten - and it’s off on an adventure through the forest to find it!
- Follow dragon-expert Miriam and curious Celeste on a magical winter's day walk through their garden, where a snow dragon just might be hiding.
- After befriending a snowy friend, whom she names Wonder, a young girl's sense of awe comes alive as she rediscovers the world through her new friend's eyes.
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