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Now that the Christmas books are put away I'm looking for some winter themed books. I got a few wonderful ideas from Dawn's blog (thanks so much for those!) and looking for a few more.
They can be for a wide age span, I have ages 3-9.
Not looking for anything specific, just a variety of ideas for winter themed reading.
What are some of your favorites?
Thanks!
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Oh well Ann...I was going to suggest Dawn's blog! 
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I real winter gem for us has been The Race of the Birkebeiners
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MacBeth's Winter Opinion--snow books
I got a slew of these from the library at the beginning of Advent/winter. We really loved the photographs inBuilding an Igloo. And who knew igloos had windows?
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Here are some of our favorites.
Days of the Blackbird
Baby in a Basket
Martha
The Lemon Sisters
.....tend to be the most requested!
And, Snow Books
My personal favorite is The Greatest Skating Race, Borden/Daly
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Yay! Thanks for the ideas! Off to reserve and search for these.
thanks so much!
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A Day on Skates by Hilda van Stockum is a favorite. Karen
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My favorites for the littles are:
"The Snowy Day" Ezra Jack Keats
"Katy and the Big Snow" Virginia Lee Burton
"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" illustrated by Susan Jeffers
"The Big Snow" by Berta and Elmer Hader
"Stranger in the Woods" by Carl Sams
We are also going to pick up lots of Jan Brett books including "Gingerbread Baby" and make a gingerbread house.
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I've been able to get most of these reserved from the library-thanks everyone!
So far my kid's faves are:
Snow Riders
Stranger in the Woods (we watched the video too)
My son and I thought Building an Igloo book was interesting. Too bad we have no snow!
Next up is The Race of the Birkebeiners.
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Bumping....
I also just searched "winter" and "snow" in the Picture Book Forum and got lots of new titles to request from the lib.
Have fun snuggling up and reading!!
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can anyone help??? about 5-6 years ago, I found a wonderful picture fiction book at the library. it was about a girl who lived in a northern country- seemed kind of scandanavian??? where they had times of total darkness in the winter. It was so beautiful, and we have searched for it every winter, with no luck. is this ringing a bell??
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Adding my Iditarod Book List for next year's snow & winter enthusiasts! There are a lot in there that are great for Jan & Feb reads.
Our 2 favorites not-to-miss are:
Togo (beautiful, beautiful book!) and The Great Serum Run (our whole neighborhood has LOVED this one!) Both of these are about the original 1925 race across Alaska to save a town from a Diphtheria epidemic. Amazing books!
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Adding this super cute, fun, snuggly, cozy WINTER picture book....
Winter Is the Warmest Season
Amazon Link
winter fire season cozy fire warm animals year snow animals cold
....it makes me want to move back to Minnesota!!!
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SuzanneG wrote:
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Anytime, friend, anytime!
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Snowsong Whistling is one of my very favorites.
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Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Yellow Sled
Maj Lindman
We love this story of the three young boys earning money to buy a sled for the winter....
work, earning, family, sharing, kindness, snow, sled, winter
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I know this may be odd, but are there any winter books you like that don't focus on snow? We live in Florida and snow ain't happening here. 
Merry Christmas!
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DivineMercy wrote:
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Not odd at all! Here is CA my toddlers are a bit confused to0--when we turned our calendar to say "Winter" on Monday, the kids said, "Oh, now it's time for snow!" 
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Bumping this up
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The Tomten
by Astrid Lindgren
I love this story of the Tomten touring the farm at night, checking on all the animals in winter. The quiet pictures are very cozy and peaceful.
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