Winter Books and Media

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 11/07 

True Books to Share

• Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft (1997)
Describes the many different ways animals cope with winter, including migration, hibernation, and food storage.
• A Cold Day by Lola Schaefer (2000)
Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate a cold day, including what people wear, see, and do.
• Cold Days by Jennifer Burke (2000)
A young girl describes how she dresses, what she does, and how she feels on a cold, wintry day.
• The First Day of Winter by Consie Powell (2005)
Go outside and see what winter means to the earth and its animals.
• How do you Know its Winter by Allan Fowler (1994)
A simple description of the characteristics of winter.
• Let's Look at Winter by Sarah Schuette (2007)
"Simple text and photographs present what happens to the weather, animals, and plants in winter"
• Snowflakes and Ice Skates: a Winter Counting Book by Rebecca Fjelland Davis (2006)
• What Happens in Winter by Sara Latta (2006)
Colorfully illustrated explanation of various aspects of winter and how it affects people, plants, and animals.
• Winter by Ron Hirschi (1990)
Text and photographs introduce the natural world in winter.
• Winter by Gail Saunders-Smith (1998)
Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of winter.
• Winter by Cynthia Klingel (2001)
Describes winter, the things that can be seen during that season, and the changes that the Earth goes through then.
• Winter : December, January, and February by Cath Senker (2005)
Brightening up the winter -- Hanukkah -- Christmas -- Kwanzaa -- New year celebrations -- Guru Gobind Singh's birthday -- Epiphany -- Days to remember -- Id ul-Adha -- St. Valentine's Day -- Mahashivaratri -- Carnival -- Magha puja.
• Winter Carnivals: Festival in White by Lisa Gabbert (1999)
Describes the origin of the winter carnival held in McCall, Idaho and tells what goes on there.
• Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling (1998)
Depicts the ways various animals spend the cold months of winter, from bats sleeping in caverns to fish swimming deeper in lakes where the water is warmer.