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Winter Books

Get in the Winter spirit with these books with chilly settings and snowy weather!

Children’s Books –

  • Good Morning, Snowplow by Deborah Bruss – EASY BRU
  • Winter Magic by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor – EASY BUR
  • So Cold! by John Coy – EASY COY
  • Snow Is… by Laura Gehl – EASY GEH
  • Two Little Red Mittens by Kirin Hayashi – EASY HAY
  • Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara – EASY KOH
  • Little Fox in the Snow by Jonathan London – EASY LON
  • Frostfire by Ellie Mackay – EASY MAC
  • Winter Friends by Mary Quattlebaum – EASY QUA
  • Over the River and Through the Wood by Emma Randall– EASY RAN
  • When the Snow is Deeper Than My Boots are Tall by Jean Reidy – EASY REI
  • Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins – EASY PER
  • Winter Lullaby by Dianne White – EASY WHI
  • Go Sled! Go by James Yang – EASY YAN
  • How to Rock a Snow Day by Jean Reagan – READER1 E R
  • Woof and Quack in Winter by Jamie Swenson – READER1 E S
  • Fox versus Winter by Corey R Tabor – READER1 E T
  • Chicken in Mittens by Adam Lehrhaupt – READER2 E L
  • Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days: The Fifth Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant – READER2 E R 
  • Cornbread and Poppy by Matthew Cordell – READER3 E C
  • All the Fun Winter Things by Erica S. Perl – READER3 E P
  • Captain Awesome Saves the Winter Wonderland by Stan Kirby – READER4 E K
  • JoJo Makoons: Snow Day by Dawn Quigley – READER4 E Q
  • Babysitters Club: Babysitter’s Winter Vacation by Ann M. Martin – SERIES BABYSITTERS
  • Isla of Adventure: Island Snow by Dela Costa – SERIES ISLA
  • Little Penguin Rescue by Rachel Delahaye – SERIES LITTLE ANIMAL
  • Magic Tree House: Winter of the Ice Wizard by Mary Pope Osborn – SERIES MAGIC TREE HOUSE
  • Mermaid Tales : The Winter Princess by Debbie Dadey – SERIES MERMAID TALES
  • The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena by R.L. StineSERIES STINE
  • The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell – J ALM
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater – J ATW/JBOCD ATW
  • The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el – J BAR
  • The Sea in Winter by Christine Day – J DAY/JBOCD DAY
  • The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – J HAR
  • The Song of Orphan’s Garden by Nicole M. Hewitt – J HEW
  • The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan – J MAC
  • School for Unusual Magic: The Winter Frost by Liz Montague – J MON
  • The Barren Grounds by David Robertson – J ROB
  • The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz – J SCH
  • Winterkill by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – J SKR
  • Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu – J URS/JBOCD URS
  • Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen – NEWBERY 1957
  • Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George – NEWBERY 1973
  • Waiting for Winter: A True Story of Resilience and Joy in the Face of Climate Change by Stephen Gorman – J 599.786 GOR
  • 50 Things to do in the Snow by Richard Skrein – J 796.5 SKR
  • Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman – J 811.54 SID

Teen Books –

  • House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig – YA CRA
  • Love and Other Train Wrecks by Lean Konen – YA KON
  • A Suffragist’s Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai – YA LAI
  • Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long – YA LON
  • Snow Drowned by Jennifer D. Lyle – YA LYL
  • Some Like it Cold by Elle McNicoll – YA MCN
  • Winter Blunderland by James Patterson – YA SERIES MIDDLE SCHOOL
  • Trapped by Michael Northrup – YA BROWSING N
  • Dogsong by Gary Paulsen – YA PAU
  • The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman – YA PUL
  • Ski Weekend by Ross Rektok – YA BROWSING R
  • Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds – YA REY
  • Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards – YA RIC
  • Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton and others – YA WHI

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