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It's Cold, But It's Snow Much Fun! Winter Favorites for Kids

It's true, there's no day like a snow day! Go out and play, and then cuddle up with some hot chocolate and a stack of these favorite winter tales. #IndyPLKids Last Updated: October, 2024

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  • In this playful picture book, Sally the dog gets dressed in her boots and coat to head out to the park on a winter's day. There are other pups to play with and even snowdogs to sniff before she heads home for a nap.
    Book, 2024Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2024. — J P LAR
  • It's time for the swallows to fly South for the winter. But not for Iris, a curious swallow, who has always wondered what the winter is like and decides to stay. Soon an icy wind blows and big snowflakes tumble from the sky. Maybe staying for the…
    Book, 2024Vancouver : Greystone Kids, 2024. — J P GIO
  • 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.
    Book, 2024Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2024. — J P HEM
  • Follows one red fox, two ravens, and other animals through the snow-covered woods.
    Book, 2024Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2024. — J P CONCEPT CAR
  • Celebrate winter with this magical twist on the familiar and beloved nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Clarion Books, 2022. — J P LIT
  • What to read when there is just so, so, so, much snow! All the magic and fun that comes with a deep winter snow!
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2022. — J P PAR
  • Everything interesting and fun about winter explained@!
    Book, 2021Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2021. — J 551.5784 NEL
  • Fox and Hare set out to find out what snow is!
    Book, 2021New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, [2021] — J P ZOM
  • A fox explores a forest in winter and comes across other other animals living in the snowy landscape.
    Book, 2021Guilford, Connecticut : Muddy Boots, [2021] — J P LO
  • On an evening when the weather report predicts a snowstorm and the first flakes are beginning to fall, the wind starts to blow, the lights go out, and parents are late getting home. All of these things could seem a bit scary. Instead, what follows…
    Book, 2019Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019] — J P DEA
  • This one has been a classic for more than 50 years, about a little boy in the city out on a very snowy day. Enjoy is as a video read along from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation in this video animation https://youtu.be/FmZCQfeWjeQ. You can also enjoy…
    Book, 2011New York : Viking, 2011. — J P KEA
  • Snow transforms a small town into a winter wonderland. A girl and her dog set out and make the most of every snow-filled moment: sledding, building snowmen and snowforts, making snowangels (and snowdogs), and drinking cocoa by a cozy fire as the…
    Book, 2020Toronto : Tundra Books, 2020. — J P GAR
  • Walking to her grandmother's home Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.
    Book, 2020New York : Kokila, [2020] — J P CAM
  • Froggy can't wait to build a snowman during his school's winter carnival, but his snowMAN is a little different that everybody else's!
    Book, 2020New York : Viking, 2020. — J P LON
  • Sofia wakes up to a quiet, white snow day and goes outside early in the new fallen snow. The rest of her neighborhood eventually wakes up too so more kids can join her wintery dance.
    Book, 2020New York : Two Lions, [2020] — J P BOS
  • Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even a human...where is he going?"
    Book, 2020Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020. — J P BAR
  • Take a walk through the city in winter and experience the sights, sounds, colors, and smells of Hanukkah and Christmas to Mawlid al-Nabi and Chinese New Year, everyone has a reason to celebrate.
    eBook, 2020Familius LLC, 2020. — EBOOK AXIS 360
  • When winter comes, Mommy makes a soft bed for Little Snow to sleep on, but each night he cannot resist jumping on the bed, causing tiny feathers to fly down.
    Book, 2019New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — J P LIN
  • Penny has a new sled, but will it ever snow? She waits patiently at first but then begins to imagine that her sled is sad, leaning against the wall with nothing to do, so she decides to think outside the box to give her sled, her siblings, and…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — J Z HEN
  • Learn about snow--how snowflakes are formed, why they fall, if each snowflake is really unique, and other facts. Also learn about Wilson A. Bentley, the first person to photograph an individual snowflake.
    Book, 2016New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016] — J 551.5784 SHA