Books! Books! Books!

Winter Books and Poems 2003:  Over 90 classes participated in our winter book/poetry project this year.  See a list of the books they used and links to poems they wrote.   You must see this!

On the current page, you will find a list of winter books complied from  teacher contributions.  If you have a favorite not listed here, please send email to have yours included.

Winter Books

A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart
A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball
A Winter Day by Douglas Florian
Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
Artic Fives Arrive by Elinor Pinczes
Axle Annie by Robin Pulver
Bob the Snowman by Sylvia Loretan and Jan Lenica 
Brave Irene by William Steig
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here by Jean Craighead George
Flowers for the Snowman by Gerda Marie Scheidl
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Frozen Noses by Jan Carr
Geraldine's Big Snow by Holly Keller
Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root
I Am Snow by Jean Marzollo
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff
In the Snow by Huy Voun Lee
In the Snow: Who's Been Here by Lindsay Barrett George
Is That You, Winter? by Stephen Gammell
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Little Penguin's Tale by Audrey Wood
Little Polar Bear Finds A Friend by Hans de Beer
Manatee Winter by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld   
Mrs. Toggle's Zipper by Robin Pulver
Old Winter by Judith Benet Richardson   
Red Fox in Winter, a Troll First Start Science Book
Red Wolf Country by Jonathon London
Sheepdog in the Snow by Martin Hall 
Snow! by Uri Shulevitz
Snowball by Nina Crews
Snowballs by Lois Elhert
Snow Bear by Jean Craighead George
Snow Bear by Miriam Moss
Snow Dance by Lezlie Evans
Snow Day by Betsy Maestro
Snow Day by Lynn Plourde
Snow Inside the House by Sean Diviny
Snow on Bear's Nose by Jennifer Bartoli 
Snow Ponies by Cynthia Cotten
Snow Riders by Constance W. McGeorge
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner   
Something is Going to Happen by Charlotte Zolotow
Stan, the Hot Dog Man by Ethel and Leonard Kessler
Stella: Queen of the Snow by Marie-Louise Gay
Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler
The Biggest Snowball Ever by John Rogan   
The First Snow by David Christiana
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber
The Night the Moon Blew Kisses by Lynn Manuel
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
(Christmas theme)
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
The Snow Lambs by Debi Gliori
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Snowman's Path by Helena Clare Pittman
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats        
The Snow Speaks by Nancy White Carlstrom
The Snow Whale by Caroline Pitcher
The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren
Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett
What Will I Do Without You? by Sally Grindley
When It Snows by JoAnne Nelson  
When It Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator
While the Bear Sleeps: Winter Tales and Traditions
retold by Caitlin Matthews
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
Wild Horse Winter by Tetsuya Honda
Winter Days in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Winter Eyes by Douglas Florian    
Winter Poems selected by Barbara Rogasky
Winter's Gift by Norma L. Gentner  
Wolves by Seymour Simon

Read Aloud Books

Christmas Books

Gingerbread Gems

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