*The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)--a classic snowy day picture book!
*Flower Fairies of the Winter, (Cicely Mary Barker)--We LOVE the enchanting illustrations and poems!)
*Apple Tree Christmas (Trinka Hakes Noble)--sweet story about a family living in a barn and what happens to their apple tree after a bad blizzard
*Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers)--a beautifully illustrated rendering of the classic Robert Frost poem. I found it at Goodwill and couldn't believe anyone else would give it away--but I'm sure glad they did.
*I am a Bunny (ill. by Richard Scarry)--not overtly wintry, but a darling book I kept from my childhood. At the end he curls up and sleeps, dreaming of spring....cozy indeed.
*Lemonade in Winter (Emily Jenkins)--a cute story about siblings who set up a lemonade stand on their street in the middle of a snowstorm
*Snowflake Bentley (Jacqueline Briggs Martin) --we love this inspiring story of the man who first photographed snowflakes. His passion for photographing something so common and yet so intricately beautiful is inspiring. And his perseverance was admirable!
*The Hat (Jan Brett)--my children love the hilarious climax of this story of a curious hedgehog who got stuck with a woolen stocking on his head!
*The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Natalie Standiford)--this is a simple reader, but we enjoy it for the bravery and gumption of Gunnar and his lead sled dog Balto as they work to get medicine to Nome, Alaska during an outbreak of diptheria in the 1920s
If anyone has any favorite snowy day stories to add, please do--we are always on the lookout for good winter reading!
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