The first snows have come, and it's getting to look a lot like winter. This is a great time to cozy up with a book to share with a young child. Whether you've got a fire going in the wood stove or you snuggle beneath a quilt, sharing books will warm your soul. Here are a few titles we've got on our shelves.
Moon glowing, by Elizabeth Partridge
While autumn leaves twirl down, a squirrel, a bat, a beaver
and a bear prepare for winter. Squirrel stashes, bat swoops, beaver builds and
bear eats.
Animal hibernation, by Jeanie Mebane.
Why do aquatic frogs spend the winter buried in mud? Why do
garter snakes coil together in dens? This book shows animals hibernating in
some unique ways.
Molly, by golly!: the legend of Molly Williams, America's
first female firefighter, by Dianne Ochiltree
“Our Molly is as fine a cook as any in New York City,” the
lads of Fire Company No. 11 liked to boast. They argue about whether her hasty
pudding or chicken roly-poly is the best. Or maybe it’s the hot apple tansy,
venison stew or codfish muddle. Then one winter day, with many volunteers sick
with influenza (it’s 1818), Molly jumps into action to stop a house fire.
Winter trees, by Carole Gerber
A boy and his dog walk through a wintry forest and discover the wonder of winter trees, one at a time. "Crunch! Our footsteps make the only sound." The boy looks closely at different trees, examining bark, limbs, even the sharp needles of a spruce.
The trees of the dancing goats, by Patricia Polacco.
During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by decorating trees. This begins some Hanukkah miracles, too.
Swamp Angel, by Anne Isaacs
Angelica Longrider (aka Swamp Angel) wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee
.