Pfeffer, Wendy
Summary: Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2003
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.261 PFECooper, Susan
Summary: "A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Cooper 2019Beskow, Elsa
Summary: Shortly before Christmas, there is finally enough snow for Ollie to use his new skis, and he visits the palace of King Winter, where the king's subjects are busy making Christmas gifts, but still have time to play with Ollie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BESGoldstone, Bruce
Summary: "A photographic picture book providing a comprehensive overview of facts about winter."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 508.2 GOLKinney, Jeff
Summary: When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighborhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighborhood meltdown....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KINYoung, Kevin
Summary: "Emile loves the field close to his home--in spring, summer, and fall, when it gives him bees and flowers, blossoms and leaves. But not as much in winter, when he has to share his beautiful, changeable field with other children ... and their sleds"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Make Me a World, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 BRAQuigley, Dawn
Summary: Jo Jo Makoons has noticed that the family members she loves most--Mama, Kokum, and even her cat, Mimi--all have their own ways of being healthy. So when Teacher says that their class will be learning about healthy habits, Jo Jo is ready to be neighborly by helping everyone around her be healthy too. After a snowstorm shuts down her Ojibwe reservation, Jo Jo uses her big imagination and big...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUIDuPrau, Jeanne.
Summary: When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DUPCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DUPSalmieri, Daniel
Summary: "Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SALBanks, Kate
Summary: "As the days grow shorter and the air becomes colder, the spring birds fly south for winter--except for one nightingale with an injured wing. Unable to fly, the nightingale worries about how to prepare for weather it has never experienced before. Luckily, the forest animals who are used to the frosty conditions help the nightingale survive as its wing heals."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BANBoiger, Alexandra
Summary: "Max and Marla are best friends. And aspiring Olympians! With their eyes on the prize, they know exactly what it'll take to reach sledding success: preparation, practice and perseverance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOIBoynton, Sandra
Summary: "When a group of winter animals see the falling snow, they know it's a sign that Christmastime is just around the corner. And they've got a song to sing!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boynton Bookworks 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BOYJansson, Tove
Summary: As the Moomins prepare to hibernate through what is going to be the worst winter yet, several unwelcomed guests take advantage of the Moomins generosity and keep the family awake throughout the long winter. Their quirky but needy guests prevent the Moomins from hibernating and the chaos only increases with the arrival of a little nibling determined to find out everyone's secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enfant 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 JANSams, Carl R.
Summary: After a snowstorm, a magical white deer appears in the woods, and the forest animals celebrate together all winter long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carl R. Sams II Photography, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SAMGrant, Shauntay
Summary: "Slip, slide, skate! This spare and celebratory ode to Black joy chronicles a little boy's exciting snow day with his family"--Adapted from inside jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: On a snowy New Year's Eve, two black horses pull a sleigh through town, spreading love and joy to the community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACSockabasin, Allen J.
Summary: "Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to the deep woods for the winter, traveling on a big bobsled pulled by big horses through the snow. When Zoo Sap falls off of the sled unnoticed, the forest animals hear his cries. First to come are the beaver, who put their tails together to cradle him. Then all the other animals circle round--everyone from the tiny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House, Publishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOCBell, Jennifer (Jennifer A.)
Summary: "Hedgehog has been busy making gifts for all of her friends. But what could possibly be grand enough for her dear friend Bear? Bear had shown Hedgehog the wonders of butterflies and taught her to ice-skate, after all. When Hedgehog finally finds her inspiration and delivers the gift, it doesn't quite turn out as she expected." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lions 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BELFlatt, Lizann
Summary: As young readers journey into the natural world, they will discover that numbers, patterns, shapes and much more! can be found in everyday plants and animals. What if animals and plants knew math, just like us? Would snowflakes all fall from the same height in the sky? Would otters spread themselves evenly across lakes? Would groundhogs be aware of the date? In Sizing Up Winter, the third title...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FLAFreedman, Claire.
Summary: One night, in the depths of a harsh winter, Fox, Mouse, and Hare are moved to do their best with the little they have to help a cold and hungry badger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FREHunter, Nick.
Summary: Describes how the Winter Olympics started, how they are organized, star performers, and what can be expected at the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J796.48 HUNJones, Janey
Summary: While collecting pinecones for the winter feast, Violet Rabbit accepts the dare to ski down Snowdrop Slove, starts an avalanche and ends up on very thin ice--so it is up to the Superfairies to rescue her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016