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Whether you live where it snows in the wintertime or where it is sunny and warm all year, these titles will transport you to a winter wonderland! Follow the Trail: Winter Wonderland by DK Perfect for toddlers, young readers will enjoy following the tactile trails and seeing adorable photos of arctic animals.\u00a0Follow the Trail: Winter Wonderland\u00a0is an excellent board book. Readers will enjoy feeling the different textures, identifying shapes, and spotting the other animals. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Snowy Day is a phenomenal Caldecott (award for a most distinguished picture book) winning book that chronicles a little boy’s day in the snow. Children will see themselves in Peter, the book’s protagonist. Peter enjoys simple activities, like finding a nice stick to make marks in the snow. Readers may relate to Peter’s disappointment that he is not old enough to throw snowballs with the big kids. Readers of all ages will delight in Keats’s magnificent colorful collage artwork. Snowy Day is a treasure that belongs on all children’s bookshelves. Fun facts: Little Red Gliding Hood Written by Tara Lazar and Illustrated by Troy Cummings This story is a delightful fractured fairy tale of the beloved Little Red Riding Hood. In Little Red Gliding Hood, Little Red teams up with the Wolf in an ice skating competition to win new skates. Enjoy finding the witty references included throughout the book to other fairy tales! If you want to read more fractured fairy tales (complete post forthcoming), check out my write-up to Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems here. Brave Irene by William Steig Mrs. Bobbin, a dressmaker, finishes the Duchesse’s gown on the day of a ball but is too ill to deliver it. Irene volunteers to do so in her stead and brave the fierce weather. Read this book by the author of Shrek to find out if she can save the day!  Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell is a magnificent (mainly) wordless picture book about friendship and kindness, which won the Caldecott Medal in 2018. Wordless books are fun because whoever is “reading” can dictate a unique story based on their interpretations of the illustrations. Cordell’s whimsical paintings are a pleasure to look at during quiet time or for creative writing exercises in the classroom. Invite young friends to dictate the story; no two stories will be the same! Snowmen at Night Written by Caralyn Buehner & Illustrated by Mark Buehner Have you ever wondered what snowmen do at night?\u00a0Snowmen at Night\u00a0cleverly describes what a young child imagines his snowman doing at night after discovering a change in his snowman’s appearance from the previous day. Enjoy spotting this magical winter tale’s hidden figures (pictures in the moon, rabbit instead of a snow angel).\u00a0 The Mitten by Jan Brett The Mitten\u00a0by Jan Brett is a classic winter read-aloud! Based on a beloved Ukrainian folktale,\u00a0The Mitten\u00a0is a beautifully developed picture book in content and illustrations. Nikki, a young boy, asks his grandmother to knit him mittens the color of snow. Fearful that Nikki might lose the mittens in the snow, she hesitates to make them only after Nikki promises not to lose them. After Nikki drops one of the mittens, the knitted outerwear provides shelter and warmth to a slew of animals. Readers will enjoy reading\/hearing about how a fox, bear, owl, rabbit, mole, and more find their way into Nikki\u2019s glove. I recently visited a fantastic exhibit on the works of Jan Brett; you can read about that experience here. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser If you are looking for an excellent chapter book for a middle-grade reader–look no further!\u00a0The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street\u00a0by Karina Yan Glaser is the perfect book to snuggle up and read on a cold, dreary day or an engaging winter read-aloud! The Vanderbeekers are a biracial family with five kids, a bunny, a dog, and a cat who live in a Harlem brownstone apartment. The kids love their home, their street, and their neighbors. Just before Christmas, the kids learn that their grumpy landlord will soon be evicting them. What are these tenacious problem-solving kids to do? If you are a fan of Sydney Taylor’s\u00a0All of A Kind Family\u00a0(Read my review\u00a0here) or the\u00a0Cheaper By the Dozen\u00a0film, this book is for you!\u00a0 Love to hear YOUR thoughts! I am always on the lookout for a great book! Please DM me on Instagram @playgroundlibrarian or Facebook at Sheryl Hoffman with recommendations! Happy Reading! 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