Winter Book List

Kids love winter. It’s so much fun to bundle up and play outside in the fluffy, white snow. When they are done playing, they go back inside their warm house. What about plants and animals during the winter? How do they keep warm?

Find the answers to these questions and discover the beauty of winter through these great books.

Grades PreK-2
Bancroft, H. 1997. Animals in Winter. HarperCollins Children's Books.
Barasch, L. 1993. A Winter Walk. Ticknor & Fields.
Bauer, M.D. 1997. Turtle Dreams. Holiday House, Inc.
Berger, M. 1995. What Do Animals Do in Winter?: How Animals Survive the Cold. Ideals Publications.
Brett, J. 1996. The Mitten. Penguin Group.
Butler, M.C. 2006. One Winter's Day. Good Books.
Cartwright, A. 1990. The Winter Hedgehog. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Cole, J. 1973. Plants in Winter. Harpercollins.
Cuyler, M. 2005. Groundhog Stays up Late. Walker & Company.
Denslow, S.P. 2005. In the Snow. HarperCollins Children's Books.
Dixon, A. 2002. Winter Is. Alaska Northwest Books.
Evans, L. 2002. Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Finnegan, M.P. 2002. Winter: Signs of the Season around North America. Capstone Press.
Fleming, D. 2001. Time to Sleep. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.
Florian, D. 1999. Winter Eyes. Greenwillow Books.
Freedman, C. 2003. Gooseberry Goose. Tiger Tales.
Freedman, R. 1981. When Winter Comes. Penguin Young Readers Group.
George, J.C. 1995. Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here. HarperTrophy.
George, J.C. 2001. Winter Moon. HarperCollins Publishers.
Gershator, P. 2001. When It Starts to Snow. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.
Glaser, L. 2002. It's Winter. Millbrook Press.
Good, E.W. 1994. White Wonderful Winter!Good Books.
Hader, B. 2005. The Big Snow. Simon & Schuster Children's.
Hirschi, R. 1996. Winter. Penguin Group Incorporated.
Hiscock, B. 1995. When Will It Snow? Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Jones, J.B. 2001. Who Lives in the Snow?Rinehart P.
Kroll, L. 2003. Winter, Awake! SteinerBooks, Incorporated.
Lawlor, E.P. 1998. Discover Nature in Winter: Things to Know and Things to Do. Stackpole Books.
McDonnell, J. 1993. Winter: Tracks in the Snow. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Minor, W. 1996. Red Fox Running. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Moncure, J.B. 2000. In Winter. Child's World, Incorporated.
Moore, E. 2005. The Magic School Bus Sleeps for the Winter. Scholastic, Inc.
Moutran, J.S. 1987. Story of Punxsutawney Phil, "the Fearless Forecaster". Literary Publications.
Murray, M.D. 2003. Don't Wake Up The Bear. Marshall Cavendish Inc.
National Geographic Society. 1997. Animals In Winter. National Geographic Children's Books.
Partridge, E. 1992. Moon Glowing. Penguin Young Readers Group.
Pascoe, E. 2000. How and why Animals Prepare for Winter. Creative Teaching Press, Incorporated.
Pfeffer,W. 2003. The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice. Dutton Juvenile.
Prelutsky, J. 1984. It's Snowing! It's Snowing! Greenwillow Books.
Sabuda, R. 2005. Winter's Tale: An Original Pop-up Journey. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Sams, C.R. 2000. Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy. Sams, Carl, R. II, Photography.
Sayre, A.P. 1998. Home at Last: A Song of Migration. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated.
Schnur, S. 2002. Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic. Clarion Books.
Sherrow, V. 1997. Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane. Soundprints.
Seuling, B. 2002. Winter Lullaby. Harcourt Children's Books.
Stewart, P. 1999. Little Bit of Winter. HarperCollins Children's Books.
Stojic, M. 2002. Snow. Crown Books for Young Readers.
Stringer, L. 2006. Winter Is the Warmest Season. Harcourt Children's Books.
Thayer, T. 2001. Winter. Lerner Publishing Group.
Thomson, R. 1989. Winter. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Van Laan, N. 2000. When Winter Comes: A Lullaby. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Wallace, K. 2000. A Bed for Winter. DK Publishing, Inc.
Wellington, M. 2000. Bunny's First Snowflake. Penguin Group Incorporated.
Wildsmith, B. 1991. Animal Seasons. Oxford University Press.
Wilson, K. 2002. Bear Snores On. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Grades 3-5
Albert, T. 1998. A Kid's Winter EcoJournal: With Nature Activities for Exploring the Season. Trickle Creek Books.
Berger, G. 2002. Do Bears Sleep All Winter? Sagebrush Education Resources.
Brimmer, L.D. 1991. Animals That Hibernate. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Burton, J. and K. Taylor. 1999. Nature and Science of Winter. Gareth Stevens Audio.
Drake, J. 2004. Snow Amazing: Cool Facts and Warm Tales. Tundra.
George, J.C. 2001. Winter Moon. HarperCollins Publishers.
HarperCollins Publishing. 1998. Birds in Winter. Zondervan.
Hull, R. 1991. Poems for Winter. Steck-Vaughn.
Jackson, E. 1997. The Winter Solstice. Millbrook Press.
Meyer, M.L. 2002. Winter. Smart Apple Media.
Penny, M. 2004. Hidden Hibernators. Heinemann.
Perry, P.J. 2001. Animals That Hibernate. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Simon, S. 1994. Winter across America. Hyperion Books for Children.
Stille, D.R. 2001. Winter. Capstone Press.
Webster, D. 1989. Winter: Activities, Projects, Science Facts. Silver Burdett Press.
Whipple, L. 2003. A Snowflake Fell: Poems About Winter. Barefoot Books.
Whitlock, R. 1987. Winter. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Yolen, J. 2005. Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children. Boyds Mills Press.

Grades 6-8
Jones, A. 2006. Four Seasons: Uncovering Nature. Firefly Books, Limited.
Santrey, L. 1982. Winter. Troll Communications L.L.C.
Watts, M.T. 1970. Winter Tree Finder. Nature Study Guild.

Grades 9-12
Arnosky, J. 1988. Sketching Outdoors in Winter. HarperCollins Publishers.
Bastedo, J. 2003. Falling for Snow: A Naturalist's Journey Into the World of Winter. Red Deer Press.
Brown, L. 1997. Wildflowers and Winter Weeds. Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Chu, Miyoko. 2006. Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds. Walker & Company.
Gilliland, H. 1992. Mystery Tracks in the Snow. Naturegraph Publishers, Incorporated.
Harrison, K. 1990. Birds of Winter. Random House, Incorporated.
Heinrich, B. 2003. Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival. HarperCollins Publishers.
Marchand, P.J. 1987. Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology. University Press of New England.
Stokes, D.W. 1979. Stokes Guide to Nature in Winter. Little, Brown & Company.
Trelease, W. 1967. Winter Botany: An Identification Guide to Native Trees and Shrubs. Dover Publications.