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Snow Day Read Alouds: Here’s the perfect list of snow day picture books to share with your kids on a snow day or when waiting for snow. They’re also great to use as writing prompts or other lessons, too.
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I love snow-themed stories. Most of them share a snuggle-up quality that makes for a great bedtime story and a great way to celebrate the winter months together. There are plenty of snow books to choose from, but these are my BEST EVER favorites to share. Here are our favorite snow day picture books.
Snowed in at Pokeweed Public by John Bianchi
Every kid will LOVE this one! Can you imagine being snowed in all night at school with your teachers? This is my all-time favorite snow book. It’s about this school of animals who, due to lack of preparation and communication from the principal, get snowed in at school and have to spend the night.
It’s such a cute story, and one that kids can easily imagine. Lots of fun!
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Who doesn’t love Ezra Jack Keats?
I love the drawings of this one and the simplistic fun created throughout the story.
To me, it’s one every kid should experience over and over. And it’s also a Caldecott Winner (1963), so I’m not the only one.
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
There’s a certain quiet happiness captured within this story. And as a former writing teacher, I loved to share this one to demonstrate beautiful poetic text and style with my students.
If you’re looking for a read-aloud to model great writing and the movement between words and illustrations, this is a perfect one to share during the winter months or any other time of year.
Mrs. Toggle’s Zipper by Robin Pulver
Here’s one my third grade students always loved for a read-aloud.
The story is about a teacher who finds herself stuck in her new fuchsia colored coat.
The story shares all sorts of fun thingamajig type words –Mr. Abel is the handy custodian and Mrs. Schott is the school nurse.
It’s full of funny sounds that’s perfect for a read-aloud and great for a fun lesson on vocabulary exploration and word building, too.
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
I’m smiling as a I flip back through the pages of this one. It’s one of those stories everyone loves that’s filled with plenty of imagination and creativity.
This one would be a great springboard for a creative writing activity where kids could then imagine their own night with the snowmen or even toys or other objects. Again, lots of fun!
Bob the Snowman by Sylvia Loretan
This is an old one, but it’s one of the best read-alouds I’ve ever found to teach the water cycle.
Instead of the normal rain story, Bob is a snowman who decides he needs a vacation down south.
Unfortunately, the heat isn’t such a great idea for a snowman and he melts, evaporates, condenses, and then snows again.
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! by Lucille Colandro
Who doesn’t love this series?
I love the familiar rhythm of this one that’s great for a read-aloud. It’s also another super easy way to spring the kids into writing ideas. They could easily use the same story pattern to create their own.
Thomas’ Snowsuit by Robert Munsch
Robert Munsch makes us all laugh and this is one of his all-time classics.
It’s just a fun one to exaggerate the idea of bundling up for winter, a mom’s worries over her kid in the cold, and one kid who doesn’t want to be confined to a brown snowsuit when going outside to play.
Geraldine’s Big Snow by Holly Keller
I’m absolutely in love with Geraldine. This book is an adorable story about Geraldine who anxiously waits for her snow day. It’s a simple one with wonderful illustrations that everyone will love.
Make Your Own Paper Snowflakes- 21 Easy Cutouts
This isn’t a read-aloud, but it’s a great addition to your snow day read alouds or just a fun activity for days when it’s just too cold or wet to go outside.
The snowflake patterns are pretty easy to follow, so kids can look at the pattern and cut their way to a fun snowflake display.
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The Snowy Day
None Peter uses his imagination as he explores the first snowy day of winter. Peter wakes up to the first snowy day of winter and goes out on a snow-filled adventure! He listens to the crunch of snow as he makes footprints this way and that way, makes a snowman, and even pretends to be a mountain climber. Marveling at the magic of snow and how the wet snowflakes can stick together, Peter puts a snowball in his pocket for later.
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One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see. After breakfast he put on his snowsuit and ran outside. The snow was piled up very high along the street to make a path for walking. Crunch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank into the snow. He walked with his toes pointing out, like this. He walked with his toes pointing in, like that. Then he dragged his feet slowly to make tracks. And he found something sticking out of the snow that made a new track. It was a stick – a stick that was just right for smacking a snow-covered tree. Down fell the snow – plop! – on top of Peter’s head. He thought it would be fun to join the big boys in their snowball fight, but he knew he wasn’t old enough – not yet. So he made a smiling snowman, and he made angels. He pretended he was a mountain-climber. He climbed up a great big tall heaping mountain of snow – and slid all the way down.
He picked up a handful of snow – and another, and still another. He packed it round and firm and put the snowball in his pocket for tomorrow. Then he went into his warm house. He told his mother all about his adventures while she took off his wet socks. And he thought and thought and thought about them. Before he got into bed he looked in his pocket. His pocket was empty. The snowball wasn’t there. He felt very sad. While he slept, he dreamed that the sun had melted all the snow away. But when he woke up his dream was gone. The snow was still everywhere. New snow was falling! After breakfast he called to his friend across the hall, and they went out together into the deep, deep snow.
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| Short stories about winter Winter is a magical and fabulous season, the whole natural world froze in a sound sleep. Listening to fairy tales and stories about nature in winter, children learn about the life of the surrounding world in a difficult winter season, how trees survive the winter, animals, how birds hibernate, learn about natural phenomena in winter. Winter C.V. Lukashevich She appeared wrapped up, white, cold. Kind girl C.V. Lukashevich It was a harsh winter. Everything was covered with snow. Sparrows had a hard time from this. The poor things could not find food anywhere. Sparrows flew around the house and chirped plaintively. Winter Frosts bound the earth. Rivers and lakes are frozen. Everywhere lies white fluffy snow. Children are happy with winter. It's nice to ski on fresh snow. Seryozha and Zhenya are playing snowballs. Lisa and Zoya are making a snowman. There was Volodya at the tree Daniil Kharms, 1930 There was Volodya at the Christmas tree. All the children danced, and Volodya was so small that he could not even walk. Last year I was at the Christmas tree with my friends and girlfriends Vanya Mokhov Last year I was at the Christmas tree with my friends and girlfriends. SnowmanOnce upon a time there was a snowman. He lived on the edge of the forest. It was covered by children who came running here to play and sled. They made three lumps of snow, put them on top of each other. Instead of eyes, two coals were inserted into the snowman, and a carrot was inserted instead of a nose. A bucket was put on the snowman's head, and his hands were made from old brooms. One boy liked the snowman so much that he gave him a scarf. The children were called home, and the snowman was left alone, standing in the cold winter wind. Hello winter! Author: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov So, she came, the long-awaited winter! It's good to run through the frost on the first winter morning! The streets, yesterday still dull in autumn, are completely covered with white snow, and the sun shimmers in it with a blinding brilliance. A bizarre pattern of frost lay on shop windows and tightly closed windows of houses, hoarfrost covered the branches of poplars. "Hello, long-awaited, vigorous winter!" Author: Tolstoy Alexey Nikolaevich The day was mild and hazy. The reddish sun hung low over long, snowfield-like stratus clouds. Frost-covered pink trees stood in the garden. Snowdrifts Author: Alexey Tolstoy (From the story "Nikita's Childhood") The wide yard was all covered with shining, white soft snow. Blue in it are deep human and frequent dog tracks. The air, frosty and thin, pinched in my nose, pricked my cheeks with needles. The carriage house, sheds and barnyards stood squat, covered with white hats, as if rooted in snow. Like glass, traces of runners ran from the house across the entire yard. The story "About the trees in winter" Trees, having gathered their strength during the summer, stop feeding and growing by winter, sink into a deep sleep. Buran Author: Aksakov Sergey Timofeevich ... A snowy white cloud, huge as the sky, covered the entire horizon and quickly covered the last light of the red, burnt evening dawn with a thick veil. Suddenly night fell... the storm came with all its fury, with all its horrors. The desert wind blew up in the open air, blew up the snowy steppes like swan fluff, threw them up to the sky . Everything merged, everything mixed up: the earth, air, sky turned into an abyss of boiling snowy dust, which blinded the eyes, took the breath, roared, whistled, howled, moaned, beat, ruffled, spit from all sides, twisted around like a kite from above and below and strangled everything he came across. The heart of the most intimidating person falls, the blood freezes, stops from fear, and not from cold, because the cold during snowstorms is significantly reduced. So terrible is the sight of the disturbance of winter northern nature... Buran raged hour by hour. It raged all night and all the next day, so there was no ride. Deep ravines became high mounds... Finally, the excitement of the snowy ocean began to subside little by little, which continues even then, when the sky is already shining with a cloudless blue. Another night has passed. Winter Author: Mamin-Sibiryak Dmitry NarkisovichIt's already a real winter. The ground was covered with a snow-white carpet. Not a single dark spot remained. Even bare birches, alders and mountain ash were covered with hoarfrost, like silvery fluff. They stood, covered with snow, as if they had put on an expensive warm coat... The first snow was falling Author: Chekhov Anton Pavlovich It was about eleven o'clock in the evening, the first snow had recently fallen, and everything in nature was under the rule of this young snow. The air smelled of snow, and the snow crunched softly underfoot. The earth, the roofs, the trees, the benches on the boulevards—everything was soft, white, young, and this house looked different from yesterday. Farewell to summer (In short) Author: Paustovsky Konstantin Georgievich ... One night I woke up with a strange feeling. I thought I went deaf in my sleep. I lay with my eyes open, listened for a long time, and finally realized that I had not gone deaf, but simply that an extraordinary silence had fallen outside the walls of the house. This silence is called "dead". The rain died, the wind died, the noisy, restless garden died. All you could hear was the cat snoring in his sleep. Winter night Author: Sokolov-Mikitov Ivan SergeevichNight has fallen in the forest. Frost taps on the trunks and branches of thick trees, light silver hoarfrost falls in flakes. In the dark high sky, bright winter stars visibly scattered... But even in the frosty winter night, the hidden life in the forest continues. Here the frozen branch crunched and broke. It ran under the trees, bouncing softly, a white hare. Then something hooted and suddenly terribly laughed: somewhere an owl screamed, caresses howled and fell silent, ferrets hunt mice, owls silently fly over the snowdrifts. Like a fabulous sentry, a big-headed gray owlet sat on a bare bough. In the darkness of the night, he alone hears and sees life hidden from people walking in the winter forest. Aspen Author: Sokolov-Mikitov Ivan Sergeevich The aspen forest is beautiful even in winter. Night and diurnal birds nest in the hollows of old thick aspens, naughty squirrels store their stocks for the winter. From thick logs, people hollowed out light shuttle boats, made troughs. White hares feed on the bark of young aspens in winter. The bitter bark of aspens is gnawed by moose. You used to walk through the forest, and suddenly, unexpectedly, unexpectedly, with a noise, a heavy black grouse will fly off and fly. A white hare will jump out from under your feet and run. Silver flashes Author: Abramov Fedor Aleksandrovich A short, gloomy December day. Snowy twilight flush with the windows, muddy dawn at ten o'clock in the morning. During the day he chirps, drowning in snowdrifts, a flock of children returning from school, creaks a cart with firewood or hay - and evening! In the frosty sky outside the village, silver flashes begin to dance and shimmer - the northern lights. Snow words (I. Nadezhdina)We love winter, we love snow. It changes, it is different, and to tell about it, different words are needed. And snow falls from the sky in different ways. Throw up your head - and it seems that from the clouds, like from the branches of a Christmas tree, pieces of cotton wool are torn off. They are called flakes - these are snowflakes stuck together on the fly. And there is snow that you can’t expose your face to: hard white balls hurt your forehead. They have another name - krupka. Pure snow that has just covered the ground is called powder. There is no better hunting than by powder! All tracks are fresh in fresh snow! And snow lies on the ground in different ways. If he lay down, this does not mean that he calmed down until spring. The wind blew and the snow came to life. You walk down the street, and there are white flashes at your feet: the snow, swept out by the janitor-wind, streams, flows along the ground. If the wind whirls and snow blows in the air, it is a blizzard. Well, and in the steppe, where there is no holding back the wind, a snow storm can break out - a snowstorm. If you shout, you won't hear a voice, you can't see anything within three steps. February is the month of snowstorms, the month of running and flying snows. In March, the snow becomes lazy. It no longer scatters from the hand, like swan fluff, it has become motionless and solid: you step on it and your foot will not fall through. It was over him that the sun and frost conjured. During the day everything melted in the sun, at night it froze, and the snow turned into an ice crust, hardened. For such stale snow, we have our own hard word - present. Thousands of human eyes watch the snow in winter. Let your inquisitive eyes be among them. First frost (M. Prishvin) The night passed under a large clear moon, and by morning the first frost fell. Queen pine, sparkling from top to bottom, was especially beautiful. Quiet snow (M. Prishvin)They say about silence: "Quieter than water, lower than grass." But what could be quieter than falling snow! It snowed all day yesterday, and as if it brought silence from heaven. And every sound only intensified it: the rooster bellowed, the crow called, the woodpecker drummed, the jay sang with all its voices, but the silence grew from all this... Winter has come (I. Sokolov-Mikitov)The hot summer has flown by, the golden autumn has passed, snow has fallen - winter has come. Cold winds are blowing. Many times snow began to fall in large flakes, and, waking up, people rejoiced in winter: such pure winter light shone through the window. At the first powder, the hunters went hunting. And all day long the barking of dogs could be heard through the forest. Stretched out across the road and disappeared into the fir forest, a hare's accelerating track. A fox trail, paw by paw, winds along the road. The squirrel ran across the road and, waving its fluffy tail, jumped onto the Christmas tree. There are dark purple cones on the tops of the trees. Crossbills jump on cones. Below, on the mountain ash, busty red-throated bullfinches scattered. The couch potato bear is the best in the forest. Since autumn, the thrifty Mishka has prepared a lair. He broke soft spruce twigs-paws, kicked the odorous resinous bark. Warm and cozy in a bear's forest apartment. rolls over. He does not hear how a cautious hunter approached the lair. Blizzard winter (I. Sokolov-Mikitov)... Frost walks on the streets at night. Frost walks around the yard, taps, rumbles. The night is starry, the windows are blue, Frost painted ice flowers on the windows - no one can draw such flowers. - Oh yes Frost! Frost is walking: either he will knock on the wall, then he will click on the gate, then he will shake off the frost from the birch and scare the dormant jackdaws. Frost is bored. Out of boredom, he will go to the river, hit the ice, begin to count the stars, and the stars are radiant, golden. In the morning the stoves will be heated, and Frost is right there - the blue smoke in the gilded sky has become frozen pillars above the village. - Oh yes Frost! .. It snowed (K. Ushinsky) The earth is covered with a clean white tablecloth and is resting. Hunters see beautiful patterns of animal and bird tracks on the snow tablecloth. Here, at night, a white hare trailed by the gnawed aspens; raising the black tip of its tail, hunting for birds and mice, an ermine ran. A beautiful chain winds along the forest edge the trace of an old fox. On the very edge of the field, trail after trail, the robber wolves passed. And through the wide planted road, blasting the snow with their hooves, moose crossed ... Many large and small animals and birds live and feed in the winter forest covered with snow overhang. At the edge of the forest (K. Ushinsky)Quiet early morning in the winter forest. The dawn is calm. Along the forest edge, at the edge of a snowy glade, an old red fox makes his way from a night hunt. Softly crunches, snow crumbles under the fox's feet. Paw after paw traces follow the fox. Here she stirred in the knots and, seeing the fox, then-oh-only - the peak! peak! squeaked the little titmouse. Here, whistling and fluttering, a flock of spruce crossbills flew over the edge, hastily scattered over the top of a spruce decorated with cones. He hears and sees foxes, how a squirrel climbed a tree, and a snow cap fell from a dense swaying branch, crumbling into diamond dust. He sees everything, hears everything, knows everything in the forest, an old, cunning fox. In the den (K. Ushinsky)In early winter, as soon as the snow falls, the bears lie in the den. Diligently and skillfully in the wilderness they prepare these winter lairs. Soft fragrant needles, bark of young fir trees, dry forest moss line their homes. Warm and cozy in bear dens. As soon as frost hits in the forest, bears fall asleep in their dens. And the more severe the frosts, the stronger the wind shakes the trees - the stronger, the more sound they sleep. Tiny blind cubs will be born to she-bears in late winter. Bear cubs are warm in a snow-filled den. They smack, suck milk, climb on the back of their mother, a huge, strong she-bear who has made a warm lair for them. Only in a big thaw, when it starts to drip from the trees and white caps fall from the branches, the bear wakes up. He wants to know well: has not spring come, has spring begun in the forest? A bear will stick out of the den, look at the winter forest - and again until spring on the side. What is a natural phenomenon?A phenomenon of nature is called any change in nature: the wind changed direction, the sun rose, hatched, from an egg, a chicken. Nature is alive and inanimate. All changes in nature associated with the change of seasons - seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter) are called seasonal natural phenomena. Observable natural phenomena in inanimate nature occurring around us: Frost covers rivers and lakes with ice. Draws funny patterns on the windows. Bites nose and cheeks. Snowflakes are falling from the sky. Snow covers the ground with a white blanket. Snowstorms and blizzards cover the roads. The sun is low above the earth and weakly warms. It's cold outside, the days are short and the nights are long. The New Year is coming. The city is dressed in elegant garlands. In the thaw, the snow melts and freezes, forming ice on the roads. Large icicles grow on the roofs. And what phenomena of wildlife can be observed in winter? Bears hibernate, trees shed their leaves, people dressed in winter clothes, children went outside with sleds. The plant world, the world of wildlife, rest in winter. The bear sleeps in its lair and sucks its paw. Trees and grasses sleep in the meadows, covered with a warm blanket - snow. Animals are cold in winter, they wear beautiful and fluffy fur coats. Hares change clothes - they change their gray coat to white. People wear warm clothes: hats, fur coats, felt boots and mittens. Children go sledding, skating, making a snowman and playing snowballs. On New Year's Eve, children decorate the Christmas tree with toys and have fun. On the holiday come to us, the Snow Maiden and Santa Claus. In winter, birds - tits and bullfinches - fly to our feeders from the forest. Birds and animals, in winter, starve. People feed them. |
The cold forest sleeps, covered with a white fur coat, you can’t hear the animals, they hide in their minks, they wait out the long winter, only a few go out to hunt. Only wind and snowstorm, eternal companions of winter. 
It was a lot of fun. On the Christmas tree at Yashka - he played tag, on the Christmas tree at Shurka - he played blind man's buff, on the Christmas tree at Ninka - he looked at pictures, on the Christmas tree at Volodya - he danced in a round dance, on the Christmas tree at Lizaveta - he ate chocolates, on the Christmas tree at Pavlusha - he ate apples and pears. 
Suddenly he saw that two birds flew to the tree under which he was standing. One big one with a long nose began to peck a tree, and the other began to look at the snowman. The snowman was scared: "What do you want to do with me?" And the bullfinch, and it was him, replies: “I don’t want to do anything to you, I’ll just eat a carrot now.” “Oh, oh, don’t eat carrots, that’s my nose. Look, there is a feeder hanging on that tree, the children left a lot of food there.” The bullfinch thanked the snowman. Since then, they have become friends. 
If you look along the street, which stretches out like an even ribbon, if you look close around you, everything is the same everywhere: snow, snow, snow. Occasionally a rising breeze tingles the face and ears, but how beautiful everything is around! What gentle, soft snowflakes smoothly swirl in the air. No matter how prickly frost, it is also pleasant. Isn't it because we all love winter, that, just like spring, it fills the chest with an exciting feeling. Everything is alive, everything is bright in the transformed nature, everything is full of invigorating freshness. It is so easy to breathe and so good in the soul that you involuntarily smile and want to say in a friendly way to this wonderful winter morning: “Hello, winter!” 
The vague shadows on the snow were drenched in the same warm light. 
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The wind whistled in my ears, snow dust rose from both sides. Down, all down like an arrow. And suddenly, where the snow broke off over the steep, the bench swept through the air and slid onto the ice. She went quieter, quieter and became. 
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.. Everything was dressed in white darkness, impenetrable, like the darkness of the darkest autumn night! 
The violent wind died down, the snows subsided. The steppes presented the appearance of a stormy sea, suddenly frozen over ... The sun rolled out into a clear sky; its rays played on the wavy snows... 
Lanterns burned brighter, the air was clearer... 
Winter has begun to take over the land... 
Against the background of dark firs, a thin lace of bare aspen branches intertwines. 
This is a blowing blizzard - a blowing snow. 
Everything was gray, but the puddles did not freeze. When the sun came up and warmed up, the trees and grasses were covered with such strong dew, the fir branches looked out of the dark forest with such luminous patterns that the diamonds of all our land would not be enough for this decoration. 
Trees stood naked in the forest - waiting for winter clothes. Spruces and pines have become even greener. 
Mishka is lying, from side to side 
Deep drifts rise. The forest covered itself with heavy white caps and fell silent. 
He listens and looks at the foxes, whether a mouse squeaks under a tussock in a winter nest, whether a long-eared careless hare jumps out of a bush. 
Examples of winter phenomena in inanimate nature: ice has formed on the water, snow has covered the earth, the sun does not heat, icicles and ice have appeared. The transformation of water into ice is a seasonal phenomenon in inanimate nature. Snow day
When winter comes and the days get shorter, everyone is waiting for snow. This collection contains "snow" books. They talk about the first snow, snowstorms and snowdrifts, about friendship and the approach of the New Year holidays.
Even if there is no snow outside, there is plenty of snow in these books!
Andren, E. School of tractor drivers.
Andren, E. School of tractor drivers. More than anything, Ture Person loves sandwiches with honey and tractors. He even opened a school for tractor drivers on his farm. But then winter comes, and the whole city is covered with snow. The students rush to Ture's aid and unanimously clear the city of snow.
A short funny story about a tractor driver Tura and his friends will be especially appreciated by boys. For young lovers of technology, it even has a tractor diagram.
Asher, S. Snow. The first snow is always a holiday! Everything around is magical, unfamiliar. Fun adventures will begin as soon as the slow grandfather is ready to go for a walk. There are very few words in Sam Asher's picture book, but very eloquent illustrations. Therefore, you need to read it thoughtfully, slowly, so as not to miss the details of the adventures of the heroes.
Verbitskaya, O. Snezhny lev.
Verbitskaya, O. Snow lion. Once, in a snowy winter forest, Santa Claus unexpectedly found a basket on the path, and in it - a small lion cub. Where he came from was completely incomprehensible, but the main thing is that the trembling baby froze in the snow. Santa Claus had to quickly apply his magical skills: turn around himself three times, hit the ground with his staff and turn the little lion cub into a Snow Lion! Now he is white-white, his coat is silvery, and he is not at all afraid of the cold! And Grandfather Frost, in addition to the squirrel Plate, the hare Snowball and the bullfinch Bubble, has a new friend ... True, there is enough trouble with him, but there is still much more joy from him!
Wojciechowski, B. A lair for Björn. Björn the bear has never seen snow. And then one day, waking up in his cozy house, he discovers that it is white and white outside the window - and immediately goes to the forest! Bjorn wants to find his friends and have fun together.
He makes his way through the snowdrifts, plays with snowflakes, goes further and further until he notices that he is lost. A little bear cub is completely alone in a cold and dark forest. The wind is howling around, the cold is getting stronger. Fortunately, Björn comes across a large hole under a tree. Climbing there, he immediately falls asleep ... And wakes up when spring is already rampant in the forest.
A good picture book tells how important it is to have your own home, where you can ride out any storm.
Gunder, A. Taste of winter.
Gunder, A. Taste of winter. Fairy gnomes lived in the roots of trees, in burrows underground, and as soon as the snow fell, they went to bed until spring. So it was in the old days. In this fairy tale, gnomes live in houses, fly in a balloon, write letters to each other and go skiing and sledding in winter. And only one dwarf, the old grouchy Basil, is not at all delighted with winter, he does not like its color - dull and cold white.
All winter he sits locked up, and the neighbor's girl Lily brings him firewood and food. But everything changes when a cheerful boy, nephew Laurus, comes to visit Uncle Basil.
Zartaiskaya, I. When the winter is gone. The New Year is approaching: cheerful chores, anticipation of the holiday. Everyone decorates Christmas trees, decorates the house and streets with garlands of lights. And just at that time, Winter decided ... to leave. She was offended by those grumblers who scold her for the cold, blizzards and ice, collected snow in her suitcase, packed ice and frost in her backpack, and boarded the first train that came across. The passengers on the train were immediately covered with frost, and Zima had to get out and walk. Where? Of course, to Antarctica! It is cold and snowy there all year round, only penguins live there, they will not scold her for the cold and snowstorm. But there are no bright lights and cheerful music. Will Winter stay there? Or she will return to where adults and children are waiting for her, where they miss the snow, winter fun and a blush on their cheeks from a light frost.
Lees, B. Go to the bear!
Lees, B. Go to the bear! Little Chipmunk receives a note from the Bear: "Hurry, run to me!" What would that mean? There is no time to understand, Chipmunk hurries to a friend. But bad weather broke out on the street, the sky darkened, fluffy flakes fell down, and the snow became so deep that our hero cannot even take a step. It's good that he has true friends in the forest! Squirrel, Drake and Raccoon will help Chipmunk get to the Bear and find out what happened after all...
Macliar, K. Wish tree. Boy Charlie dreams of finding a magical tree that grants wishes. The brother and sister tell him that all this is fiction, but Charlie does not listen to them, takes the faithful Sanochki and sets off. In the snowy forest, he meets various animals, to whom he helps to bring something, he gets tired in the evening, and we see how kind animals are carrying a sleeping boy on a sled.
Soon the magic tree - a Christmas tree covered with snow - is located. Charlie makes a wish, but we never recognize him, otherwise it won't come true. After a snowfall, the boy, along with his animal friends, drinks tea at a large table in a forest clearing and returns home safely.
Niimi, N. Behind the mittens.
Niimi, N. Behind the mittens. The action of a short philosophical fairy tale begins in the forest where a mother fox and her fox cub live. This is the first winter for the baby, he is amazed and delighted by the radiance of snow, soft snowdrifts, fluffy snow caps on the trees. That's just the tiny pink paws of the fox out of habit are very cold, and the mother decides to buy mittens for her little son. But for this you need to visit a shop in a city where dangerous people live ... A gentle poetic tale leads enchanted readers into the world of nature. Amazing illustrations immerse you in the atmosphere of a quiet winter, shining snow, moonlight, a magical winter night.
Pesochinskaya, N. Tour to the south. The Orchestra of Animals - the world-famous jazz band "We are from the Arctic" led by a seal - once loaded with a full complement into an animal ship and goes on tour. And since the musicians are tired of performing in the snow, they decide to go south. And to the very, very south, that is, to the South Pole. Of course, the southern tour ends with a meeting with Santa Claus and another concert on the ice. But this does not upset anyone, because good music, true friendship and humor can warm up even the ice of Antarctica.
Reed, B. First snow.
Reid, B. The first snow. Children always delight in the first snow. You can admire the snowfall or play snowballs, arrange a bunch and small and fall out in the snow. And you can make snowmen or build an impregnable fortress. Max and Alex, barely waiting for the end of the lesson, rush to the schoolyard to sculpt their snowy dream.
And right before our eyes, together with their classmates, they are building an impregnable fortress from a whole army of snowmen. This winter wonderland was created by plasticine artist Barbara Reid. Her three-dimensional lively paintings convey the charm of a winter landscape, the plasticity of childish movements and vivid emotions.
Sunderland, L. Anya and the Snow Witch. A fairy tale full of secrets, in the rhythm of a slow snowfall, draws the reader into the world that the Snow Witch owns. Little Anya's mother is chained in eternal ice. A brave girl, along with her dad, will have to make a frightening journey through a dark and dangerous winter to bring home her mother, warmth and a dream.
Serdobolsky, O. Hooray, winter has come!
Serdobolsky, O. Hooray, winter has come! If there were no winter - real, snowy, frosty, with snowdrifts and icicles, snowstorms and snowmen, there would be no these verses.
On every page of the book you can find something amazing, fabulous, magical. Ice cream, popsicle and creme brulee argue over which one is sweeter. The cat looks at the winter from the window and dreams of skating, and the giraffe escapes from a cold by wrapping a knitted scarf around his neck. The snow woman stole the janitor's broom, and the rook, like a local doctor, examines a cold icicle. The fur coat comes to life and crawls out of the closet, and the mitten diligently warms Father Frost's frostbitten nose. And that's not all the wonders that await you in the book.
Simbirskaya, Yu. The history of the blue mitten. Two blue mittens at first lived in a ball of wool. No one knew that they were hiding there until shiny knitting needles came and started knitting ... And then - once! — these two cute woolen sisters were born. They ended up in a chest of drawers, where they were joyfully greeted by Scarf, a Pompom Hat and the Socks brothers. And most importantly, as soon as winter came and the first snow fell, they met a wonderful new friend - a little man who loves to walk! All the inhabitants of the dresser go for a walk.
Mitten sisters experience special pleasure, they want to take a closer look at everything, stir up the snow, wallow in it! But the left mitten gets too carried away and accidentally gets lost in a snowdrift...
Timms, B. Santa Claus to the rescue!
Timms, B. Santa Claus to the rescue! The New Year is very close, but the Pine Mountain is covered with snow, and the bear family may be left without a holiday! Santa Claus with helpers-animals stock up on gifts, delicious treats and rush to the rescue of bears on a magic sleigh in a reindeer sleigh. Of course, they will have time, and they will all celebrate the New Year together so that the music and laughter in the bear's house will not stop until the morning!
Johanson, G. Mulle Mek. Winter story. Mulle Mek is a famous mechanic. He made a car, a boat and even an airplane out of iron junk. On that winter day, he was assembling a hovercraft - the Mullelet, so that he could drive on land, in swamps, on water, on snow and on ice.
And just in time, because Mulle's friend, artist and photographer Gordon, went to the Big Mountain to paint landscapes in the morning and did not return. And outside the window a snow storm is raging. Mulle equips a sleigh with hot tea and blankets, hooks them up to Mullelet and rushes off to rescue his friend.
Stading, S. Petronella and the snowstorm.
Stading, S. Petronella and the snowstorm. This is a story from a series about a kind little witch who lives inside an apple. Relatives are going to visit her - a little eccentric, but glorious weather witches. It's good that Wilma, Belinda and Merlina are going to come just for Christmas: they bring snowfall with them, and all the inhabitants of the town and the apple orchard, especially Petronella's friends, the twins Lina and Louis, are so tired of the rains and slush that their mood is completely non-holiday… Stading's tales are characterized by cosiness and gentle humor, an amazing feeling of warmth and security, and in this book a characteristic Christmas atmosphere is added to them.
