There is so much to do when it snows! Create the perfect snowball to take aim with, construct a snowman or igloo, zoom down hills on a sled, go on a nature walk to try and spot winter animals, and once your toes are numb head inside for hot chocolate where you can cut out paper snowflakes and read, read, read.
The books highlighted in this year's snow feature beautifully illustrate the different approaches to this singular topic—easy to discover when searching with CLCD. For the more science minded, there is Snow by Bill McAuliffe or Hiding in the Polar Regions by Deborah Underwood; both are nonfiction accounts that provide information about snow, such as how, why, and where snow occurs, and how to adapt to a snowy environment.
One of the biggest fascinations in snow-themed books is animals. Who can resist cute and cuddly animals covered in powdery snow, like those featured in Baby Snow Animals by Jane Katirgis. Anthropomorphized animals dominate most picture books—bears, mice, kittens, and birds discover and play in winter wonderlands.
For brave, older readers there is Trapped by Michael Northrop, a survival story of teens trapped in their school during a terrible blizzard. Snow can certainly create dangerous situations. Heroes, like characters found in The Snowshoeing Adventure of Milton Daub, Blizzard Trekker, make sure people have medicine, food, and shelter during harsh winter storms.
There is something for everyone in our 2012 snow themed feature. For more suggestions search "snow" in CLCD and you will discover over 12,000 results! I suggest narrowing that down by using qualifiers like publication date or age range to get a more specific list. Creating a reading list or finding that perfect snowy day book for a reader is "cool" with CLCD.
No Two Alike
Keith Baker
Two bright red birds fly amid the falling snowflakes trying to prove the scientific fact that no two snowflakes are alike. What they discover on their joyful, soaring journey is that no two comparable things in nature are precisely the same—not leaves, paths, footprints, or redbirds. With digital drawings of bright scarlet birds against a pale, shivery sky, this is a perfect book for winter story time sharing. The words are spare, but the rhymes are infectious and the pictures will give the story leader many opportunities to name the animals and snow-crusted items depicted in the graphics. Baker previously captivated readers with LMNO Peas, and this book similarly (though not exactly) is a charming and exceptionally rendered seasonal tale. This book will provide a great preamble for a pre-school or kindergarten study of snowflakes or differences in nature. Also, there is an evidently easy craft tie-in to snowflake cutting as a craft project. 2011, Simon and Shuster Children's Publishing Division, Ages 3 to 7, $16.99. Reviewer: Lois Rubin Gross (Children's Literature).
ISBN: 978-1-4424-1742-7
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