snow books

We don't really have any snow here but we can still dream that more will be coming!

So, we got some more snow books from the library today. Here are a few that we are enjoying.

Stella, Queen of the Snow, Marie-Louise Gay

Another cute one from the Stella and Sam adventures. We love these books! This one is filled with lots of great snow play and outdoor fun. Not a lot of true science in this one but it can help to get kids excited about heading outside to play in the snow!

Blizzard, Carole Gerber

This cute book compares what is happening outside in nature, to the inside world of a little boy during a big snow storm. The pictures of the outside show what animals might do in the snow and some beautiful images of the snow falling down! The inside images of the little boy getting cozy are pretty cute too.

Sugar Snow, Laura Ingalls Wilder

This is a book from the "My First Little House Books" series. The story tells all about tapping trees for maple syrup. And it is based in Wisconsin. This book got the girls very curious about where their maple syrup came from and if they could see it coming out of the trees. I love when a book can inspire more investigation and learning!

What are you reading with your little ones right now?

Comments

[Jennifer]

We are reading snow books here too, but we do finally have snow in Colorado this year.

Our favorite is
The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats

It is about a little boy exploring the snow. My favorite line is: "Crunch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank into the snow." I then goes on to talk abut the tracks he makes. It is a great way to remind kids to think about the sounds of walking when outdoors. Also, the stuff about the boys tracks is a good segue to talking about animal tracks in the snow.

We also read a version of Frosty the Snowman, and though we can't make snowmen with our snow in CO (it is to light and fluffy), my son always tries and asks if we can get a corn cob pipe.

I'm torn about this book
Snow by P.D. Eastman
It shows 2 kids doing lots of snow activities: skiing, sledding, throwing snowballs, etc. But a few lines grate on me every time we read it: "What is snow? I do not know. Bu snow is lots of fun we know. What makes it snow? We do not know." I guess as my son gets older I'll teach about why and what makes it snow, and it isn't the book's purpose to do that, but for some reason I'm really bothered by the fact that the book seems indicate it ok not to wonder why. And overall, the story seems quite vapid. It does get our son interested in going out in the snow though.

Thanks for sharing your books. I'm particularly interested in Blizzard. I'll have to look for it in the library.