These are some great titles to read with your little ones in celebration of snow!
Snow Dance starts with the forecast calling for a snowstorm later in the day. The children go outside to do a snow dance anxiously waiting for the snow to come. Finally it starts and luckily school is canceled the next day. The excited children hurry out to play in the snow! They make snowmen, have snowball fights and go sledding ultimately ending the day with hot cocoa in front of the fire. This is a wonderful rhyming book that is fun to read out loud. It is full of energy and both the text and the illustrations really capture the excitement and wonder of a snowy day!
In Snow! Snow! Snow! a canine father and his two young pups wake up to find that it has snowed overnight. They rush out to go sledding down "the best sledding hill in the whole wide world". When their sled hits a bump they are launched into the air and fly through the sky until they fall back down to the ground. They they yell "Again!, Again!" and trudge back up the hill. This is a very simple story without a lot of text. It is a great book for young children or those just beginning to read on their own. The illustrations are bold and colorful and the book is great fun to read!
Waiting for Winter tells the story of three friends, Squirrel, Hedgehog and Bear who have never seen snow and decide to stay awake and wait for it. Deer has told them that it is "white and wet and cold and soft" and using this description each animal finds what he thinks is snow. Finally, the real thing starts to fall and the trio are delighted. After making a wonderful snow creature they all fall asleep for the winter. This book is beautifully illustrated with amazing pencil drawings. It is also very funny. The animals antics trying to stay awake and the items they mistake for snow will have you laughing out loud. A very entertaining book all around!
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