02 February 2012

Snowy Books

Since the Groundhog saw his shadow today, there are still some six weeks left to enjoy snow books.

On the day it snowed here, I grabbed these books, and when the children weren't playing in the snow, they were reading and dreaming about it.

We're still reading them, though the snow is gone.

Here are five worthy reads:

1. White Snow Bright Snow
by Alvin Tresselt





Softly, gently in the secret night,
Down from the North came the quiet white.
Drifting, sifting, silent flight,
Softly, gently in the secret night.



2.  The Big Snow
by Berta and Elmer Hader


"Snow, snow, nothing but snow--and the birds and the animals of the hill were very hungry."

3.  Katy and the Big Snow
by Virginia Lee Burton


"On the way back a plane signalled for help.  The airport was snowed in.  Katy was beginning to get a little tired but she wouldn't stop....not Katy."

4.  Snowflake Bentley
by Jaqueline Briggs Martin

"Willie's mother knew he would not be happy until he could share what he had seen.
'Fussing with snow is just foolishness,' his father said.
Still, he loved his son.
When he was seventeen his parents spent their savings and bought the camera."

5.  Stopping By on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost, illustrated by Susan Jeffers



"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep"....

If you've not already read these, maybe you could grab one from the library and snuggle down with your own little snow-lover!