Books
Winter
of virtual school, snow days
of the past, but these wintery
have readers wishing for one
up the cocoa, wrap up in a
blanket and enjoy!
COLLECTION ENGAGEMENT LIBRARIAN,
ARLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa but is off to spend
Christmas with her maternal grandmother
in Canada. While there will be new foods and
a long plane journey, Anna is most excited to
young readers to finally see snow for the first time. But how will
stick it out in the she adjust to the cold and from being so far
migrating south. In from home?
several different
introduced to the ‘Snowflake Bentley’
birds have that allow By Jacqueline Briggs Martin,
While working as illustrated by Mary Azarian
birds, the soft This Caldecott-winning book introduces
also work well for Wilson Bentley, a 19th-century Vermont
farm boy who found snow fascinating. After
reading about a new camera with an attached
microscope, his family saved to buy it. Bently
then developed a process to photograph
by Dawn Lo
for a new arrival snowflakes and show their intricate crystal
neighborhood, as a patterns. Through his photographs, the world
to skate, sled, discovered that no two snowflakes are alike.

explore in the
a gently bouncing ‘Mouse and Mole,
many moods, the Winter Wonderland’
making this a Written and
illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee
When winter comes, Mouse is excited to go out
and play, but Mole would rather stay warm and
cozy at home. It’s not much fun to go skating
and sledding on your own, so Mouse decides
two Ojibway sisters to build a Sno-Mole to keep her company.

Coyote Hill to see the When Mole sees his snow-double, he gets
Along the way suspicious, but soon enters the fun with his
make snow angels own Sno-Mouse.

Luminous artwork
evening, as well as MIDDLE GRADE
sisters. ‘Snow One Like You’
by Lauren Tobia
By Natalie Blitt
Mia loves the fun of her town’s Winter Festival,
but her family’s inn also depends on the
tourism the festival brings. This year, there