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Bundle Up - Wonderful Winter Weather

Celebrate Picture Book Month with cozy books with heartwarming stories and beautiful illustrations capturing the magic and wonder of winter.

Contra Costa County Library

18 items

  • A group of neighborhood kids keep themselves entertained as they wait for the bus until a snow day is called, much to everyone's delight.
    Picture BookPetaluma, California : Cameron Kids, 2022. — JPB DALE, A.
  • A snowy day includes a journey with Grandma from home in the country to her house in town, sledding, snow angels, and cozy cuddling with Grandpa by the fire.
    Picture BookNew York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2017] — JPB SWEENEY, L.
  • Easy-to-understand facts about chilly weather, snowflakes, storms, snowplows, and winter fun.
    Board BookNew York : Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2022] — JPB MCDONALD, J.
  • Young dancer Sofia is ready to show everyone what a she can do on a perfect, snowy day.
    Picture BookNew York : Two Lions, [2020] — JPB BOSWELL, A.
  • A boy, his father and their dog have a perfect day in a snowy city.
    Picture BookToronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, 2019. — JPB GLADSTONE, J.
  • Walking in a Winter Wonderland

    Based on the Song by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith

    Based on the lyrics of the classic song, celebrates winter by following a family through frosty fields and snow-covered woods as they walk and play together.
    Picture BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. — JPB WALKING
  • In this rhyming counting book, one energetic puppy and two children set out for some snowy day fun.
    Picture BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2018] — JPB MURRAY, D.
  • A child plays in the snow and experiences the sensory joys of winter.
    Picture BookNew York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2016. — JPB KANEKO, Y.
  • The adventures of Peter, a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
    Picture BookNew York : Viking Press, 1962. — JPB KEATS, E.
  • A guessing game set in a snowy landscape depicts a cold winter that slowly melts into a bright spring.
    Picture BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017. — JPB JACKSON, R.
  • As the town goes to sleep, a snowstorm begins, and the man who drives the snowplow goes to work, keeping the streets clear throughout the night.
    Picture BookNew York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2018] — JPB BRUSS, D.
  • After the worst snowstorm of the year, a young girl wishes on a snow globe that everyone will come out to play and share a dream of peace.
    Picture BookAnn Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019] — JPB DEALEY, E.
  • For one spirited little puppy, winter means romping in the snow, birds to chase, fragrant evergreen trees, and joy, joy, joy! Then again, winter also means . . . oddly unfriendly deer? Millions of little lights? Contorting inflatable…
    Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — JPB YOON, H.
  • It's the middle of winter, it's very cold, and Ori and her friends want to play outside. But there's no snow! Ori makes a wish, and soon a special snowflake brings delight to an entire town.
    Picture Book[New York, N.Y.] : Boxer Books, [2023] — JPB FORD, B.
  • When the lights go out one snowy night, neighborhood friends get together for sledding, building forts, and more under the bright full moon.
    Picture BookNew York, NY : Little Bee Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing, [2017] — JPB SLAYTON, F.
  • Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, makes it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs.
    Picture BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, c1943. — JPB BURTON, V.
  • Words to Make a Friend

    a Story in Japanese and English.

    Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
    When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese.…
    Picture BookNew York : Random House Studio, [2021] — JPB NAPOLI, D.
  • Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.
    Picture BookNew York : Kokila, [2020] — JPB CAMPER, C.