While you’re pondering the significance of 12/12/12 and taking a break from monitoring your seismographs and telescopes, here, in no particular order, are a dozen or so (math isn’t our strong suit) books that we love to read and share during this most wonderful time of the year*.
Little Bea and the Snowy Day, by Daniel Roode
Snow Music, by Lynne Rae Perkins
Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick, by Kevin Henkes
Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia, written by Peggy Parish and illustrated by Lynn Sweat
It’s Christmas!, written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner
A Perfect Day, by Carin Berger
Winter Eyes, by Douglas Florian
Snow-Walker, by Catherine Fisher
Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas, written by Julia Rawlinson and illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke
Santa’s Stowaway, by Brandon Dorman
Old Bear, by Kevin Henkes
In the Snow: Who’s Been Here?, by Lindsay Barrett George
Days to Celebrate, written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
Trudy, by Henry Cole
Enjoy!
*except for when you’re trying to cross Fifth Avenue, which brings out the Mr. Potter in all of us
