Winter Picture Books

                                               Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)
We love the "Let's-Read-And-Find-Out- Science" series. This title would be a great "read by myself" book for an early reader- the text is written in a nice conversational style. However, we enjoyed reading it together. My 7 year old "nature detective" particularly enjoyed learning fun facts like how to tell which way a rabbit was running, and a sea gull (something we see a lot of) always takes off facing into the wind. A few activities are also included on the last page. 


                                           Under the Snow
This book gives a magical peek into the world that is under the snow and ice. While I read picture books specifically to my 7 year old, my 10 and 12 year old jumped in when I started reading this one. This simple picture book has some fascinating facts (did you know that lady bugs might be living right under where you- not us, we live where it rarely snows!- are playing in the snow?). It also has some really enjoyable illustrations.

                                        Hibernation (Patterns in Nature series)
A lot of information is packed in to this simple book. The chapters include "Why Hibernate?", "Getting Ready", "A Place to Rest", and "It's a Pattern". Each chapter is just a few two page layouts, and each two page layout includes a photograph (my son loved these) that takes up more than 1/2 of that space. Because it is not overly wordy, this book could be read to even the youngest listener. The back of the book includes a glossary, more book recommendations, and Internet sites. The Internet site information directs the reader to go to "fact hound" and type in the book's ID number. From there we were led to three pretty cool sites and a few more book recommendations.                

My Brother Loved Snowflakes: The Story of Wilson A. Bentley, the Snowflake Man
Like Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, this book tells the story of Wilson Bentley's passion for snowflakes and of his accomplishments. We very much enjoyed reading another book about the Snowflake Man- the illustrations are warm and make the story come alive. I would highly recommend this book to those who have read "Snowflake Bentley" and would enjoy reading another book about him. This would also be a nice book to read as an introduction to the Snowflake Man for younger children. While the age recommendation seems to be the same, this book tells the story more directly (no side bar information) and just seems like it would appeal to younger children.


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  1. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:41 AM

    These books look great, especially the first one and the snowflake book. I need to work on our picture book list for a post this weekend. Doesn't seem like we read too much this month!!

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