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Snowbound with Betsy

Snowbound with Betsy by Carolyn Haywood As Betsy heads home from school, the snow begins to fall.  By suppertime, Mother is anxiously awaiting Father who hasn’t yet returned. Betsy and her little sister Star go to bed well before he … Continue reading

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White Snow, Bright Snow

White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt White Snow, Bright Snow starts with a lovely poem.  It then follows the progression through a snowstorm to spring.  Using only a few bright colors to highlight the white snow, it’s very visually … Continue reading

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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, Illustrated by Susan Jeffers This is one of the most beautifully illustrated copies of a poem that you will ever find.  There’s something about it that evokes the feeling of … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Wintertime

Walt Disney’s Once Upon a Wintertime, A Little Golden Book by Tom Oreb I unearthed this in a box of old books that had once been my mother’s and remembered it from my own childhood.  It’s terribly old-fashioned (something I … Continue reading

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Snowed In

Snowed In by Rachel Hawthorne Ashleigh Sneaux’s parents are getting divorced and her mother has whisked her away to a quaint frozen island in the great lakes.  In the tiny community it doesn’t take long to acquire a new self-proclaimed … Continue reading

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Let It Snow!

Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances When YA heavyweight authors like John Green and Maureen Johnson get together to write Christmas themed short stories, everybody wins.  The three tales in this book are intertwined with characters crossing between the stories … Continue reading

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Snow

Snow (Sunburst Books) by Uri Shulevitz No one wishes for snow quite like a child.  As soon as the first snowflake begins to fall, the boy and his dog are ready for snow.  But all the adults he encounters, whether … Continue reading

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