Discover 25+ cozy winter books for kids that celebrate snow, family, and simple joys—perfect for read-aloud time and seasonal homeschooling.
A shift is happening to bring us into winter days, those especially filled with books! Seasons are important to our family, and we try to make things different enough in all areas so that we feel the reprieve and newness of change.
For winter, there is a significant change in our evenings. As daylight savings begins, we stay out till sunset and eat dinner earlier. We do things like:
- Light a candle at dinner
- Start a gratitude chain, writing our blessings on a link of paper with supper
- Bring a craft table into the living room
- Have a set movie night weekly
- Games, crafts or puzzles after dinner together
- Outside walk with flashlights after dinner
Winter Days; Cozy & Crafty
Mom’s favorite part of winter is the permission to craft. Much of spring is prepping for the garden, and cleaning up after mud. Much of summer is tending the garden, and long days processing harvest. Fall prepares for the holidays. But winter is for projects! This winter, I am putting my hand to sewing clothes. I started with a costume dress to really challenge myself. Now, simple play dresses seem easy and will come in handy for little ones who outgrow everything quickly. More on this later, I’m sure!
Sometimes it is as simple as propagation, sometimes it is complex. But it makes the season unique!
Best Winter Book List
Here’s are 25+ wonderful books on weather, baking and things that make this season special!
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A Cold Baking Day
- “Baking Day at Grandma’s” by Anika Denise
- “Sugar and Spice and Everything Mice” by Annie Silvestro
- “Sugar Snow” by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- “William’s Winter Nap” by Linda Ashman
- “Wintercake” by Lynn Rae Perkins
Outside We Go
- “Mice Skating” by Annie Silvestro
- “Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story” by Sean Taylor
- “Over and Under the Snow” by Kate Messner
- “Snow” by Sam Usher
- “The Shortest Day” by Susan Cooper
- “A Loud Winter’s Nap” by Katy Hudson
Winter Experiences
- “Blizzard” by John Rocco
- “First Snow” by Po-mi Pak
- “Winter is Here” by Kenvin Henkes
- “Snowflakes Fall” by Patricia MacLachlan
- “Sleep Tight Farm” by Eugenie Doyle
- “A Barn in Winter” by Chambrae Griffith (board book)
Snow, Snow, Snow
- “Sunshine and Snowballs” by Margaret Wise Brown
- “A Really Good Snowman” by Daniel Mahoney
- “Jan Brett’s Snowy Treasury” by Jan Brett
- “Snowmen at Work” by Caralyn Buehner
- “Winter Dance” by Marion Dane Bauer
- “Big Snow” by Jonathan Bean
Winter Things That Go & More
- “Good Morning, Snowplow!” by Deborah Bruss
- “Katy and the Big Snow” by Virginia Lee Burton
- “Snowy Race” by April Jones Prince
- “The Hundred Year Barn” by Patricia Maclachlan
- “My Winter City” by James Gladstone
- “Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee” by Chris Van Dusen
Winter’s Quiet Gifts: Reading, Rest, and Simple Joys
As the world slows down and the days grow shorter, winter invites us to pause – to gather close, read together, and create from the warmth of home. These snowy months are a reminder that rest has its place in our rhythm too. Whether your hands are wrapped around a mug, busy with a project, or turning the next page of a storybook, may this season bring peace, creativity, and wonder to your days.
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