Read-alouds and series
Winter and snow books for kids
Snow days, cold evenings and winter holidays. Some are quiet, some adventurous.
Titles, authors and publication details were checked against Open Library in October 2026; age ranges follow publisher and library guidance and are approximate. Series order is the order of publication. Checked 2026-10-25. Nobody paid to be here. The buy links are plain search links, not affiliate links, so Peabody earns nothing from them.
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats · Ages 2-5
A boy plays in the first snow.
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Owl Moon
Jane Yolen · Ages 3-8
A night walk in winter woods.
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The Mitten
Jan Brett · Ages 3-7
Animals crowd into a lost mitten.
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The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg · Ages 4-9
A magical train to the North Pole.
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost · Ages 4-9
Frost's poem in a picture book illustrated by Susan Jeffers.
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Snowflake Bentley
Jacqueline Briggs Martin · Ages 5-9
How Wilson Bentley photographed snowflakes. Caldecott Medal 1999.
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Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner · Ages 4-8
Animals live below the snow.
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Wolf in the Snow
Matthew Cordell · Ages 3-7
A girl, a wolf pup and a snowy trek.
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The Tomten
Astrid Lindgren · Ages 3-7
A farm gnome watches over the animals in winter.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis · Ages 7-12
Little House in the Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder · Ages 6-10
A pioneer family's winter indoors in Wisconsin.
Watch for: Dated attitudes in the series.
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The Long Winter
Laura Ingalls Wilder · Ages 8-12
A town survives a blizzard-filled winter.
Watch for: Hunger; dated language about Native people.
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