Snuggle up with your young child and some hot cocoa and enjoy these Winter Read Alouds together!
Toddlers
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental
A Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
Anna Bear’s First Winter by R. Edwards
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Bear’s Weather by Harriet Ziefert
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Bunny’s First Snowflake by M. Wellington
Curious George in the Snow by H.A. Rey
Duck Skates by Lezlie Evans
First Wonders of Nature: Snow Leopard by Lynne Cherry
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? By Nancy White
Kipper’s Snowy Day by Mick Inkpen
The Last Polar Bear by Jean Craighead George
Little Brown Bear, Plays in the Snow by Claude Lebrun
Little Fern’s First Winter by Jane Simmons
My Little Polar Bear by Claudia Rueda
Pearl’s New Skates by Holly Keller
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
Somewhere to Sleep by Daniel Howarth
Touch the Sky, My Little Bear by David Bedford
While the Bear Sleeps by Caitlin Matthews
Two Year Olds
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental
A Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle
Anna Bear’s First Winter by R. Edwards
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Bear’s Weather by Harriet Ziefert
Blue’s Snowy Day by Alison Inches
Bunny’s First Snowflake by M. Wellington
First Wonders of Nature: Snow Leopard by Lynne Cherry
Hopper by Marcus Pfister
The Last Polar Bear by Jean Craighead George
Little Polar Bear by Claudia Rueda
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
Snow Comes to the Farm by Nathaniel Tripp
The Snow Lambs by Debi Gliori
Snow Ponies by Cynthia Cotton
Snowbear’s Winter Day by Dorothea Deprisco
While the Bear Sleeps by Caitlin Matthews
Winter Friends by Mary Quattlebaum
Preschool (3-4 Year Olds)
Alaska’s Three Bears by Shannon Cartwright
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
The Animals’ Winter Sleep by Lynda Graham- Barber
Are You There, Baby Bear? by Catherine Walters
Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
Beady Bear by Don Freeman
Bear Snows On by Karma Wilson
Bear’s Last Journey by Udo Weigelt
Bears, Bears, Everywhere! by Luella Connelly
Bedtime for Bears by Sandal Stodard
Brave Bitsy and the Bear by Angela McAllister
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Don’t Wake Up the Bear! by Marjorie Dennis Murray
Hibernation by Margaret Hall
Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
Let’s Go Home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell
Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
The Mitten by Jan Brett
My Favorite Bear by Andrea Gabriel
My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
One Snowy Day by Jeffrey Scherer
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
Over in the Arctic by Marianne Berkes
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Sam’s Teddy Bear by Barbro Lindgren
Skunks! Go to Bed! by Ted Bailey
Sleep, Black Bear Sleep by Jane Yolen
Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovich
Sleepy Bears by Mem Fox
Snow Bear by Piers Harper
Snowbear’s Winter Day by Dorothea Deprisco
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee
Wake Me in Spring by Jame Preller
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
What Do Animals Do in Winter? by Melvin and Gilda Berger
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan
Where is Bear? by Leslea NewmanAlaska’s Three Bears by Shannon Cartwright
PreK (4-5 year olds)
A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
Antarctic Ice by Jim Mastro
Building an Igloo by Ulli Steltzer
Glaciers by Sandy Sepehri
Ice by Arthur Geisert
Icebergs, Ice Caps, and Glaciers by Allan Fowler
Igloos and Inuit Life by Louise Spilsbury
The Inuit by Andrew Santella
The Inuit by Kevin Cunningham
Living in the Arctic by Allan Fowler
Look Inside an Igloo by Mari Schuh
Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
One Snowy Night by M. Christina Butler
Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale by Lydia Dabkovich
Polar Lands by Margaret Hyne
The Snowflake by Neil Waldman
The Tomtom by Astrid Lindgren
Water and Ice by Melinda Lilly
Water by Emily Neye
Water Dance by Thomas Locker
Welcome to the Ice House by Jane Yolen