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Seasons Bundle

Admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:14:34 +0000

A beautiful set of picture books to help you celebrate the change of seasons.

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Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn

AWiebe — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:38:15 +0000

As trees sway in the cool breeze, blue jays head south, and leaves change their colors, everyone knows - autumn is on its way! Join a young girl as she takes a walk through forest and town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with every flower and creature [...]

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Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring

AWiebe — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:26:56 +0000

As days stretch longer, animals creep out from their warm dens, and green begins to grow again, everyone knows - spring is on its way! Join a boy and his dog as they explore nature and take a stroll through the countryside, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations [...]

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Sleep Tight Farm

CEBAdmin — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:10:41 +0000

A captivating exploration of how a family gets a farm ready for the snow of winter, Sleep Tight Farm lyrically connects each growing season to the preparations at the very end of the farm year. This beautiful and informative book paints a fascinating picture of what winter means to the farm year and to the family that [...]

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Winter Holiday

CEBAdmin — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 20:46:21 +0000

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter

CEBAdmin — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:56:47 +0000

As leaves fall from their trees, animals huddle against the cold, and frost creeps across windows, everyone knows - winter is on its way! Join a brother and sister as they explore nature and take a stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with [...]

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Animals in Winter

Dayna Barendregt — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 22:24:06 +0000

Have you ever seen a butterfly in the snow? Probably not. Butterflies can’t survive cold weather, so when winter comes, many butterflies fly to warmer places. They migrate. Woodchucks don’t like cold weather either but they don’t migrate; they hibernate. Woodchucks sleep in their dens all winter long. Read and find out how other animals [...]

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Katy and the Big Snow

Dayna Barendregt — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:59:50 +0000

In Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton, the town of Geoppolis gets buried under feet and feet of snow after a huge storm. Thankfully Katy the red crawler tractor has her snow plow and can dig the city out! Follow Katy as she tunnels through snow to the police station, post office, railway station, telephone company, water department and more. Katy chug chug chugs along, clears the roads, and saves the day with her snowplow.

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Snowflake Bentley

Dayna Barendregt — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:32:17 +0000

From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley’s enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike, and each one is startlingly beautiful.

His story is gracefully told and brought to life in lovely woodcuts, giving children insight into a soul who had not only a scientist’s vision and perseverance but a clear passion for the wonders of nature.

Snowflake Bentley won the 1999 Caldecott Medal.

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White Snow, Bright Snow

Dayna Barendregt — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 03:24:34 +0000

The classic Caldecott Medal–winning picture book about a neighborhood transformed by a delightful snowfall, from the legendary picture book duo Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin.

When the first flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman and his wife scurried about doing all the practical things grown-ups do when a snowstorm comes. But the children laughed and danced, and caught the lacy snowflakes on their tongues.

All the wonder and delight a child feels in a snowfall is caught in the pages of this book—the frost ferns on the windowsill, the snowman in the yard and the mystery and magic of a new white world.

Roger Duvoisin’s pictures in soft blue half-tones with brilliant splashes of yellow and red emphasize the happiness and humor as well as the poetic quality of the text.

First published in 1947, this classic picture book won the 1948 Caldecott Medal and was the first of eighteen picture book collaborations by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin.

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