We’ve collected the very best January picture books in this list. Some of the best books for kids are set in wintry scenes, and this list is one of my favorites for the whole year.

I’d recommend reading them snuggled under blankets with plenty of cocoa or hot tea.

We showed lots of restraint in crafting this list for you. Each of these beautiful books celebrates snow and will help us get through these dark winter days.

We’ve also included favorites for remembering and celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

A few of these (Martin Rising, Martin & Mahalia, Let the Children March, and Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop) may be best for older kids.

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January picture books:

Owl Moon
The Snowy Day
The Mitten
The Hat
Winter Days in the Big Woods
The Tomten
Waiting for Winter
Over and Under the Snow
Wolf in the Snow
Big Snow
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Winter Story (Brambly Hedge)
Ollie’s Ski Trip
Winter Dance
Extra Yarn
Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle
The Three Snow Bears
Katy and the Big Snow
The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The Big Snow
Snowman’s Story
Snowflake Bentley
The Snow Globe Family
First Snow
Brave Irene
Blizzard
The Story of the Snow Children
Sugar Snow
Winter on the Farm
Snow
Terrible Storm
The Wish Tree
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!
Hanna’s Cold Winter
Missuk’s Snow Geese
Hooray for Snow!
Bunny Slopes
Little Penguins
The Most Perfect Snowman
Before Morning
Red Sled
The Reader
Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee
Winter Is Here
The Snowy Nap
Winter Is the Warmest Season
When the Snow Falls
Small Walt
Small Walt and Mo the Tow
Samson in the Snow
Wintercake
Ten Ways to Hear Snow
Almost Time
The Winter Visitors
Snow Horses: A First Night Story
I’m Going to Build a Snowman
Who Jumps More?

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