January Picture Books

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Some of the very best books for kids are set in wintry scenes, and this list is one of our favorites for the whole year.

We recommend reading them snuggled under blankets with plenty of hot cocoa or tea.

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Owl Moon

The Snowy Day

The Mitten

The Hat

Big Snow

Winter Story (Brambly Hedge)

Ollie’s Ski Trip

The Three Snow Bears (Edition unknown) by Brett, Jan [Hardcover(2007£©]

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

The Tomten

Snowflake Bentley

Waiting for Winter

Over and Under the Snow

The Snow Globe Family

First Snow

Blizzard

Brave Irene

The Story of the Snow Children

Sugar Snow

Winter Days in the Big Woods (My First Little House Books)

Winter on the Farm (Little House Picture Book)

Snow

Terrible Storm

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!

Hanna’s Cold Winter

Missuk’s Snow Geese

Hooray for Snow!

Wolf in the Snow

Bunny Slopes

Little Penguins

Winter Dance

The Most Perfect Snowman

Before Morning

Red Sled

Extra Yarn

The Reader

Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee

Winter Is Here

The Wish Tree

The Snowy Nap

Winter Is the Warmest Season

Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter

When the Snow Falls

Small Walt

Small Walt and Mo the Tow

Martin Rising: Requiem For a King

Samson in the Snow

Martin’s Big Words (Big Words): The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song

My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream (Book & CD)

Let the Children March

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968

Wintercake