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The adventures of Peter, a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than this book. With its universal appeal, the story has become a favorite with millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. -- Publisher description.
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English
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An illustrated, abridged version of C.S. Lewis's classic in which four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 13
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
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English
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"Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born...
5) Rebecca
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Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
357 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"The only hardcover edition of the beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. The unassuming young heroine of Rebecca finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Rescuing her from an overbearing employer, de Winter whisks her off to Manderley, his isolated estate on the windswept Cornish...
6) 61 hours
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Jack Reacher novels volume 14
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English
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A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces. If she's going to live long enough to testify, she'll need help. Because a killer is coming to Bolton, a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.
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A court of thorns and roses volume 4
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English
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Feyre's first Winter Solstice as High Lady is drawing near. With it will come a hard-earned rest from the work that she, Rhysand and their friends have done to rebuild the Night Court and the vastly changed world beyond. Yet the festive atmosphere can't keep shadows from looming. Even as her own heart heals, she finds that those dearest to her have wounds that go deeper than she knew. And the scars of the past will touch her court in times to come....
8) Frederick
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
Description
Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter. "While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary weather comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words".-Wilson Library Bulletin. Illustrated. A field mouse appears to be ignoring the coming of winter, but actually he is not.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[198-?]
Edition
A Children's Choice Book Club ed.
Physical Desc
36 p. col. illus. 22 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Katy, a red crawler tractor, belonged to the Highway Department of the City of Geoppolis. She was not used in winter, however, until a huge snow storm snowed in the whole city. Then Katy plowed out everyone.
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Publisher
A. A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[1941]
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 p. illus. 23 cm.
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English
Description
Here is a book that will make you envious of Vermonters when the snow falls--if you are not already a citizen of that most engaging and individual of American states. For it is a delightful picture of winter life among Yankees living in a region in which winter means deep snow and the stillness of cold nights and the brittle crispness of sub-freezing days. To the farmer it means hard work; to the nature lover it means searching the fields and woods...
11) The big snow
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English
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Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
12) Brian's winter
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English
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Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
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English
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"Whether memorized by schoolchildren or used to eulogize a president, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," written in 1922 and published in 1923, has found a place as one of the best-loved and best-known American poems of the last hundred years. Now, six decades after the passing of its author, Robert Frost, celebrated artist P.J. Lynch brings this classic to new life with exquisitely detailed illustrations, evoking its iconic moments and wintry...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 6
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Tacky and his fellow penguins on Team Nice Icy Land train hard for the Winter Games, but Tacky's antics make their chances of winning a medal seem slim.
17) Frozen
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Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
20) Owl moon
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Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
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