Winter Books For Kids to Enjoy

If you love reading with your child or finding new books for them to read, you will love these fun winter books for kids. We have gathered together a list of 20 of the best Winter books for preschoolers and toddlers (as well as some for slightly older children) to help them learn about the season.

Books are such a great way for children to learn and use their imagination. All the best parts of winter are included in this Winter book list, snow, ice, chilly weather, snowflakes and snowmen!

Winter is such a fun theme to explore. There are so many fun Winter activities that you can do with your child to accompany these Winter books. 

Take a look at all our winter activities for kids on our winter activity calendar or for snow, snowmen and snowflakes take a look at our list of snow activities!

A few of our favourite Winter themed activities include ice painting, which is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers exploring the coldness and colour of ice. Making melted snowmen from puffy paint (we love the printable poem too!) Frozen oobleck sensory play is lots of fun too, if a little messy!

You might also like these lists of winter craft and activity ideas: 

• Winter activities for kids
• Winter crafts for kids
• Snowflake crafts for kids

20 Winter Books For Kids

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Sneezy the Snowman| This little snowman is a little chilly and tries to find ways to warm up. He drinks cocoa, sits in a hot tub and stands near a warm fire. But the children know just what to do to build him up again. (It would be fun to make puffy paint melted snowmen to go alongside this story)

Wolf in the Snow| A wolf cub and a little girl both get lost in the snow storm, how or when will they make their way home?

There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!| A twist to the classic book a lady who swallowed a fly. This is a really fun and silly book that will give your child a laugh or two.

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter| A brother and sister learn that they are seeing Autumn coming to a close and Winter is on it's way. Go along with them on a journey as they say goodbye to Autumn and hello to the first snow of Winter.

Little Critter: Just a Snowman| Before it is time to build a snowman Little critter has to help a few people first, will there still be time for building a snowman?

The First Day of Winter| Who doesn't love the first day of winter, this books takes you on the journey as one sweet child enjoys the fun moments of the winter.

I AM Snowflake the Cat| A fun little book about a white cat and the first days of winter.

The Itsy Bitsy Snowman| This book is a twist on the classic rhyme Itsy Bitsy Spider.

The itsy bitsy snowman went sledding into town,
looking at the snowflakes softly falling down.
Out came his friends to lend a happy hand.
And everything was perfect in his winter wonderland.


Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet (Sports Alphabet)| This is a great book for any little kid who enjoys sports and the alphabet.

Little Hockey (Little Sports)| Rhyming riddles that kids will love sitting back and reading.

Snow| Take a journey with this girl as she enjoys all the wonderful things about snow with some of her family.

Little Shy Cindy Believes in Magical Snowflakes|A girl is a little shy and lonely, she wishes upon a star and read what happens next.

Pete the Cat: Snow Daze (My First I Can Read)| Pete loved missing a day of school for a snow day, and then each day school got canceled again and again. He then realized there have been way too many snow days.

The Snow Globe Family| Can you imagine if you actually lived in a snow globe? This is a fun story to encourage your child to imagine what it would be like living in a snow globe.

A is for Axel: An Ice Skating Alphabet (Sports Alphabet)| An alphabet book on ice skating; perfect for little skating fans.

What Was the Ice Age?| Take a journey and see what it was like back in the ice age with your child. This is a really interesting book, highly recommend.

Bunnies on Ice| Waiting for winter to come so you can ice skate can be hard, but when you have ice let the fun begin. Follow this bunny who loves playing on the ice in the winter.

The Life of a Snowflake| A book that is great for those who are starting to learn to read. This book has a lot of sight words and is really fun for your child and you.

Fletcher and the Snowflake Christmas| When the snow falls and covers the marking zone for Santa, it leaves Fletcher wondering if Santa will make his way to see him or not.

The Snowman Shuffle| Here is a fun rhyming book that your child and you will both love to read, and learn about winter time.

Hopefully you have found the perfect Winter themed story in this collection of Winter books for kids. Which of our Winter themed crafts and activities are you going to do alongside reading one of these books from our Winter book list?

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