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The Winter Solstice

10 best books like The Winter Solstice (Ellen Jackson): Winter Story, Carl's Christmas, Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, The Wolves Are Back, The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice, Lucia and the Light, When Winter Comes, Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia, One Giant Leap, The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice

Winter Story
AuthorJill Barklem
ISBN0689830572
It was the middle of winter and very, very cold. The mice of Brambly Hedge forecasted snow. And they were right. In the morning they awoke to find their doors and windows hidden behind deep drifts. There hadn't been snow like this for years.

"There's enough for a Snow Ball!" cried the mice with...
Carl's Christmas
AuthorAlexandra Day
ISBN0374311145
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Carl's Christmas by Alexandra Day is a story about a dog named Carl and a sweet little baby. Carl is left to be responsible for the baby on Christmas Eve and they go on a little adventure together. This book...
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
AuthorPeter Sís
ISBN0374470278
"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei

In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the...
The Wolves Are Back
AuthorJean Craighead George
ISBN0525479473
Two renowned children’s book creators teamed up to make this stirring picture book that tells the story of how, over a century, wolves were persecuted in the United States and nearly became extinct. Gradually reintroduced, they are thriving again in the West, much to the benefit of the ecosystem....
The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice
AuthorWendy Pfeffer
ISBN0525469680
The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward them again. In lyrical prose and cozy illustrations,...
Lucia and the Light
AuthorPhyllis Root
ISBN0763622966
Luminously illustrated by Mary GrandPre, a timeless adventure from master storyteller Phyllis Root about the loss of the sun - and one girl's brave quest to find it.
In a cozy cabin high in the mountains of the Far North, Lucia and her family live a snug and contented life. But one day the wind screams...
When Winter Comes
AuthorNancy Van Laan
ISBN0689817789
As bland as the snow.

Very repetitive. I certainly couldn't read this to my kid because it would drive me crazy.

Every other page is, “Where, oh where does the X go/When winter comes and the cold winds blow?” And then it says where it goes. It's in rhyme. It's all about the different...
Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia
AuthorD. Anne Love
ISBN0823416216
I feel very divided in reviewing this book, and torn between giving it three and four stars.

Things I like: This kid-friendly version of the story of Hypatia, a girl born Alexandria in the fourth century CE in a time when girls are not supposed to study philosophy or mathematics or science. But,...
One Giant Leap
AuthorRobert Burleigh
ISBN0399238832
The words are instantly recognizable: ?That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.? Spoken by Neil Armstrong moments after he became the fi rst human being to set foot on the moon, they have come to represent all that is possible when man's determination to achieve the seemingly impossible...
The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice
AuthorCarolyn McVickar Edwards
ISBN1569246173
CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF THE SUN, THE RETURN OF THE LIGHT

The winter solstice, the day the "sun stands still," marks the longest night and the shortest day of the year (it occurs either on December 20 or 21). Celebrations honoring the winter solstice as a moment of transition and renewal date back...
Lightship
AuthorBrian Floca
ISBN1416924361
You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe...
The Pot That Juan Built
AuthorNancy Andrews-Goebel
ISBN1584300388
Juan Quezada is the premier potter in Mexico. With local materials and the primitive methods of the Casas Grandes people -- including using human hair to make brushes and cow manure to feed the flames that fire his pots -- Juan creates stunning pots in the traditional style. Each is a work of art unlike...
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery
AuthorSandra Markle
ISBN1467705926
Honeybees are a crucial part of our food chain. As they gather nectar from flowers to make sweet honey, these bees also play an important role in pollination, helping some plants produce fruit. But large numbers of honeybees are disappearing every year . . . and no one knows why. Is a fungus killing them?...
Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story
AuthorStephanie Spinner
ISBN0375868461
In 1977, graduate student Irene Pepperberg walked into a pet store and bought a year-old African grey parrot. Because she was going to study him, she decided to call him Alex--short for Avian Learning EXperiment. At that time, most scientists thought that the bigger the brain, the smarter the creature;...
Snakes
AuthorNic Bishop
ISBN0545206383
YIKES!!! Join naturalist Nic Bishop for a closer look at scaly, scary snakes!

Snakes are scaly, scary, silent predators. They use powerful venom or crushing strength to overwhelm their victims. Then they swallow them whole!

With breathtaking full-page images, Sibert Medal-winning...
Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late
AuthorLaura Overdeck
ISBN1250035856
Our mission: to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives.

We all know it's wonderful to read bedtime stories to kids, but what about doing math? Many generations of Americans are uncomfortable with math and numbers, and too often we hear the phrase, "I'm just not good at math!" For decades,...
Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost
AuthorNatalie S. Bober
ISBN0805094075
When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write “poetry that talked,” and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though,...
Lighthouse Christmas
AuthorToni Buzzeo
ISBN0803730535
From the author of the 2013 Caldecott Honor Book, ONE COOL FRIEND!

Frances is determined to make Christmas jolly for her younger brother, even if it means joining family on the mainland and leaving Papa behind on their isolated lighthouse island. After all, would Santa even know how to find...
How Groundhog's Garden Grew
AuthorLynne Cherry
ISBN0439323711
Little Groundhog learns how to plant and tend to his own food garden through every season in this beautifully-illustrated, thoroughly researched picture book by naturalist Lynne Cherry.Little Groundhog, in trouble for stealing from his friends' gardens, is taught by Squirrel to grow his very own....
The Moon Book
AuthorGail Gibbons
ISBN0823413640
A kid-friendly introduction to the biggest, brightest light in our night sky.

Shining light on all kinds of fascinating facts about our moon, this simple, introductory book includes information on how the moon affects the oceans' tides, why the same side of the moon always faces earth, why...
Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change
AuthorMichelle Cook
ISBN1599904187
Rosa sat so
Martin could march.
Martin marched so
Barack could run.
Barack ran so
Our children can soar.

This is the seed of a unique and inspirational picture book text, that is part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational. It symbolically takes the reader...
Einstein
AuthorCorinne Maier
ISBN1910620017
The third in Corinne Maier and Anne Simon's collection of graphic novels exploring the lives of some of the most influential figures in modern history lands its spotlight upon Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity. He is considered the most influential...
Henry Builds a Cabin
AuthorD.B. Johnson
ISBN0618132015
The Barnes & Noble Review
Thoreau for the kiddie set? Definitely. Author and illustrator D. B. Johnson revives the 19th-century writer's desire to live a simple life with this brilliant picture book starring one determined bear. Henry the bear wants to build a cabin in the woods. As he gathers...
Bear's First Christmas
AuthorRobert Kinerk
In the dark of winter, deep in the woods, a lone bear is awakened from his winter sleep by a soft and mysterious sound. Under the stars the bear finds his way step by step through the snowy forest, making friends along his route. Then the bear discovers a place in the woods that glows magically with something...
The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet: A Book About Hot- and Cold-Blooded Animals
AuthorTracey West
ISBN0590397249
Apparently the more books they wrote about the Magic School Bus the better they got. As we've read several now and it seems the earlier ones were BAD,...but the later ones are back to the great books we have come to enjoy!

This one the class learns (along with the reader and-or listener) about cold...
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