While watching the beginnings of some snowfall yesterday with a few families with young children, I noticed how mesmerized the kids were by the beautiful snowflakes. This reminded me of one of our favorite winter books, Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. It’s the story of Wilson A. Bentley, a man who loved taking photographs of snowflakes. He’s fondly known as The Snowflake Man, and his own two books are filled with his amazing photographs:
Snowflakes in Photographs by W.A. Bentley
Snow Crystals by W. A. Bentley and W. J. Humphreys
While I’m thinking about all this snow, a winter reading list wouldn’t be complete without these favorites:
Winter Holiday (from the Swallows and Amazons series) by Arthur Ransome
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen
Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur
Snow by Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days by Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan by Cynthia Rylant
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Winter Poems selected by Barbara Rogasky
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