RtR Winter (December)

Nell is told by her BIG sisters and her mother that she is too small to help out, but everyone, including Nell, feels differently after her forest friends give her the confidence to build a large snowman.

A curious young bear, who does not want to miss the delights of winter, skips his first hibernation to play in the snow, glide on the ice, and admire the glittering rows of icicles and snow-covered pine trees.

A snowman comes alive as the child building it adds pieces during the first ten days of winter.

Describes the delights of such winter activities as throwing snowballs, making a snowman, and going ice skating.

Children bundle up to spend a day in the snow with their father. Annotation. The joys of a winter day "Goodbye, Mommy . Here we go! Through the door And . HELLO, SNOW!" On the morning of a fresh snowfall, a young girl bounces out of bed, scrambles into warm clothes, grabs her dad, dashes outside, and jumps right into the delights of a snowy day. Whether she's rolling a giant snowball, bumping into a new friend, or tumbling into a pile of white, her...

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text show what makes winter special, from snowflakes and sleds to cocoa and Christmas.

Fern and her brother Bracken play hide and seek as the other animals prepare for the first snowstorm of winter.

Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn't missing much. Will Tortoise sleep through another winter, or will his friends convince him to stay awake and experience the frosty fun of winter?

A mouse and its father enjoy playing in the snow.

A boy and his father lift one another's spirits by going sledding on a winter's night.