Snuggle-up Picture Books Not to Miss This Winter

It’s time for winter break from school! That means two whole weeks for kids to play outside in the snow, have fun with family and friends, do something cool and different at the library, and kick back with a great read!

This blog post highlights some fun books the whole family can enjoy that celebrate winter and the holiday season. I’ve also included some fabulous winter themed programs that can be found around the library system. We have wonderful children’s programming all throughout the year, of course, but here I highlight some of the most fun programs taking place during the two weeks when your little ones might announce "I'm bored!"

Winter isn’t complete without reading together as a family. With Family Literacy Day arriving in January, these winter reads would work well for over the holidays, as well as during January.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Richard B Smith

Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes

The Wish Tree by Kyo Maclear

As I mentioned above we have some fabulous winter themed programs over the holiday break! Check them out:

Winter Slime Making at St. James Town branch

Thu Jan 3, 2019
2-3 pm
Ages 7 and up
Register by phoning 416-393-7744

Jingle Bots at Runnymede branch

Thu Jan 03, 2019
2-3 pm
Ages 6 and up
Drop-in

We also have fabulous winter craft programs! All of these programs are drop-in.

Winter Crafternoon at Brentwood

Thu Dec 27, 2018
2-2:45 pm
All ages

Winter Craft at Cedarbrae

Thu Dec 27, 2018
4-5 pm
Ages 6 and up

Winter Crafts at Richview

Fri Dec 28, 2018
1-3 pm
All Ages

Winter Wonderland Craft at Humber Summit

Thu Jan 03, 2019
2-3 pm
School Age children

If you’d like to try some fun winter crafts at home, we have a couple of winter crafts books you can check out too:

Crafts to Make in the Winter by Kathy Ross

Winter Day Play! : Activities, Crafts, and Games for Indoors and Out by Nancy F Castaldo

Next is a very special book about a little girl’s journey moving to Canada and experiencing winter and snow for the very first time! If you love this book as much as I do, join us at the Hillcrest branch when author Nadia Hohn discusses her book "Malaika's Winter Carnival."

Malaika's Winter Carnival by Nadia L Hohn

Finally, I’ll leave you with a couple more specially selected winter themed picture books. These books are excellent choices to read together as a family this holiday break, or anytime this winter!