The groundhogs predicted six more weeks of winter, and where I live, that would seem to be correct, so here are some snow/winter-based historical reading suggestions, along with a couple related to black history month and the Olympics, the winter version of which started in Sochi last week.
Ages 3-7
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
Ages 7-9
The Bobbsey Twins & The Mystery At Snow Lodge by Laura Lee Hope
The Bravest Dog Ever: The Story Of Balto by Natalie Standiford
Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne
Ages 10-13
Avalanche! by Anna Rutgers Van Der Loeff
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Survival! Book 3: Blizzard by Kathleen Duey
Underground To Canada by Barbara Smucker
Teens
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Winter War by William Durbin
