Book Week: Seasons & Holidays

Year of Seasons:

• The Year at Maple Hill Farm (Provensen)
• My Favorite Time of Year (Susan Pearson, ill. John Wallner)
• A Book of Seasons (Provensen)
• A Busy Year (Leo Lionni)

Spring:

• The Mother's Day Mice (Eve Bunting, ill. Jan Brett)
• and then it's spring (Julie Fogliano, ill. Erin E. Stead)
• Sugarbush Spring (Marsha Chall)

Summer:

• apparently this is not a season that I like to curl up and read about

Fall:

• The Biggest Pumpkin Ever (Steven Kroll, ill. Jeni Basset)
• Oh, What a Thanksgiving! (Steven Kroll, ill. S.D. Schindler)
• Halloween Cats (Jean Marzollo, ill. Hans Wilhem)
• Thanksgiving is Here! (Diane Goode)
• A Turkey for Thanksgiving (Eve Bunting, ill. Diane de Groat)
• Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl (Kate Waters; photographs Russ Kendall)
• Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy (Kate Waters; photographs Russ Kendall)
• Sophie's Squash (Pat Zietlow Miller)
• On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice and a Passenger Girl (Kate Waters; photographs Russ Kendall)
• Applesauce Season (Eden Ross Lipson)

Winter, aka let's sit in front of the fireplace and read all day!:

• The Hat (Jan Brett)
• The Night Before Christmas (ill. Douglas Gorsline)
• Animals in Winter (Henrietta Bancroft, ill. Gaetano di Palma)
• The Big Snow (Berta & Elmer Hader)
• Sugar Snow (My First Little House series--fun for younger kids who have listened to the Little House books & would like to see more pictures)
• North Country Night (Daniel San Souci)
• Night Tree (Eve Bunting)
• Winter at Long Pond (William T. George, ill. Lindsay Barrett George)
• Sadie & the Snowman (Allen Morgan, ill. Brenda Clark)
• The Gingerbread Baby (Jan Brett)--this one is a huge hit with younger kids
• The Valentine Bears (Eve Bunting, ill. Jan Brett)
• In the Snow: Who's Been Here? (Lindsay Barrett George)
• Walk with a Wolf (Janni Howker, ill. Sarah Fox-Davies)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Seuss)
• The Polar Express (Chris van Allsburg)
• The Tale of the Three Trees (Angela Elwell Hunt, ill. Tim Jonke)
• Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (Robert Barry)
• The Friendly Beasts (ill. Tomie de Paola)
• The Twelve Days of Christmas (Hilary Knight)
• Father Christmas (Raymond Briggs) **British swearing
• The Other Wise Man (Henry van Dyke)
• The Tomten (Astrid Lindgren)
• Gingerbread Mouse (Katy Bratun)
• The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet**We have five different versions; the two that are most accessible to younger children are by 1) Deborah Hautzig and 2) Susan Jeffers. My older children really love this version, which is illustrated by photographs from Balanchine's balletic version accompanying the story. 
• Olive the Other Reindeer (Vivian Walsh and J. Otta Seibold)
• Owl Moon (Jane Yolen)
• The Christmas Tree That Grew (Krasilovsky)
• Good King Wenceslas (ill. Jamichael Henterly)
• The Little Drummer Boy (ill. Kristina Rodanas)
• One Winter's Day (M. Christina Butler)
• The Wild Christmas Reindeer (Jan Brett)
• Old Bear and His Cub (Olivier Dunrea)
• This Is the Star (Joyce Dunbar)
• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Susan Wojciechowski)
• Bear Stays Up for Christmas (Karma Wilson)
• Gingerbread Friends (Jan Brett)
• Llama Llama Holiday Drama (Anna Dewdney)