Cozy up with over 20 of our favorite winter picture books for kids! These books are sure to warm and excite your little ones as they dive into stories of snow, ice, nature, and family.

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Favorite Winter Picture Books for Kids

Do your kids devour books? Here are some of my children’s absolute favorite books to read throughout winter! I’m sure they’ll become favorites in your home too.

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin 

The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino with Jon Nelson, Ph.D.

Snow by Uri Shulevitz

Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner 

The Big Snow by Berta Hader

Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams 

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen 

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 

The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren

Favorite Winter Picture Books for Kids

The Mitten by Jan Brett

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett 

Brave Irene by William Steig

Winter Days in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Sugar Snow by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Winter on the Farm by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Story of the Snow Children by Sibylle von Olfers 

Winter Story by Jill Barklem

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Winter Chapter Books

I thought it might be fun to throw in a few winter-themed chapter books! I tried to select really great reading material for the middles grades, but they can also make fun read alouds.

Some are classics, like The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Others like the Hank the Cowdog series are funny. Then, there are others that are mysteries, like The Boxcar Children, and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis 

Mr. Poppins Penguins by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh

The Boxcar Children: Snowbound Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner 

Hank the Cowdog: Lost in the Blinded Blizzard by John R. Erickson 

Case of the Sneaky Snowman by Carolyn Keene

Polar Bears Past Bedtime by Mary Pope Osborne 

Winter Danger by William O. Steele

Tell me, what are your favorite winter picture books?

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• Keeping Your Happy through Winter

• Winter Solstice Activities & Books

• Make Maple Syrup Snow Candy

• Frozen Bubble Fun for Kids and Books About Snow

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