"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--

"Two mice talk about where the seasons come from."--

One of the most beautiful seasonal transitions is the replacement of the joyous laughter of your grandchildren with the calming sound of the snow as it falls softly upon the ground. Thinking of your grandchildren on quiet winter nights allows you to think of your own childhood and the time you spent with your grandparents many years ago.

Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.

Learn about the changing seasons with Fletcher and his friends. Fletcher journeys through the year exploring how the seasons change in this new board book featuring the characters from the popular Fletcher's Four Seasons picture books.

Preschoolers will delight in exploring a typical winter day in this eBook featuring everyone's favorite monkey, Curious George. From shoveling to snow angels, coats to cocoa, little ones will enjoy a perfect day of winter play with Curious George in this eBook! Join George and the man with the yellow hat as they watch the first snowflakes fall, go sledding, and warm up by the fire in this book that incorporates preschool-appropriate concepts like...

Apple follows the life of an apple throughout the year, demonstrating the cyclical patterns in nature. The youngest readers will delight in following the journey of the bright red apple-the only splash of color in the otherwise black-and-white illustrations-as it travels from tree, to harvest, to snack, to compost, and finally to sprout. A single word complements each illustration, urging early readers to reflect on each stage in the apple's life....

Kids love to be the experts! Now they can feel like real pros with this exciting nonfiction series for beginning readers. Kids will be hooked on the thrilling real-world topics and big, bright photos. Each book features simple sentences and sight words that children can practice reading. Then, with support, kids can dig deeper into the extra facts, Q&As, and fun challenges.Fans of this series will be eager to become real experts! Some are warm and...

A celebration and meditation on the season for drinking hot chocolate, spotting a wreath on a neighbor's door, experiencing the change in light of shorter days. All aspects of Winter, from the meteorological to the mythological, are captured in this masterful essay, told in wise and luminous prose that pushes back the dark. Winter begins with the shortest day of the year before nightfall. As in her companion volume, Summer Solstice, the author meditates...

"Down the hill I run, rain-booted and sweater-free. And all around me, swallows swirl." One child's year is punctuated by the life cycle of the swallows roosting in the eaves of the shed. She watches as they build nests and teach their young to snap up bugs, zipping through the air in loop-the-loops. Winter comes and she imagines their journey south, towards warmer, longer days. And when the swallows return? She greets them open armed as friends....