"A companion to Nina MacLaughlin's luminous Summer Solstice. The year is fading. Light is fading. Solstice means sun-stilled. It's a wild sort of stilling, a thrashing frenzied sort of stilling, a stopping of time, a de-metering, a holding of the breath as the tension builds, as the dark expands, until it cracks and the light drives in. That's the hope. Pomegranate, holly branch, birch switch, mistletoe. We'll leaf with life and pass below the secret...

Although Frederick appears to be the laziest member in a family of busy field mice, he makes valuable contributions in the middle of winter.

Though Old Man Winter starts off the day feeling grumpy, his mood improves when he is reminded of how special he really is.

Captures the sights and sounds of the season's first snowfall.

A cumulative counting verse in which a child lists items pertaining to winter given to him by his teacher, from twelve treats for tasting to one bird feeder in a snowy tree.

Presents an illustrated rendering of the author's winter solstice poem celebrating the year's shortest day and the traditions it has inspired.

"A photographic non-fiction picture book about the wonder of snowfall and the winter water cycle"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of eight traditional tales associated with a variety of winter celebrations from Scottish, Russian, Inuit, Austrian, Czech, and Jewish lore.

"During the first snowy day of winter, five little penguins bundle up and venture outside to play"--