welcoming winter ~ a recommended reading list

December 10, 2009

Last weekend it was a light skiff. Then yesterday it was a big dump of the white stuff; and so although winter's official arrival date is over a week away I consider old man winter to have arrived with this snow.

Welcome winter camping, snow forts, snowshoeing and mad river rocketing. Say hello to 4 months (if we're lucky) of shoveling, salting, scraping and roof top snow removal. We'll take the good with the bad.

Yesterday morning was our usual library run and we braved the weather because a new stack of books on a snowy day is simply delightful. I treasure that post-libary visit hush that descends on our house after each trip. Such quiet in the middle of the day is very rare.

In anticipation of a snowfall like this I was holding onto (and renewing when it came due) Snowy Day: Stories and Poems, a collection I'd picked up weeks earlier from the library. A book I intended to read to the kiddos on our first big snowfall day. We skipped the stories because the kids had picked out other story books they'd wanted me to read but we enjoyed the poems. Cuddling and reading on snowy days is such a pleasure.

We've read many Christmas & other holiday stories and winter books over the years. Almost 2 years ago I started compiling them on my Goodreads page. I am always on the lookout for booklists and seasonal reading recommendations.

Click here to see my Christmas Bookshelf, and here for my Winter books.

Last December I wrote a post with short reviews of some stories for Christmas and the winter holidays.
I did the same in January for good winter reads. After that my seasonal reading posts fizzled out.
Creative Kismet just posted a holiday reading list. I can't vouch for all the books but there looks to be some good titles to check out.