We love books about seasons for preschoolers. Today I’m sharing some beautiful picture books about winter. We’ve backed away our Christmas books and now we are enjoying these winter ones.
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Picture books about winter
This is a gorgeous winter tale with beautiful and enchanting illustrations. Miki (a polar bear) just wants to play but its mum is too busy. So Miki sets off to find someone to play with. That’s when it discovers “the dot”. Miki and Dot have lots of fun together exploring the snowy land before going their separate ways to be reunited with their mums. A sweet little story about friendship.
Both the story and the illustrations in this book are beautiful. Noi rescued a little whale one summer. Then in the winter, it is Noi who needs help and of course, the whale comes to his rescue. Such a sweet little story that I love reading with my children.
This is such a heartwarming story that you'll love reading time and time again. Percy the park keeper is settling down one cold, winters night when there is a knock at the door. He soon discovers the animals in the park need a warm place to shelter for the night. Percy loves the animals so soon makes room for them in his home.
Another fantastic Julia Donaldson book that is perfect for winter. We love her books. In this book the Gruffalo's child is hunting for the big bad mouse in the snowy woods.
This is a lovely story of a boy who meets Jack Frost who teaches him how to enjoy winter. I love the simple blue and white illustrations too.
This beautiful book both entertains and teaches children about the winter landscape. It follows a boy and his grandma as they learn about how the earth goes to sleep in winter. Beautiful illustrations accompany the story.
I'm sure all parents can relate to the sheer excitement of children as soon as snowfalls. This beautiful story really captures it perfectly. A pleasure to read every winter.
We love this book and the colourful illustrations. The words are the classic song “Walking in a winter wonderland” and with the addition of the beautiful illustrations, this book becomes an enchanting book that both my girls adore. The accompanying CD is a lovely touch which brings the book to life.
Join a brother and sister take a walk through nature, noticing the changing seasons. The beautiful illustrations show how autumn changes to winter perfectly.
This is a really funny book that my kids love. Betty is out for a walk when she finds a winter coat, hat and scarf but who do they belong. The words flow nicely in rhyme and the illustrations are cute.
This is a gorgeous book. The illustrations are so cute and also detailed. In this book, Ruby (a hare) and her grandmother go to visit their family in London at Christmas. Although Christmas is mentioned in the story; this book is perfect for all winter long.
Don’t forget if you still want more inspiration I wrote a post last year on 7 fabulous winter children’s book.
Have I missed any though? What are your children’s favourite winter picture books?
Where to next?
- If your readers are a little younger then you might like my post on the best Winter books for toddlers.
- Find loads of great Winter activities for kids over here. Books are great for inspiring play.
- If you’re lucky enough to get snow, have you tried Painting snow?
- Get some ideas for this winter from Our winter family bucket list
- Find all the best children’s books here.
- Find lots of great Winter painting ideas for kids here.
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I love the idea of changing the books on the shelf depending on the season. I tend to do it based on events that are coming up, so at the moment I have valentines/love type stories and then I’ll change to Easter type books. The idea of seasons is great though and I might have to pinch it 🙂
Valentines/love books is next on my list. It’s lovely to keep reading different books.
We are big fans of A Dot in the Snow – the author is local and does readings and things in local bookshops. Lovely selection!
That sounds lovely.
Oooh these all look so lovely – I particularly love the illustrations in the Walking in a Winter Wonderland – they remind me of the style of some of my favourites when younger (we had Topsy and Tim books from the 70s and the style was very similar in many ways!)
Yes. I had those topsy and Tim books too.
The illustrations in all of these books are just beautiful. Will definitely check them out as we always love new books to read!
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I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
Ahh what a gorgeous selection!! I love the idea of seasonal books, we never really do that other than at Christmas! My children love to look at books, I will definitely consider a few of these next time we buy them!
It’s lovely to theme books and keep children excited about reading.
These look so sweet – I love a themed bookshelf! The Storm Whale has just been added to my wishlist, I love the illustrations. Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
You’ll love it I’m sure.
Some new to me titles – I just love how bright & vibrant picture books; a great pick me up with the little one on a grey & dreary January day.
Couldn’t agree more.
Ahh we’ve just borrowed ‘Up and Down’ from the library! It’s so lovely, just right for nearly-2-year-old. I always forget to read wintery books after Christmas which is silly as we’ll have at least another two months of wintery weather! I’ll look for the other books you’ve suggested. #KLTR
It’s a gorgeous book. I love the whole series.
What a lovely collection of books. I’ve just added Dot in the Snow to our list, I love a good book recommendation. Thank you for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
Thank you for hosting. Glad you found a new book.
I love these books, the illustrations are just beautiful and I am a sucker for that! #Sharingthebloglove
Me too!
We have the storm whale and absolutely love it. One of our favourites. We are starting to move away from pictures books with Monkey to chapter ones… sob sob x
There are some great chapter books out to enjoy too though.
These look lovely! We like reading the same few books over and over again, but perhaps it’s time I tried to add something new ?x
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We do a mix of all favourites and new books.
Oh these are such a cute selection! My brain thought it was a selection of Ladybird books doh – but these are wonderful too! x #SharingtheBlogLove
Glad you still enjoyed the collection. I do love ladybird books too!
My son has still never seen snow! Not sure when he will at this rate, but these are some great books to introduce him to winter. I love the idea of having themed/seasonal books that will get him excited about how the year changes as well. #bloggerpinparty
I love seasonal books for this reason. I hope your boy sees snow soon.
These look great! I think my boys would like ‘The Storm Whale in Winter’ #bloggerpinparty
They would. It’s beautiful.
I’m a bit excited as not heard of any of these before. I love winter books the most. A perfect excuse to huddle under a blanky with the boy and read #bloggerpinparty
I hope you enjoy them.
They all look wonderful, I’ve never read any of them! I will have to keep an eye out for my girls #SharingtheBlogLove
They are all great books.
The Early Years Techer in me always loves your posts. I love books and thought I knew all the winter themed ones but I haven’t see the storm whale one before, so thank you. #bloggerpinparty
I’m glad you enjoy my posts. The storm whale is beautiful.
Ben loves to read, and by read…. flicking pages on books… and I love to buy him more! He has nearly a whole bookcase to himself and Hubby has put me on a book ban =[ Im totally gonna sneak more in there though hahah #sharingthebloglove
There are too many good children’s books!
What a lovely selection of books. We’ve got a book basket here with different Winter books. #SharingtheBlogLove
I’ve never really thought about reading seasonal books with my two but it’s such a lovely idea. The Storm Whale book looks beautiful 🙂 #SharingTheBlogLove
Other than Christmas books we don’t really have books for specific seasons, but it’s a really nice idea. Thanks for linking up to #KLTR
Gorgeous selection, some favourites of ours here! I’ve just read Rabbit and Bear by Julian Gough and Jim Field to my 5yo – a great winter story and a nice introduction to longer books. #kltr