Quick Picks
From the AADL Youth Collection

WINTER READS
Stories to Curl Up With

Compiled by the Youth Services Librarians
Younger Readers | Older Readers | Everyone | Page-bottom

For Younger Readers

Christelow, Eileen. Five Dog Night. 1993.

Cantankerous Ezra has a private source of warmth in the winter months.
E CHR

Gilman, Phoebe. Something From Nothing. 1993.

Joseph's baby blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows, until nothing is left--but an idea.
J 398.2 GI

Johnston, Tony. Last Snow of Winter. 1993.

A great sculptor creates a snow sculpture for the children and receives a gift in return.
E JOH

Polacco, Patricia. Rechenka's Eggs. 1988.

Having broken the painted eggs intended for the festival, a goose lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them.
E POL

Steig, William. Brave Irene. 1988.

Plucky Irene braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
E STE

Waddell, Martin. Can't You Sleep Little Bear? 1988.

A reassuring bedtime story.
E WAD

For Older Readers

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Sara Crewe: or, What happened at Miss Minchin's. rpt. 1981.

The star pupil of Miss Michin's boarding school becomes a penniless, friendless ward. (The same author's book The Little Princess is based on this story.)
+ Fiction

Paulsen, Gary. The Winter Room. 1989.

A young boy recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales from a logging past.
+ Fiction

Pevsner, Stella. The Night the Whole Class Slept Over. 1991.

A sixth-grade sleepover coincides with a bad winter storm.
YP Fiction

Service, Robert. The Cremation of Sam McGee. 1987.

The humorous tale of Sam McGee hunting for gold on the Arctic Trail.
YP 811 SE

Wilson, Drew. Wild Voices. 1991.

A winter story of two farm dogs and five wild animals: a fox, lynx, horse, wolf, and puma.
YP Fiction

Gregory, Valiska. Through the Mickle Woods. 1992.

A grieving king journeys to an old cave in the mickle woods, where he hears three stories to help him go on living.
+ Fiction

For Everyone

South and North, East and West. 1992.

Stories representing more than twenty-five regions of the world.
J 398.2 SO

Hughes, Shirley. Stories by Firelight. 1993.

A collection of stories and poems celebrating the winter season.
J Fiction

Kennedy, Richard. Collected Stories. 1987.

Richard Kennedy's original stories include "Come Again in Spring."
YP Fiction

Pilling, Ann. Realms of the Gods: Myths and Legends from Around the World. 1993.

A collection of legends from many different countries.
J 398.2 PI

Watson, Wendy. Tales for a Winter's Eve. 1988.

When Freddie Fox is injured, he is distracted with stories about other inhabitants of the village.
+ Fiction

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