Washoe County Library System

The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers and listeners, a must-have for every child’s bookshelf and a perfect gift for the holiday season. New York Public Library's #1 book on the list of “Top Check Outs of All Time” In 1962,...

A child enjoys all kinds of activities inside and out on a snowy day.

When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.

A family of young rabbits goes into a meadow at night to explore and play in winter's first snow.

"A counting book of arctic animals" -- Back cover.

While anxiously awaiting the arrival of snow, Martin MacGregor, who built the biggest snowman in the neighborhood last year, tries to build one with substitute materials.

Rhyming text describes a winter day spent playing in the snow.

As four kittens who have never seen winter watch the seasons pass, three of them declare the reasons they will dislike snow when it arrives, while the fourth cannot wait to experience it for himself.

Celebrates the beauty of a snowfall and its happy effects on children.

Here is the perfect picture book to share with young ones who wait all year long for the first snowfall. In this exquisite tale, a snow falls silently during the night, blanketing a town in white. The children awaken in the morning to the sounds of a plow and rush outside. A mountain of snow waits for them. What will it become? Together they round and mound and shape and carve the snow--until they have a kingdom all their own.