Books about Celebrating the New Year!

Are you excited about the new year? The Children’s Department is, and we’d like to share some of our favorite books about celebrating a new year and new beginnings.

 



Goodbye old year, hello new year by: Frank Modell

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Marvin and Milton try to stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to ring in the New Year. Will they stay up?

 





Griselda's new year by: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

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Griselda the Goose tries to carry out all her New Year’s resolutions, but she ends up with some results she didn’t expect!

First night by: Harriet Ziefert

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Amanda celebrates the New Year by leading her town’s New Year’s Eve parade. Will she be a successful leader?

New Year's poems by: Myra Cohn Livingston

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A collection of poems about the new year by various authors.

Wonderful Winter Books

Winter is a wonderful season, so we’d like to share some books related to winter with you. Here are a few, but we’ve got a lot more, so you have plenty of choices.

 

Winter babies wear layers by: Michelle Sinclair Colman

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All about all the things that babies do in the winter, including wearing layers of clothing to stay warm to celebrating the new year!

Kitten's Winter by: Eugenie Fernandes

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A kitten explores the woods outside during wintertime.  Great way to teach your child about what people (and animals) in cold weather climates experience in winter!

The first day of winter by: Denise Fleming

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A child builds a snowman during the first ten days of winter and it comes to life with every piece that’s added!

Waiting for winter by: Sebastian Meschenmoser

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Squirrel, Hedgehog, and Bear have never seen it snow, so when Deer tells them it’s going to snow soon, they try to stay awake to see it.  Will they see the snow?

Mouse and Mole : a winter wonderland by: Wong Herbert Yee

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Best friends Mouse and Mole enjoy playing in the snow in the winter with two new friends named Sno-Mouse and Sno-Mole. With names like that, how could these four not be snow friends?

Books about the Weather

Is your child fascinated by the weather and how it can be sunny one moment and raining the next? We’ve got books in the Children’s Department that cover all aspects of weather, from rain to tornadoes!
 

 

Oh say can you say what's the weather today?: all about weather by: Tish Rabe

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The Cat in the Hat and friends travel in a hot air balloon and learn all about different kinds of weather. Written in a rhyming, “Seussian” style!

 

It's raining cats and dogs: all kinds of weather and why we have it by: Franklin Mansfield Branley

J 551.5 BRANLEY

Book with lots of easy-to-understand information, folklore, experiments, and pictures about weather.

 

Extreme weather by: John Farndon

J 551.5 FARNDON

Describes a wide variety of extreme weather such as tornadoes, droughts, storms, and extreme hot and cold temperatures.

 

Weather by: Seymour Simon

J 551.5 SIMON

Simple descriptions of weather and what causes it, along with excellent pictures.

 

Weather FaQ : frequently asked questions by: Valerie Wyatt

J 551.63 WYATT

Great resource to find out the answers to questions about weather that bug you, such as, “what is fog exactly?”

Books about Birds

Have you ever wanted to read a really great book about birds or one with a fun bird character in it? Well, you’re in luck, because we’ve got a few bird books to share with you.  These are just some out of the many that we have in the Children’s Department because just like there are a lot of types of birds, there are a lot of bird books!  We wouldn’t have it any other way.
 

 

Robin’s Home by: Jeannine Atkins

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Sweet story about a baby robin growing up and learning how to fly.

 

Feathers for Lunch by: Lois Ehlert

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A cat escapes from his home thinking he can catch a bird to eat for lunch, but all the birds he encounters are too smart and fast for him, leaving him with only “feathers for lunch.” Light-hearted and fun story that teaches about different types of birds.

The Mountain that Loved a Bird by: Alice McLerran Illustrated by: Eric Carle

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A simple and beautiful fable about a bird that brings hope to a lonely mountain. Fabulous and colorful illustrations by Eric Carle add to the already great story.

 

A year of birds by: Ashley Wolff

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Ellie is visited by different birds throughout the year. Teaches about both birds and seasons.