SNOW STORYTIME

Books:
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Flannel kisses by Linda Crotta Brennan; illustrated by Mari Takabayashi. 
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 
Rhyming text describes a winter day spent playing in the snow.

The biggest, best snowman by Margery Cuyler; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. 
New York : Scholastic, 1998. 
Nell is told by her BIG sisters and her mother that she is too small to help out, but everyone, including Nell, feels differently after her forest friends give her the confidence to build a large snowman. 

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. 
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995. 
Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed. 

Six snowy sheep by Judith Ross Enderle and Stephanie Gordon Tessler; illustrated by John O'Brien. 
AHonesdale, Pa. : Caroline House/Boyd Mills Press ; [New York] : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, c1994. 
Six sheep, one by one, frolic in the snow and five wind up in a snowbank; the sixth sheep shovels them out. 

Snow day by Moira Fain. 
New York : Walker and Co., 1996. 
Although Sister Agatha Ann asks her to write a poem, Maggie wants to draw it instead; a day of playing together in the snow resolves the dilemma. 

When it starts to snow by Phillis Gershator; illustrated by Martin Matje. 
Various animals tell what they do and where they go when it starts to snow. 

When will it snow? written and illustrated by Bruce Hiscock. 
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1995. 
A small boy impatiently awaits the first snowfall while the small animals of the woods prepare for winter. 

The winter day by Beverly Komoda. 
[New York, N.Y.] : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1991. 
One winter day the rabbit children build the biggest snow rabbit in the world, making it tall enough to be seen by their brother who is inside with a bad cold. 

Snip, snip ... snow! by Nancy Poydar. 
New York : Holiday House, c1997. 
Sophie wants it to snow and anxiously awaits a predicted snowstorm. Includes instructions for making paper snowflakes. 

Snow by Uri Shulevitz. 
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1998. 
As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything. 

Millions of snowflakes by Mary McKenna Siddals; illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles. 
New York : Clarion Books, c1998. 
As snow begins to fall, a child counts the flakes, enjoying every one. 

The jacket I wear in the snow by Shirley Neitzel; pictures by Nancy Winslow Parker. 
New York : Greenwillow Books, c1989. 
A young girl names all the clothes that she must wear to play in the snow. 

Sadie and the snowman by Allen Morgan; illustrated by Brenda Clark. 
Toronto, Ont., Canada : Kids Can Press, c1985. 
Sadie has learned the secret of building a really good snowman, and making it last for a long, long time.

The snowy day by Ezra Jack Keats 
New York, Viking Press [1962] 
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. 

Sledding by Elizabeth Winthrop; illustrations by Sarah Wilson. 
[New York] : Harper & Row, c1989. 
Two young sledders bundle into their winter clothes and go down a snowy hill in a wild, whirling ride. 

Katy and the big snow; story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton. 
Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1943. 
Katy, the bulldozer is able to get through to start clearing the roads of the snow.

Ice cream is falling by Shigeo Watanabe; pictures by Yasuo Ohtomo. 
New York : Philomel Books, c1989. 
Bear and his friends have a wonderful time playing in the snow. 

Emily's snowball : the world's biggest by Elizabeth Keown ; illustrated by Irene Trivas. 
New York : Atheneum ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. 
With the help of friends and neighbors, Emily makes a snowball as big as a mountain. 

Midnight snowman by Caroline Feller Bauer; illustrated by Catherine Stock. 
New York : Atheneum, 1987. 
In a town where it hardly ever snows, one neighborhood's parents and children take advantage of a late night snow by building a snowman before the snow turns to rain. 

The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. 
New York : Putnam, 1989. 
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.

Snow on snow on snow by Cheryl Chapman; paintings by Synthia St. James. 
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1994. 
The author uses repetitive word play to tell the story of an African American boy who loses and then recovers his dog while sledding in the snow.

When winter comes by Nancy Van Laan ; illustrated by Susan Gaber. 
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000. 
Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants "when winter comes and the cold wind blows." 



Poetry:
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Rainsong/snowsong poems by Philemon Sturges; pictures by Shari Halpern. 
New York : North-South Books, c1995. 
Illustrations and rhyming text describe the joys of playing in the rain and snow.

SNOW

It fell in the city
It fell through the night
And the black rooftops
all turned white

Red fire hydrants
All turned white
Blue police cars
All turned white

Green garbage cans
All turned white
Gray garbage cans
All turned white

Yellow No Parking signs
All turned white
When it fell in the city
All through the night

THE MORE IT SNOWS
By A.A. Milne

The more it snows
Tiddly Pom
The more it goes
Tiddly Pom
The more it goes
Tiddly Pom
On Snowing

And nobody knows
Tiddly Pom
How cold my toes
Tiddly Pom
How cold my toes
Tiddly Pom
Are growing.

Flannelboards:

Six Little Snow People

Six little snow people round and fat
Each one wore a tall, tall hat.

The first red hat blew up in a tree
The second orange hat fell into the sea
The third yellow hat got covered with snow
The fourth green hat was eaten by a crow
The fifth blue hat got stomped by a shoe
The sixth purple hat tumbled into the zoo

Six little snowpeople round and fat,
And not one has a tall, tall hat!
Make six identical snowmen, and hat in the specified colors. I added scarves in matching colors to each snowman.


In the Flaky Frosty Morning

In the flaky frosty morning
Some mittens made a start
They rolled cold snow together
And they built my bottom part.
After that they made my middle
With pushes, slaps and punches,
And then they left me headless
And went in to eat their lunches
Well stuffed and well rebundled
They stamped back snowily
To wallop, whack, and pummel
The rest of frosted me.
My smile was made of candy
My arms were patted fat.
They gave me button eyes, a nose
And topped me with a summer hat
A passing father stopped to chat.
"Hello," he said.
"I like my hat
upon your head,"
And then before he turned to go
He tucked his scarf around my snow.
I stood, an ice white statue then
And glistened through the night.
I watched the pale sun rise again.
It touched my hat with early light.
And now it casts a pleasant glow
That warms my nose and melts my snow.
I slip a bit,
I dwindle,
Droop.
The sun will set
On Snowman soup.
~Karla Kuskin~

Pieces needed: Three white circles in graduated sizes for snowman, two ovals for arms, red candy mouth, blue buttons for eyes, orange carrot nose, straw colored hat, scarf. At the end of the poem, squash all the pieces down on top of each other to show how the snowman melts.


Five Little Snowmen

Five little snowmen all in a row
Each with a hat
And a big red bow.
Out came the sun
And it stayed all day
And one of those snowmen melted away.

Make five snowmen, each with a different hat and scarf. I made mine five sizes, and remove them one at a time from smallest to largest.


The Snowman
By Jean Warren (to the tune of the Muffin Man)

Have you seen the snowman,
The snowman, the snowman
Have you seen the snowman
Who lives in our front yard?

He has two brown potato eyes
Potato eyes, potato eyes
He has two brown potato eyes
And he lives in our front yard

Additional verses: 
*orange carrot nose,
*big black top hat,
*bright red berry smile,
*long blue woolen scarf,
*two yellow broomstick arms,
*green mittens for his hands,
*big wide purple belt.

Repeat the very first verse at the end. Make appropriate pieces for each verse.

Puppet: Snowman doll
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Fingerplays:
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I Am a Snowman

Snowflakes
Flutter fingers high above head in the air, slowly falling to the ground

Snowflakes whirling all around, all around, all around,
Snowflakes whirling all around
Until they cover all the ground


Chubby Little Snowman

The Snowman

Craft:
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Sophie's snowflake from "Snip, Snip Snow": Make a paper snowflake. Instead of cutting circles from plain paper, use flattened, bleached coffee filters.

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This page updated on December 27, 2001 .