Cozy Winter Reads for Children

From the Collection Development selectors of the Ottawa Public Library.

Snuggle up to our selection of books perfect for a cold winter’s day (or evening!). All are available from the Ottawa Public Library, and some are even eBooks! Get your free library card and start reading today!

• Hooray for Snowy Days! by Susan Kantor
• A Little Book about Winter by Leo Lionni
• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• Perfect Snow by Barbara Reid
• Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
• When Winter Comes: Discovering Wildlife in Our Snow Woods by Aimée Bissionette
• Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman

• Extreme Babymouse by Jennifer Holm
• Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
• The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink by Roy MacGregor
• King & Kayla and the Case of the Gold Ring by Dori Hillestad Butler
• The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
• The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
• The Sea in Winter by Christine Day
• Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
• The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
• Treasury of Magical Tales from Around the World by Donna Jo Napoli
• A True Home by Kallie George
• The Way Past Winter by Kiran Hargrave

Other Book Lists

• Winter Reads for Teens (English)
• Cozy Winter Indigenous Reads for Children (English and Indigenous languages)
• Lectures autochtones douillettes d’hiver pour enfants (français et langues autochtones)
• Lectures douillettes d’hiver pour enfants (français)
• Lectures douillettes d’hiver pour ados (français)

This story was featured in the December 2021 OCYI Ovation