Thursday
Jan262012

Preparing Your Environment, Mind, & Body for Creative Efforts

Friday
Dec022011

Book Suggestions for Winter Narratives

Winter

The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book - Deborah Lee Rose

Winter Wonderland (Picture the Seasons) - Jill Esbaum

Winter Story- Brambly Hedge

The Winter Pony - Iain Lawrence

 

Mood and Setting

Owl Moon - Jane Yolen

A Wish to be A Christmas Tree- Colleen Monroe

The Snowman - Raymond Briggs

Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg

 

Cute and Funny

A Snowman named just Bob - Mark Kimball Moulton and Karen Hillard Crouch

Bear Stays Up for Christmas - Karma Wilson

Mortimer's Christmas Manger - Karma Wilson

The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher - Robert Kraus

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - Robert Barry

Snowmen at Christmas (also, Snowmen at Night)- Caralyn Buehner

 

Different

Goosebumps #51 - Beware the Snowman - R.L. Stein

Olive, the Other Reindeer - Vivian Walsh

The Christmas Toy Factory, Geronimo Stilton No. 27 - Geronimo Stilton

The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder - Mark Cassino

The Boxcar Children Winter Special - Gertrude Chandler Warner

 

Traditional/ Religious

Legend of the Christmas Stocking - Rick Osborne

Legend of the Christmas Tree - Pat Matuzak

Legend of the Candy Cane - Lori Walburg

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey - Susan Wojciechowski

Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale - Martin Waddell

Christmas Day in the Morning - Pearl S. Buck

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story

 

Christmas around the World

Christmas around the World - Mary D. Lankford

Joy to the World! Christmas Stories from Around the Globe - Saviour Pirotta

The Legend of Old Befana - Tomie dePaola

Lights of Winter: Winter Celebrations around the World - Heather Conrand

Felix's Christmas Around the World with Envelope - Annette Langen