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Animals enjoy a variety of wintry activities in the snow.

As winter's chill spreads, different animals settle into their cozy homes for a long sleep.

Winter is fast approaching the forest and everyone is storing food for a long hibernation--except Badger, who is determined to find something fun to play with during the cold months ahead. After poking around in people town, Badger finds a Twist-a-Roo. It makes flashy shapes, splashy shapes, and shapes that slide and slip! It's perfect for brightening Badger's den with lots of color. But when the snow starts piling on deeper and deeper, Badger's cupboards...

Pauline and her brother John-John set up a stand to sell lemonade, limeade, and lemon-limeade one cold, wintry day, then try to attract customers as Pauline adds up their earnings.

In winter Charles and his trusty toboggan set out to find the wish tree, and along the way he helps to make the wishes of his friends Squirrel, Fox, and Beaver come true.

Quiet Bunny's forest friends all hibernate or go south for the winter, but when he meets a puppy from a nearby farm the two become the best of friends, even though they are opposites in every way.

Describes the many different ways animals cope with winter, including migration, hibernation, and food storage.

Georgia Thackery, an adjunct English professor, has a new job teaching at Falstone College of Art and Design, known as FAD to its students and faculty. Living in a borrowed bungalow during winter in the snowiest part of Massachusetts, Georgia feels her isolation weighing as heavily as the weather. Then she receives a package containing her best friend, Sid, a walking, talking skeleton who has lived with the Thackery family since Georgia was six. With...

"Growing and harvesting an herb garden can be fun and oh so satisfying--even in the dead of winter"--

This fun and engaging title introduces young readers to the winter season. Beautiful double-page photos combine with easy-to-read sentences to illustrate the origins and characteristics of winter. Includes an overview of all the seasons, fun facts, seasonal activities and a quiz. This title is a great way to interest early learners in science while gaining reading practice and skills. Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.