Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text show what makes winter special, from snowflakes and sleds to cocoa and Christmas.

Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants "when winter comes and the cold wind blows."

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher, Winter Solstice is the story of five unforgettable characters, lonely and haunted strangers who find love and loyalty as a reborn family of friends during the Christmas holidays. Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. Gradually she settled into the comfortable familiarity of village life-shopkeepers knowing...

"In a simple, cheerful conversation with nature, two young children witness how the season changes from autumn to winter"-- As leaves fall from their trees, animals huddle against the cold, and frost creep across windows, everyone knows - winter is on its way! Join a brother and sister as they explore nature and take a stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from...

As snow approaches and begins to fall, Moose, Bear, Fox, and other forest creatures prepare for winter.

After Almanzo helps with the chores on his family's farm in the New York countryside, he joins his parents, brother, and sisters for dinner and a winter evening at home.

"Milo's mother is too busy to read him a story so she sends him outside to play in the snow where he discovers a story of his own"--

As winter arrives, animals go to their nests, tunnels, and other homes to nuzzle, snuggle, and sleep.

"Salome Montgomery fears winter--the cold, the snow, the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her to safety, she hasn't forgotten their warning to 'stay away.' For eleven years, she has avoided the winter woods, the pond, and the darkness that lurks nearby. But when failing health takes her grandparents to Arizona, she is left in charge of maintaining...

Yetis love snow and all things winter, but sometimes they need a dose of summer as well.