It's Cold Out There! | Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library System

1) Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold

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"In this outstanding picture book collection of poems by Newbery Honor-winning poet, Joyce Sidman ("Song of the Water Boatman," " Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night"), discover how animals stay alive in the wintertime and learn about their secret lives happening under the snow. Paired with stunning linoleum print illustrations by Rick Allen, that celebrate nature's beauty and power."--From the publisher.

2) Cold feet

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DeFelice, Cynthia C

3) Cold little duck, duck, duck

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Peters, Lisa Westberg

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Early one spring a little duck arrives at her pond and finds it still frozen, but not for long.

4) Is that you, winter?: a story

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Gammell, Stephen

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Though Old Man Winter starts off the day feeling grumpy, his mood improves when he is reminded of how special he really is.

5) Winter is here

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Henkes, Kevin

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"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings" --

6) The long winter

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Wilder, Laura Ingalls

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Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.

7) Cold as ice

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Mlynowski, Sarah

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On their sixth trip through the magic mirror, Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of the Snow Queen, a troubled character who chose power over family and friendship, and Abby has to free the children the Queen has under her spell--with the help of her new friend, a talking reindeer called Ralph, and a strange girl named Sharon.

8) This place in the snow

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Bond, Rebecca

9) Winter dance

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Bauer, Marion Dane

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A fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.

10) Wintersmith

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Pratchett, Terry

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When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.

11) Wintering

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Durbin, William

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In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share.

12) Winter friends

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Quattlebaum, Mary

13) Winter eyes: poems & paintings

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Florian, Douglas

14) The snowy day

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Keats, Ezra Jack

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Book, CD + Book

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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

15) Winter poems

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A collection of winter poems ranging from late fall to early spring, by such authors as Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and Wallace Stevens.

16) Life in the cold: an introduction to winter ecology

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Marchand, Peter J

17) Crossing Antarctica

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Steger, Will

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In March 1990, Will Steger completed what no man had ever before attempted: the crossing of Antarctica--3700 miles--on foot. Lured by the challenge and the beauty of Earth's last great wilderness, and determined to focus the world's attention on the frozen continent now that its ecological future hangs in the balance, Steger and his International Trans-Antarctica Team had performed an extraordinary feat of endurance.

18) Race to the bottom of the Earth: surviving Antarctica

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Barone, Rebecca E. F

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"In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain Louis Rudd readied himself for a similarly grueling task:...