When Winter Comes

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Discovering Wildlife in Our Snowy Woods

by Aimee M. Bissonette; Illustrated by Erin Hourigan

This lively picture book offers a fresh perspective on the animals-in-winter theme.”
—Booklist

Celebrate the vibrancy of life in winter in this sweet poetic children’s book.

Though a forest may be blanketed in snow or a lake frozen over, families who enjoy the outdoors in winter know that wildlife is still teeming there. Happily bundled up to play in the energizing weather, join the family as they head out on a beautiful winter day to explore and discover nature.

The fallen log that is used to hide behind in a snowball fight is a shelter for tree frogs, caterpillars, ladybugs, and slugs. The drifts of fallen snow that families snowshoe across have winding tunnels made by meadow mice in search of seeds and bark. The towering trees families ski among shield birds from winter winds.

When Winter Comes celebrates the joy of playing and exploring in the outdoors during the winter months. Part of the beautiful When Seasons Come series that includes When Summer Comes, When Fall Comes, and When Winter Comes board book.

Oct 13, 2020 | Price: $17.99

AIMÉE M. BISSONETTE is the author of three picture books, North Woods Girl (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015), Miss Colfax's Light (Sleeping Bear Press, 2016), and Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest (Sleeping Bear Press, 2018). North Woods Girl won the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, and Friends of American Writers Award. Miss Colfax's Light was named in ALA's 2017 Amelia Bloomer List and was a recipient of the 2017 International Literacy Association Children's Book Award for Primary Nonfiction.ERIN HOURIGAN is an illustrator and author in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Southern California playing in the waves and dreaming up stories everywhere she went. She studied illustration at Cal State Fullerton before moving to Oregon, where she learned to trade the waves for pine trees and rivers. She draws much of her inspiration from the world around her and loves spending time outdoors, whether it's on a hike or just playing with her dog, Scout.

"Through intriguing cutaway scenes, many illustrations also reveal the animals scurrying about or resting underground and beneath the snow and ice. This lively picture book offers a fresh perspective on the animals-in-winter theme."--Booklist

★ "Bissonette’s prose sparkles even as she imparts factual information"--Publisher's Weekly, starred

"Hourigan’s joyful illustrations will encourage children to take a closer look at the world around them."--School Library Journal

"an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections."
--Midwest Book Review