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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Weather and creaking joints permitting, Jim Hawkins could be found every weekend sitting in that rocker right outside the Manix Store in Augusta, whittling and spitting. But Jim Hawkins didn't say much. Few knew what age Jim Hawkins might own up to, but Big Clem Ellis said he'd heard that Jim Hawkins was fifty years old, which might explain why his hair was so gray, or why he needed a scarred hickory cane to push himself out of that rocking chair,...
Author
Series
Visitors (Karel Hayes) volume 1
Publisher
Down East Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When the summer visitors leave in the fall, a new group of visitors moves into the vacation cottage to spend the winter.
4) Sun bread
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child describes pleasant ways to stay warm during the winter, from sipping hot chocolate and eating grilled cheese sandwiches to wearing woolly sweaters and sitting near a glowing fireplace.
Author
Series
Big Bear (Maureen Wright) volume 1
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As winter comes and Big Bear prepares to hibernate, he keeps thinking he hears Old Man Winter giving him exhausting orders that prevent him from sleeping.
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 5
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
1988.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the winter Henry and his big dog Mudge play in the snow, share a family Christmas dinner, and gather around a crackling winter fireplace.
14) Time to sleep
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bear notices that winter is nearly here he hurries to tell Snail, after which each animal tells another until finally the already sleeping Bear is awakened in his den with the news.
15) Fireflies
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Jackie can't run and skate and throw as well as the other children, but his clumsiness eventually saves the villagers from a winter that would not end.
16) One winter's day
Author
Series
Little Hedgehog volume 2
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a wintry wind blows away Little Hedgehog's nest, he sets out for his friend Badger's house, and the generosity he shows to others during his journey is returned to him when the snowstorm is over.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cantankerous Ezra keeps rebuffing his nosy neighbor Old Betty when she tries to give him advice on how to survive the cold winter nights, until she finally discovers that his five dogs are his private source for warmth.
18) Snow wonder
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two children celebrate a wonderful wintry day by playing in the snow, sledding, building snow people, baking cookies, and ice skating.
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