There’s just something so welcoming about winter-themed picture books!

Stories about polar bears, penguins and other winter creatures; stories about the changes of the season; stories about playing in the snow, going sledding, snuggling up by a roaring fire…

Here, in no particular order, are some of my favourite wintry reads:

Singing Away the Dark by Caroline Woodward, illus. Julie Morstad

Little Cub by Olivier Dunrea

Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Red Sled by Lita Judge

A Bedtime for Bear by Bonnie Becker, illus. Kady MacDonald Denton

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead, illus. Erin E. Stead

I Am Small by Emma Dodd

Flora and the Penguin by Molly Idle

Forever Friends by Carin Berger

City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems, illus. Jon J. Muth

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illus. Jon Klassen

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo, illus. David Small

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

No Two Alike by Keith Baker

Iris and Isaac by Catherine Rayner

Stella, Queen of the Snow by Marie-Louise Gay

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, illus. Jane Chapman

Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman, illus. Liza Woodruff

Baby Penguins Everywhere! by Melissa Guion

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, illus. Christopher Silas Neal

Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: A Book of Changing Seasons by Il Sung Na