For Kids

Snow is simply rain drops frozen into wonderfully beautiful crystals, but it makes for some very interesting reading. Below are true fact books as well as fun stories that highlight this icy phenomenon.

Nonfiction

SNOW by Anita Ganeri. & SNOW by Terry Jennings.
In both of these books you can learn how plants, animals, and people deal with snow.

SNOW by Kristen Ward.
More about how snow is formed and what you can do in it.

SNOW AND ICE by Kay Davies and Wendy Oldfield.
Find out the basics about snow and ice, plus some experiments you can try.

SNOW CRYSTALS by W. A. Bentley and W. J. Humphreys.
This is a copy of the actual photographs that Snowflake Bentley took many years ago, 2453 of them! You can use these photos to help design your own paper snowflakes.

SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY by Jacqueline Briggs Martin.
Winner of the Caldecott Award for best children’s picture book in 1999, this is a lovely biography of a determined man who managed to capture the beauty of snowflakes in photographs for all to see.

THE SNOWFLAKE STORY: a Water Cycle Story by Neil Waldman.
A yearlong journey for a water droplet to become a snowflake.

SNOWFLAKES, SUGAR, AND SALT: Crystals Up Close by Chu Maki.
Discover what these three things have in common and how you can make crystals.

Fiction

THE ABOMINABLE SNOW TEACHER by Lisa Passen.
A teacher is transformed into an icy monster.

CAM JANSEN AND THE SNOWY DAY MYSTERY by David Adler.
On a snowy day, Cam and her friend Eric try to solve the mystery of missing computers.

IT’S SNOWING! IT’S SNOWING!: Winter Poems by Jack Prelutzsky.
A collection of frosty, fun poems by a poet master.

MY BROTHER LOVED SNOWFLAKES: The Story of Wilson A. Bentley, the Snowflake Man by Mary Bahr.
This story is told by Charles Bentley, the brother of Snowflake Bentley. He describes his brother’s quest to unravel the secrets of snow crystals.

TOBY AND THE SNOWFLAKES by Julie Halpern.
Toby discovers friends when talking snowflakes fall.