Cozy Winter Reads for Kids

After a long day playing outside, it's great to cuddle up with a good book!

Updated January 5, 2026
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Snuggle season
MacGibbon, Jaimie
Paper Book
A 2025 Good Housekeeping Best Kids' Book Award Winner Delight in the coziness of winter with this charming picture book, the first in a series about the simple joys and daily rituals of each changing season! Winter, crisp and cold, is here, so we snuggle...
Bears in beds
Parenteau, Shirley.
Paper Book
A family of irresistibly sweet bears in an irresistibly sweet bedtime story.It's time to go to sleep, time for Big Brown Bear to tuck all four little bears into their beds. Then he's ready to climb into his own bed and turn out the light. Five warm beds, holding five sleepy bears, until ... a sound...
A home in the barn
Brown, Margaret Wise
Paper Book
Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown's words are brought to beautiful life by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney. This must-have for every child's library is perfect for cozy wintertime readings. "A glorious tribute to Brown's timeless classic." --Booklist (starred review)...
As warm as the sun
McMullan, Kate
Paper Book
French bulldogs Toby and Pinkie learn to live together and form a heartwarming friendship. Toby loves basking in the morning sun, snuggling in a lap in the afternoon, and toasting his tummy by the fireside at night, but somehow his warm spots never last. What Toby wants more than...
The bear's winter house
Yeoman, John.
Paper Book
The bear's plans go awry in this welcome paperback reissue of Quentin Blake's first full-color picture book, perfect for talking about sharing and the seasons   The bear is behaving very strangely indeed: collecting moss, logs, and...
Shoe dog
McDonald, Megan.
Paper Book
Shoe Dog loves to chew...well, shoes! But when his choice of chewables leads to trouble, a feline friend has a purr-fect solution. Shoe Dog likes to chew. And chew and chew. But he doesn't chew a boring old bone. Not a squeaky old toy. Not a smelly old sock. Nope. Shoe Dogs chews...
Don't worry, Wuddles!
Judge, Lita
Paper Book
In this snowy day picture book, a kindhearted but overeager duckling tries to be helpful by sharing Wuddles the sheep's wool to make sure all their animal friends stay warm--but will there be enough for Wuddles? Snow is coming, and the barnyard animals are preparing for the cold....
The house in the night
Swanson, Susan Marie.
Paper Book
This Caldecott Medal-winning picture book gets children ready for bed with rhythmic text and glowing illustrations that explore the warmth and light that makes us feel at home. "Here is the key to the house." Inside the house are nighttime things both...
A shell is cozy
Aston, Dianna Hutts
Paper Book
The newest entry in the bestselling Nature Books series by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, A Shell Is Cozy takes a gorgeous look at the fascinating world of shells. From land snails to sea scallops, giant clams to tiny dwarf shells, an incredible array of shells are...
Lost and found
Jeffers, Oliver.
Paper Book
From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special! What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the...
Frostfire
MacKay, Elly
Paper Book
On a walk through a snow-covered garden, big sister Miriam claims to hear the sound of a snow dragon. Little sister Celeste has lots of questions: snow dragons are real? Where do they hide? What do they eat? And is that frost on the greenhouse windows or is it . . . frostfire? Miriam seems to have...

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