A Selection of Our Favorite Winter Season Picture Books

How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, by Mac Barnett, illustration by Jon Klassen; Into the Snow, by Yuki Kaneko, illustration by Masamitsu Saito; Refuge, by Anne Booth, illustration by Sam Usher

The Christmas Magic, by Lauren Thompson, illustration by Jon J. Muth; Little Fox in the Snow, by Jonathan London, illustration by Daniel Miyares; The Nutcracker, by E.T.A. Hoffmann, illustration by Lisbeth Zwerger;

 Blizzard, John Rocco; Olive, the Other Reindeer, by Vivian Walsh, illustration by J. Otto Seibold; The Nativity, illustration by Julie Vivas

 The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats; Snow Day, Sam Usher; Ollie’s Christmas Reindeer, Nicola Killen

Silent Night, illustration by Lara Hawthorne; Once Upon a Snowstorm, Richard Johnson; The Snow Day, Komako Sakai;

The Christmas Quiet Book, by Deborah Underwood, illustration by Renata Liwska; The Tea Party in the Woods, Akiko Miyakoshi; The Christmas Story, Robert Sabuda

Gaspard and Lisa's Christmas Surprise, by Anne Gutman, illustration by Georg Hallensleben; Little Penguins, by Cynthia Rylant, illustration by Christian Robinson; The Polar Bear, Jenni Desmond

Jack Frost, Kazuno Kohara;  Here Comes Snow, Uri Shulevitz; Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by Eric Kimmel, illustration by Trina Schart Hyman

Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee, Chris Van Dusen; Little Santa, Yoko Maruyama; The Christmas Fox, Anik McGrory

When It Starts to Snow, by Phillis Gershator, illustration by Martin Matje; Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter, Kenard Pak; Brave Irene, William Steig;

Waiting for Snow, by Marsha Diane Arnold, illustration by Renata Liwska; Santa's Favorite Story, by Hisako Aoki, illustration by Ivan Gantschev; Snow, Roy McKie and P.D. Eastman

Curious George in the Snow, Margaret & H.A. Rey; Ricky's Christmas Tree, Guido Van Genechten; Presents through the Window, a Taro Gomi Christmas Book

A Polar Bear in the Snow, by Mac Barnett, illustration by Shawn Harris; The Shortest Day, by Susan Cooper, illustration by Carson Ellis

Stock photo in heading by Tim Tiedemann from Unsplash.com.