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A sweet, beautifully illustrated story about how woodland animals prepare for the coming of Winter, and get by with a little help from their caring human friends. A perfect calming bedtime story for little ones. Thanks for bringing this one to my attention, @TheBookHippie ! #ChildrensClassicReads

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Read earlier today for #ChildrensClassicRead2023 we had a copy of this beautifully illustrated children‘s book when I was growing up & it was fun to revisit it.

I had a bad headache this afternoon & as I have a day trip to Hilo for work meetings tomorrow that I need to prep gifts for, I took some pain reliever & ended up taking a nap. Hoping to finish wrapping in the next 90 minutes so I can enjoy #HyggeHour ❄️💙❄️

This was a cute book. I listened to the audio & imagined the illustrations. I hope to go to the library this weekend and actually see the beautiful illustrations. A great book to round out the year with #ChildrensClassicRead2023
Thanks @TheBookHippie !

Such a cute picture book. I loved the nature feels.
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What a lovely little nature book, made me think a little bit about Bambi, making this year of children‘s classics reading a complete circle. So glad it was put on my radar. Thank you @TheBookHippie for a great year of reading and introducing me to books I never would have known about.

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I‘m reading this one for #childrensclassicread2023

Didn‘t realize this picture was so dark!

Covid brain is making it hard for me to read the novel I‘m working on so I spent the day watching baking shows and reading these short but lovely books. Covid is apparently making me emotional too because A Christmas Memory and The House Without A Christmas Tree both made me cry.

#childrensclassicread2023 @TheBookHippie What a gem! I was so surprised when people showed up in this, and I adored the subtle messaging about our place in the natural world.

The Big Snow is a traditional literature book that won the Caldecott Medal for illustrations. It was written and illustrated by Bert and Elmer Hader. It follows the journeys of many woodland animals as they began to realize that winter is approaching and start
planning accordingly. This story would pair with EL strategy #43 that requires students to underline or highlight key words or important facts in written assignments.

This Caldecott award winner explains what happens and what the animals do once winter comes. The Big Snow is an MF due to some of the animals talking. It can be used as a GR or RA. This is a great read especially since we are in Florida because we don‘t experience this as much as those up north. We usually see the animals come to us, not leave us. #UCFLAE3414F17