February 11, 2022
Mrs. Laura Bush's 2022 Winter Reading List
Recommended reading list for America's youngest readers.
>With a few more weeks of winter upon us, as declared by groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, Mrs. Laura Bush released her winter reading list for young readers. The modern classics selected highlight kindness, snowy adventure, and the wonders of nature and the great outdoors.
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
by Eileen Spinelli
Illustrated by Paul Yalowitz
The Snowy Day
written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keatsi
available in Spanish: Un Dia de Nieve
Snow
by Roy McKie and P.D. Eastman
The Mitten
by Jan Brett
available in Spanish: El Mitón
Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated by Mary Azarian
Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen
Illustrated by John Schoenherr
available in Spanish: Luna de Búho
Animals in Winter
by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Van Gelder
Illustrated by Helen K. Davie
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
by Florence and Richard Atwater
Illustrated by Jim Madsen
The winter reading list is released as part of The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, which supports school libraries with the goal of encouraging all students to develop a love of reading and learning. Since its inception in 2002, the foundation has awarded more than $17 million in grants to more than 3,000 schools across the country.
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