Hi friends!
If you have been here a while, you know that I am very seasonally-inspired. I live in New England which gets all four seasons in all their glory. I didn’t always enjoy it, but falling into sync and rhythm with the changing seasons has brought a lot of joy and contentment to my life over the years. (You can see how I combat my winter blues here. Spoiler alert: lots of hygge.) I think seasonally when it comes to meals to traditions and yes, even books. I am totally a mood reader and like to line up certain books with certain times of year. I do this for myself and most especially for my children.
So today, I thought it would be fun to try something new and pull together a picture book per week for the entire year. If your seasons are different and/or opposite from mine, feel free to change things around. But I hope you draw some inspiration for your library holds. x
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Seasonal Books Year-Round, Part 1
Week 1: The Stars Will Still Shine by Cynthia Rylant
Week 2: The Lights That Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer
Week 3: One Snowy Morning by Kevin Tseng
Week 4: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Week 5: Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper
Week 6: You Belong Here by M.H. Clark
Week 7: Little Bear’s Valentine by Else Holmelund Minarik
Week 8: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
Week 9: The Sweetest Season by Elissa Kerr
Week 10: Cozy by Jan Brett
Week 11: A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Week 12: Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak
Week 13: Busy Spring: Nature Wakes Up by Sean Taylor
Week 14: A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Aston
Week 15: Muncha Muncha Muncha by Candace Fleming
Week 16: The Rhythm of Rain by Grahame Baker-Smith
Week 17: My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan
Week 18: Bird Builds a Nest by Martin Jenkins
Week 19: Up in the Garden, and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
Week 20: The Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith
Week 21: Flowers Are Calling by Rita Gray
Week 22: Butterfly House by Eve Bunting
Week 23: The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall
Week 24: The Little Blue Cottage by Kelly Jordan
Week 25: Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Week 26: Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
Week 27: Pie is for Sharing by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard
Week 28: Over and Under the Waves by Kate Messner
Week 29: Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi
Week 30: Peter in Blueberry Land by Elsa Beskow
Week 31: Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes
Week 32: All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
Week 33: To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson
Week 34: Raccoons and Ripe Corn by Jim Arnosky
Week 35: Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
Week 36: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Week 37: Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
Week 38: Hello Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher
Week 39: Yellow Time by Lauren Stringer
Week 40: The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry
Week 41: Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
Week 42: The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt by Riel Nason
Week 43: Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
Week 44: Sleep Tight Farm by Eugenie Doyle
Week 45: In November by Cynthia Rylant
Week 46: Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak
Week 47: Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp
Week 48: Winter Is Coming by Tony Johnston
Week 49: The Shortest Day by Wendy Pfeffer
Week 50: Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer
Week 51: Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray
Week 52: Why Evergreens Keep Their Leaves by Annemarie Riley Guertin
Seasonal Books Year-Round, Part 2:
Week 1: Winter Sleep by Sean Taylor and Alex Morss
Week 2: A Big Bed for Little Snow by Grace Lin
Week 3: Mice Skating by Annie Silverstro
Week 4: Ella’s Night Lights by Lucy Fleming
Week 5: Groundhug Day by Anne Marie Pace
Week 6: Sun Bread by Elisa Kleven
Week 7: Snowy Valentine by David Petersen
Week 8: Bunny Slopes by Claudia Rueda
Week 9: Almost Time by Gary D. Schmidt
Week 10: Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Week 11: Fiona’s Luck by Teresa Bateman
Week 12: And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
Week 13: Rabbits and Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
Week 14: An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston
Week 15: Flip, Float, Fly by Joann Early Macken
Week 16: Thank You, Earth by April Pulley Sayre
Week 17: Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? by Rita Gray
Week 18: Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Week 19: A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry
Week 20: Hello, Little One by Zeena M. Pliska
Week 21: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
Week 22: What’s In Your Pocket? by Heather L. Montgomery
Week 23: We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Week 24: Extraordinary by Penny Harrison
Week 25: How Groundhog’s Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
Week 26: Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
Week 27: How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the USA by Marjorie Priceman
Week 28: Blueberry Mouse by Alice Low
Week 29: Clem and Crab by Fiona Lumbers
Week 30: Summer Feet by Sheree Fitch
Week 31: Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Week 32: Miss Maple’s Seeds by Eliza Wheeler
Week 33: A Shell Is Cozy by Dianna Hutts Aston
Week 34: Possum and the Summer Storm by Anne Hunter
Week 35: Countdown to Fall by Fran Hawk
Week 36: From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
Week 37: By the Light of the Harvest Moon by Harriet Ziefert
Week 38: Possum’s Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter
Week 39: Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Week 40: Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
Week 41: Hocus Pocus, It’s Fall! by Anne Sibley O’Brien
Week 42: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Week 43: Mr. Pumpkin’s Tea Party by Erin Barker
Week 44: Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
Week 45: Keepunumuk by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunton
Week 46: Thankful by Elaine Vickers
Week 47: Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows
Week 48: The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
Week 49: The Tree That’s Meant to Be by Yuval Zommer
Week 50: Gingerbread Mouse by Katy Bratun
Week 51: Dasher by Matt Tavares
Week 52: P. Bear’s New Year’s by Paul Owen Lewis
I hope you find some new beauties in this list. Enjoy your year of reading! x
