Winter Solstice Books for Kids
Whether it’s nonfiction or fiction, the Winter Solstice is the perfect time to curl up with your little ones over a good book and talk about the changing seasons and the return of the light. I’ve hand picked some of our family favouirte Winter Solstice Stories and Books for you and your little ones to enjoy. These are perfect for kids of any age, and amazing for your home or classroom.
Books About the Winter Solstice for Kids
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These stories and non-fiction books are fantastic to add to your book basket as the Winter Solstice approaches, use them to explain how the day changes and talk about the different ways people celebrate this day around the world. Here are our pick of the best books to read with your kids on mid-winters day.
The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice is a beautiful book that focuses on celebrating the shortest day of the year The Winter Solstice. This is one that I have kept and return to time and time again.
- Pfeffer, Wendy (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 40 Pages – 09/04/2014 (Publication Date) – Puffin Books (Publisher)
The Return of the Light
We love reading folk tales and stories from around the world and The Return of the Light is a wonderful read aloud full of these ideal for learning how the return of the light from the shortest day moving towards the summer solstice is celebrated by other cultures.
- Edwards, Carolyn McVickar (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 192 Pages – 11/14/2005 (Publication Date) – Da Capo (Publisher)
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The Winter Solstice
Discover why The Winter Solstice happens and more in this fantastic book The Winter Solstice ideal for reading with your kids.
- Jackson, Ellen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 08/01/2003 (Publication Date) – First Avenue Editions ™ (Publisher)
The Solstice Badger
If you are looking to get just one book that you can bring out to read for both The Summer Solstice and The Winter Solstice then The Solstice Badger is it. This beautiful book gives a story about how the two came about it’s less science and knowledge and more imagination and tales. A wonderful addition to your book collection for kids young and old.
- McFadden, Robin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 36 Pages – 04/21/2014 (Publication Date) – Green Turtle Press (Publisher)
Don’t forget to bookmark the Summer Solstice books for kids so that you can find them nearer the time and add to your collection.
The Shortest Day
This seasonal story The Shortest Day includes a beloved poem about the winter solstice combined with beautiful illustrations to help your kids learn about the shortest day of the year.
- Hardcover Book
- Cooper, Susan (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 10/22/2019 (Publication Date) – Candlewick (Publisher)
Winter a Solstice Story
Instead of focusing on the shortest day of the year this book tells a wonderful story of the animals in the forest on the Longest Night of the year. Winter: A Solstice Story was published in 2023 and a brand new addition to our bookshelf this year. I look forward to seeing is Kelsey Gross publishes a story for the Summer Solstice too.
- Hardcover Book
- Gross, Kelsey E. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 10/10/2023 (Publication Date) – Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (Publisher)
Winter Books for Kids
If you are looking for more generic books about the winter for kids then we have a fantastic list of Winter Stories and Picture Books for toddlers and preschoolers that is ideal to dip into add in and read alongside these books this season.