Winter is here!

Take a break from the cold—read about it instead!
These books are great for celebrating the chilly season:

Winter Trees
A Mother's Journey
Whale Snow
Our Seasons
A Mountain of Mittens
It Happens in the Month of January
The Little Red Elf

January is National Braille Literacy Month

Read the true story of Sarah and her guide dog in Looking Out for Sarah

January 8–14 is Universal Letter Writing Week

Read First Year Letters and get writing!

January 11th is Amelia Earhart Day

Learn more about Amelia Earhart and other famous women in history in Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday is January 15th

Celebrate diversity and peace with these books:

Come and Eat
I Am Different
Bamboo People
Kindergarten Day USA and China
After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance
Hats off to Hair!
The Butter Man
Camel Rider
Paper Lanterns
Come Out and Play
Different Just Like Me
Candy Shop

January 23rd is the Chinese New Year

Learn some things about the Chinese culture in Paper Lanterns.

January 23-27 is National No-Name Calling Week

Read Polka-dot Fixes Kindergarten and Not So Tall for Six to learn about how Polka-dot and Kylie Bell handled their bullies.