20 Thrilling and Chilling Ice and Snow Books for Kids

Ice and snow are weather you can play with. From the tiniest crystals to giant blizzards, learn all about frozen precipitation with this list of ice and snow books for kids.

I can still remember the first time I saw snow! I was 6 and lived in Florida. I remember twirling and dancing and trying to catch snowflakes, and being fascinated by the white stuff.

I’ve never lost my love of snow, and now I love learning more about how ice, snow, and glaciers work in our world.

Last year, we took at trip to Alaska. We used several of these books to learn about snow and ice before our trip! Your family can use these books to delve deep into the fascinating world of solid water!

How to Use this snow and ice book list

There are several ways to use this book list in your homeschool.

1. To plan weather based unit studies.
2. For your family’s reading time or quiet time to encourage study of snow and ice.
3. To find books for a child interested in learning about snow.
4. Use this and other TCHSL book lists to encourage learning about a topic.

Visit the TCHSL Book List page to find more book lists to use in your school.

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Snow Books for Early Readers

Flakes and Flurries: A Book About Snow

Animals in Winter

Over and Under the Snow

Snow (Weather Basics)

Whiteout!: A Book About Blizzards

What Is a Blizzard?

What Makes a Blizzard?

Freddy the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard

Non-Fiction and Scientific Ice and Snow Books

Snowflake Bentley

Curious About Snow

The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder

Snowflakes in Photographs

The Snowflake : A Water Cycle Story

The Secret Life of a Snowflake

Blizzards

Stories about Living with Snow and Ice

Recess at 20 Below

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

The Prairie Adventure of Sarah and Annie, Blizzard Survivors

The Snowshoeing Adventure of Milton Daub, Blizzard Trekker

A Bear Grylls Adventure 1: The Blizzard Challenge: by bestselling author and Chief Scout Bear Grylls

Easy Weather Unit Studies

Would you like to do an in-depth study of weather with your students? Use these book lists and several of our TCHSL products for an easy weather unit study!

Quickly plan out a 12-week study with A Season of Science. Use this guide to easily lay out your resources so you and your children can spend more time learning and less time planning!

A Season of Science: Easily Plan 12 Weeks of Science Unit Studies

This student science journal is a perfect companion to your unit studies. Your student will learn to think through their subject, evaluate their resources, conduct experiments, and much more with this easy-to-use journal!