1 . Four Preschool Winter Stories

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Keats captures that childhood joy of playing in the snow. The boy, Peter, puts on his snowsuit and heads out into the beautiful snow. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful. It is full of fun. Peter takes some snow home with him in his pocket only to find that it melted while he was taking a bath. Oh no! Is that the last of snow? Not to worry, the snow is waiting for Peter in the morning.

How to Catch a Yeti (雪人) by Adam Wallace

In this silly snowy adventure, the kids set a whole bunch of clever traps to catch a yeti.

However, the yeti easily escapes and the traps backfire on the kids with funny results. If you look closely at the illustrations, you can find “hidden” members of the yeti’s family watching the kids.

Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer

This is a sweet story that teaches kids about how animals spend the winter. As the first snowflake falls on the fox’s nose, fox wonders what he is supposed to do in winter. The other forest animals tell him how they prepare for winter. Some fly south, others store food, and some hibernate (冬眠) . Unfortunately none of these ideas will work for fox. Finally, another fox comes along and shares what foxes do in winter— they dance in the falling snow!

Bear is Awake: an Alphabet Story by Hannah E. Harrison

With hardly any words, the reader pieces the story together from the fantastic illustrations and the alphabet letter and corresponding word on each page. In this book, a bear awakens too early (A=awake) and sets off in search of food. It finds a little girl in a cabin, who, through a series of humorous events, helps the bear return to its home and go back to sleep.

1. In which book is the leading character Peter?

A．The Snowy Day.	B．How to Catch a Yeti.
C．Winter Dance.	D．Bear is Awake: an Alphabet Story.

2. What’s the book Winter Dance about?

A．The joy of playing in the snow.	B．The way animals spend the winter.
C．The story of animals hibernating.	D．A bear in search of food.

3. Who wrote the book with hardly any words?

A．Ezra Jack Keats.	B．Adam Wallace.
C．Marion Dane Bauer.	D．Hannah E. Harrison.