Swaner’s Tiny Crystals, Global Impact: Snow Books

Follow canine classmates through avalanche rescue training. As they learn the skills they need, you’ll learn about the work these amazing canines do and about avalanche safety.

An Eileen Gu biography that gives information related to her early life, her time in the pros, and the legacy she leaves behind.  Eileen won gold medal when she was 18, makin her the youngest Olympic champion in freestyle skiing.

The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers.

A rambunctious ode to winter finds two siblings exploring a snowy wonderland of sledding, building snowmen, and catching snowflakes before snuggling up in the cozy warmth of their family home.

Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears, and bullfrogs who live outside in the woods during the winter.

A little girl follows tracks outside her window after a fresh snowfall, only to realize that the tracks in the snow are her own from the day before―and that they lead her home.

Who is out and about during wintertime? Shine a light behind the pages and discover a natural winter world full of surprises!

Capturing the warmest feelings amid the coldest winter, this enchanting book shows how one girl’s wish for snow brings a surprise to an entire town.

This book is available as a Playaway.

When she has a snow day, Jo Jo Makoons, who has been learning about healthy habits at school, uses this opportunity to help everyone around her be healthy, too, by organizing a community-wide winter Olympics.

This book is available as a physical book and a Playaway.

Tells the harrowing story of one girl who survived the Wellington snow slide of 1910–the deadliest avalanche in American history, which changed railroad engineering.

It’s snowing, and there’s excitement in the air because the school day might end early. Students and teachers alike are looking forward to seeing what happens! Meanwhile, Abdi is distracted and worried because his brother is having surgery. They miss the bus and end up having an unexpected adventure!

Perfect for fans of the I SURVIVED series who are looking for a high-stakes adventure!

While visiting New York City for the first time, Elizabeth and her little brother must help their cousin Ashley when her dog gets lost in the cold, snow, and ice-blanketing Manhattan.

When the king of Spain commands her death after his heir, Prince Philip, falls in love with her, Lady Sophie seeks refuge in the home of seven orphans and must choose between duty and her heart’s desire when war threatens her duchy.

A very special Heartstopper story set over a challenging holiday season…

Reuniting Tori Spring, her little brother Charlie, and Charlie’s boyfriend Nick, this novella sees the Spring siblings brave a particularly difficult festive season.

This book is the finale of the Lunar Chronicles. Cinder and her allies are joined in the plot to overthrow Queen Levana by the queen’s stepdaughter, Winter, who has long been defying her evil stepmother’s wishes by harboring feelings for her personal guard whom she is forbidden from marrying.

Poetry comes as close as language can to capturing that out-of-body lightness of swishing through the trees, of floating through the bottomless powder. This book is about joy and loss. It is about danger and consciousness. It is provocative, full of wit and insight, and helps us meet the challenges of self-discovery.

Jim Steenburgh investigates Wasatch weather, exposing the myths, explaining the reality, and revealing how and why Utah’s powder lives up to its reputation. Explore mountain weather, avalanches and snow safety, historical accounts of weather events and snow conditions, and the basics of climate and weather forecasting.

A look at snow, in all its delightful and fearsome manifestations, delves into science, history, economics, and popular culture to examine snow’s enduring hold on the imagination. Learn about the making and removing of snow, the psychology of winter, and the history of snow in literature, art, and popular culture.

The perfect geometry and exquisite beauty of nature are nowhere near as clear to us as in the snowflake.

Art of the Snowflake, as much a work of art as a testament to science, reveals how one of the snowflake’s most inspired photographers came to such intimate knowledge of his craft and its fleeting focus.

This book distills the overly technical information of snow science into a user-friendly format. With years of experience as NOLS instructors to draw on, the authors give winter recreationists the information they need to stay safe in the backcountry, including how to prepare for your trip, proper equipment, snowpack assessment, choosing safe travel routes, decision-making, and rescue scenarios.

Skier and debut author Ayja Bounous explores threats to the winters and watershed in the face of climate change and the far–reaching impacts of a diminishing snowpack on the American West—not only from ecological and economic perspectives but also in regard to emotional and psychological health, as she realizes how deeply her personal relationships are tied to the snow–covered mountains of Utah’s Wasatch range.

Journalist Porter Fox travels along the Northern Hemisphere’s snow line to track the scope of this drastic change, and ultimately, predict what the future of winter-or lack thereof-will look like. This original research will be animated by five harrowing journeys- each grounded by interviews with experts in their respective fields and Fox’s own narrative of growing up on a remote island in Maine.

Power delves into the research and science behind avalanche forecasting and rescue, weaving in the art of backcountry skiing as well as dramatic tales of avalanche accidents, rescues, and recoveries. He paints compelling portraits those who have made the study of avalanches their life’s work. The tales told by these avalanche forecasters, as well as the stories of the backcountry riders who may “wake the dragon.”