TM Anderson LERNER The trees are bare. Puddles have turned to ice. Birds puff up their feathers to stay warm. Hot cocoa hits the spot! Do you know what season is here? It’s winter! What else happens in winter? Read this book to find out! Learn all about the different seasons in the Our Four Seasons series—part of the Lightning Bolt Books TM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books TM bring nonfiction topics to life! Our Four Seasons Are You Ready for Fall? Are You Ready for Spring? Are You Ready for Summer? Are You Ready for Winter? THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Lerner Publications Company Minneapolis s Sheila Anderson TO COME Copyright © 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Anderson, Sheila. Are you ready for winter? / by Sheila M. Anderson. p. cm. — (Lightning bolt books TM – Our four seasons) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7613-4583-1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Winter—Juvenile literature. I. Title. QB637.8.A53 2010 508.2—dc22 2009016411 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 – BP – 12/15/09 To Tristan Chiaokhiao eISBN 978-0-7613-5967-8 Contents page 12 Staying Warm page 24 Coming Is Spring page 18 World Winter The page 7 Winter Weather of Winter Sights and Sounds What Is Hibernation? page 28 Glossary page 30 Index page 32 Further Reading page 31 page 4 44 Whoosh! Listen to the sounds of children sledding down the snowy hill. and Sights Sounds of Winter Sledding is a fun wintertime activity. 5 Winter is here. Snow blankets much of the country. Some places get so cold that you can see your breath! 6 People bundle up in bulky coats. Hats and mittens are a common sight this time of year. 7 Temperatures drop in the wintertime. Falling snowflakes stick to the ground. Weather Winter It’s fun to catch falling snowflakes! 8 The snowflakes blow and drift. A snowstorm has begun. Fresh snow is best for building a snowman. [...]... Bolt BooksTM collection With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life! Our Four Seasons Are Are Are Are You You You You Ready Ready Ready Ready for for for for Fall? Spring? Summer? Winter? ... trees are bare Puddles have turned to ice Birds puff up their feathers to stay warm Hot cocoa hits the spot! Do you know what season is here? It’s winter! What else happens in winter? Read this book to find out! TM Learn all about the different seasons in the Our Four Seasons series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM... to spend the winter in a sleeplike state icicle: a long piece of ice formed from dripping water that has frozen temperature: how warm or cold something is 30 Further Reading Anderson, Sheila Are You Ready for Spring? Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2010 Bancroft, Henrietta, and Richard G Van Gelder Animals in Winter New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997 Glaser, Linda It’s Winter! Minneapolis:... animals get all the energy they need from their stored fat That’s why they don’t need to eat all winter long Bats hibernate during the winter When spring arrives, hibernating animals wake up They are ready to join the world again Soon they’ll begin filling up on food They need to get ready for the next long winter 29 Glossary blizzard: a snowstorm drift: to move or be carried along by the wind frozen:... winter coats to keep warm 13 rs 14 h Ot mt he ar e tog ether fo dl rw ud h Wolves stick together to find food and stay warm Birds puff up their feathers Puffy feathers trap air close to birds’ bodies This helps them stay warm 15 Bears hibernate in the winter They eat lots of food in the summer and fall They do not need to search for food in the winter Brown bears fill up on food to get ready for winter. .. Have you ever skated on a slippery, frozen pond? 21 Tr ee b r an ch sn o w a es re a d n azed wi th gl ice Bare branches look like skeletons reaching toward the sky 22 Long icicles form on the edges of roofs They sparkle in the sunlight Some icicles are long and thin Others are thick 23 Spring Is Coming After a few months, the temperature begins to rise Two girls have fun outdoors on a late winter. .. food to get ready for winter 16 for h e y s e t t le i n T n a ps o z y wi n t e r c Black bears sleep through the winter in homes called dens 17 The Winter World After a blizzard, the snow is piled up high 18 People head outside to shovel their sidewalks Kids who live in snowy places might help their parents shovel 19 People also head outside to have fun! Ponds and lakes are frozen solid Families skate... begins to rise Two girls have fun outdoors on a late winter day 24 Icicles drip as they melt drop by drop 25 Snow melts too It forms big puddles 26 S g is on i t s wa r in p y Spring flowers peek through the snow 27 What Is Hibernation? Â� Some animals hibernate during the winter When an animal hibernates, it goes into a sleeplike state During hibernation, an animal will not wake up to eat, drink,... blizzard, 18 cocoa, 12 cold, 5 sledding, 4 snow, 4–5, 7–8, 10, 18, 22, 26 spring, 24–27, 29 wind, 9 hibernation, 16–17, 28–29 ice skating, 20–21 icicles, 23, 25 Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © Margorita/Dreamstime com, p 1; © 57chevy/Dreamstime.com, p 2 (top); © Flashon/Dreamstime.com, p 2 (bottom); © Reflexstock/Radius Images, p 4; © Ewa Ahlin/CORBIS, p 5; . nonfiction topics to life! Our Four Seasons Are You Ready for Fall? Are You Ready for Spring? Are You Ready for Summer? Are You Ready for Winter? THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Lerner Publications. the Lightning Bolt Books TM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books TM bring nonfiction topics to life! Our Four Seasons Are You Ready for. address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Anderson, Sheila. Are you ready for winter? / by Sheila M. Anderson. p. cm. — (Lightning bolt books TM – Our four