are you ready for winter lightning bolt books

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?
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Sheila Anderson
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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.
9
Wind gusts and howls.
W
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
!

Cold wind drives snow
across the ground.
10

Thick, heavy snow falls
quickly. It is hard to see.
11
People hurry indoors to stay
warm and dry.
People rush through
the snowy streets
to get home.
12
Staying
Warm
Children drink hot cocoa to
warm up. Inside, they sit by
a crackling fire.
13
Animals have to stay warm
too. Some animals grow
thick, fluffy coats of fur.
Caribou grow thick
winter coats to
keep warm.
14
Wolves stick together to
find food and stay warm.
O
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Birds puff up their feathers.
Puffy feathers trap air
close to birds’ bodies. This
helps them stay warm.
16
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.
17
Black bears sleep
through the winter in
homes called dens.
c
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w
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18
Winter
The
After a blizzard, the
snow is piled up high.

W
or
ld
19
People head
outside to
shovel their
sidewalks.
Kids who live in
snowy places
might help their
parents shovel.
20
People also head outside to
have fun! Ponds and lakes are
frozen solid. Families skate
and play ice hockey.
Ice hockey players hit a
puck across an ice rink.
21
Have you ever skated on
a slippery, frozen pond?
22
Bare branches
look like skeletons
reaching toward
the sky.
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23
T
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b
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g
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w
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a
n
d

i
c
e
Long icicles form on the edges
of roofs. They sparkle in the
sunlight.
Some icicles are
long and thin.
Others are thick.