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10 BOOKS TO COZY UP
books tell the story of Laura Ingalls’
passes, their supplies dwindle,
WITH THIS WINTER
childhood and coming of age on
tensions rise, and the men
the American frontier. Follow the
realize that there is something
Ingalls family as they move from
out there – a predator that they
the Big Woods of Wisconsin to the
are unequipped to handle.
There is plenty to love about winter reading: the cold days are the perfect excuse to stay inside and read. So, grab yourself a cup of tea and a warm blanket. Then pick up one of these titles set in the wintertime to bring the feeling full
Kansas prairie, from a creekside dugout in Minnesota to the shores
Public Library to check them out!
A captivating story, well-told.
This classic series begins with four siblings who are sent to the countryside for safekeeping during the war. In a game of hide-andseek, the youngest discovers a fantastical world hidden in the back of an old wardrobe. There, the White Queen has cast a curse over the land of Narnia, ensuring that it is always
feel overly long: its 500+ pages
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setting, amazing female leads, and ultimate redemption. 6.
The Children’s Blizzard
give Doerr plenty of room to build
by David Laskin:
a believable world and give his
An unseasonably warm day in
characters depth and feeling.
January 1888 ends in tragedy
4. The Terror by Dan Simmons:
Northwest Passage. Now, imagine
LAKE WORTH DIRECTORY
age story featuring a fabulous
on the English Channel. It doesn’t
and a fair amount of danger.
American frontier. These nine
them. A riveting coming of
France, a unique walled port city
searching for the legendary
struggles to build a life on the
for the harsh reality that greets
action takes place in Saint-Malo,
adventure full of magic, whimsy,
which the scrappy Ingalls family
but they are utterly unprepared
could not be lovelier: much of the
on the 1845 Franklin Expedition,
get lost in this great series, in
Alaska in search of a fresh start,
unexpected, and the book’s setting
The children embark on an
Winter is the perfect time to
PTSD. The family moves to
are fascinating and altogether
Imagine yourself a crew member
Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder:
POW, suffers from terrifying
The characters in this war novel
winter and never Christmas.
2. The Little House on the Prairie
father, Ernt, a former Vietnam
3. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr:
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis:
It is 1974, and Leni Allbright’s
of Silver Lake, South Dakota.
circle. Visit the Mary Lou Reddick 1. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe:
5. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah:
that your ship is fully surrounded by thick, unyielding ice. The men
when an unexpected and violent snow storm rips through the American Midwest. By the next morning, some 500 people are dead on the prairie. With the arrival of the meteorological catastrophe comes the end of
on board the HMS Terror feel
the settlers’ belief that their
trepidation at the thought of a
new home was a perfect haven.
second summer with their ship
Meticulously researched and
stuck in the Arctic Circle, hoping
told through the lens of five
for a thaw that will allow them
families who were greatly
to continue or go home. As time
impacted by the storm.
