Enoch Pratt Free Library

It's the Sixth Annual

Canton Memories

Guest Speaker Dr. Ray Bahr will answer the question:

What Happened to Harris Creek?

Saturday, February 20, 2010, 2:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Canton Library

E. Sache & Co.'s bird's eye view of the City of Baltimore 1869
Enoch Pratt Free Library Digital Collection

Bring your Canton memorabilia to share with your friends and neighbors.

Refreshments will be served

It’s been a winter wonderland for us so far in Baltimore.  Here are some picks for winter reading when it’s too cold and the snow’s too wild to really enjoy being outside.  Curl up with a good book and enjoy watching the snow from the inside!

Picture Books

Over in the Arctic Where the Cold Winds Blow is a beautifully illustrated rhyming story that can be sung to the tune of “Over in the Meadow”.  Marianne Berkes’ text and Jill Dubin’s pictures complement each other as they display the Arctic inhabitants – polar bears, Arctic hares, walruses, seals, snowy owls, and others.  This book is an enchanting look at winter.

Who’s Been Here? A Tale in the Tracks is Fran Hodgkins' story of Willy the dog, who identifies the tracks of other animals who have roamed through the woods and town.  Water color illustrations by Karel Hayes.

Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day won the Caldecott Medal for its inventive telling of Peter’s adventures in the snow.  Read it and find out if you’ve had the same fun!  Available in book, audio book, and VHS formats.

First Snow in the Woods, by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick, is beautifully illustrated with photographs.  The animals in the woods are getting ready for an early winter.

Chapter Books 

Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater, is a great read- aloud book about a house painter and his family of penguins.

The Long Winter, Newbery Honor Book in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, retells events of a winter that was so severe the Ingalls family moved into town to survive.  Blizzard after blizzard hit.  Food became scarce when the railroad could no longer keep the tracks clear and supplies were not available.  Courageous efforts by Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland saved everyone from starvation.  Available in book and audio book formats.

Non-Fiction

Explore Winter! By Maxine Anderson provides 25 projects, experiments, and activities that will help you understand winter weather.

Winter Trees is the story of a boy and his dog taking a walk through the winter woods.  Told through poetry and lovely illustration, Carole Gerber and Leslie Evans show how the pair identifies the trees around them.  Information about the trees is given at the end of the story.

These and many other books for a snowy day are at the Canton Branch for you to check out and enjoy!