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Stay warm with a good book this winter! Winter break is the perfect time to catch up on your reading with these cozy mysteries, snowy settings, and classic holiday stories. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do! 

Early Readers (3K–Grade 2)

Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History, by Charlotte Nebres; illustrated by Alea Marley

Ice Cycle: Poems About the Life of Ice, by Maria Gianferrari; illustrated by Jieting Chen

Elementary (Grades 3–5)

Escape from Aurora, by Jamie Littler

The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

Middle School (Grades 6–8)

The Grace of Wild Things, by Heather Fawcett

Greenglass House, by Kate Milford; illustrated by Jaime Zollars

Upper Grades (Grades 9–12)

The Stars Beneath Our Feet, by David Barclay Moore

Tilly and the Bookwanderers, by Anna James

You can find these books and many more great reads on Sora, our Citywide Digital Library, which provides free access to thousands of digital e-books and audiobooks for our students, including those in the “Celebrate Winter Holidays” and “Winter Reads” Collections!