Books to Enjoy Winter With: Picture Book Ideas to Read with Your Two-Year-Old
On a cold winter night, why not spend a cozy picture book time indoors with your two-year-old? In this season, picture books featuring snow and winter scenes have a special charm.
Especially for two-year-olds, it’s an important time to learn words and expand their imagination through books.
Here, we’ll introduce a variety of heartwarming picture books perfect for two-year-olds in winter.
Please use this as a guide to create wonderful seasonal memories through stories that both children and adults can enjoy!
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Books to Read with Two-Year-Olds! A Collection of Picture Book Ideas to Enjoy Winter (21–30)
Guruguru-chan and Fuwafuwa-chan
When we woke up in the morning, everything was a world of silver! Little Squirrel Guruguru was overjoyed.
But seeing that white, cold stuff for the first time, she wondered, “What is it?” Then Fluffy the Rabbit came along and told her, “It’s snow.” After that, the two of them rolled around and played in the snow, and before they knew it, they were covered head to toe in white.
This is a seasonal picture book where little ones can also enjoy peekaboo.
Seeing Guruguru and Fluffy having so much fun will surely make children look forward to playing in the snow too.
Gorongo snowman
When you think of winter, you think of snow…
and when you see snow, don’t you just want to make a snowman? In this picture book, a big snowball comes rolling along and then turns into a snowman.
He becomes friends with a dog, and they have fun racing around together.
It’s such a dreamy story, it warms your heart as you read.
The illustrations are also created with dyed fabric, with the stitches clearly visible.
The tactile, three-dimensional feel makes you want to reach out and touch it—and kids are sure to love it too.
White, white Korowan.
This is a recommended winter read starring Korowan, a little puppy.
While Korowan is playing in front of his house, something like white fluff starts to fall from the sky.
When it touches his nose, it’s cold and melts right away.
When he asks his mother, she tells him, “That’s snow.” The snow keeps falling through the night, and by the next morning everything is pure white! Overjoyed, Korowan romps around in the snow.
Seeing Korowan play so happily will surely make children want to join in some snow play too.
On a night when snow falls silently
The heart-calming, cozy picture book “On a Quiet, Snowy Night” tells the story of a fox walking through a nighttime forest blanketed in snow, meeting an owl, a woodpecker, a snow hare, and more along the way.
In a forest covered with falling snow, you might discover things you don’t usually notice.
The illustrations in the book, with their use of color and depictions of animals, convey both warmth and strength.
As you read, the beauty of the forest comes through.
You may even feel as if you’re in a quiet, snowy forest yourself.
Daruma-chan and Tengu-chan
Speaking of popular New Year’s decorations, daruma dolls come to mind, don’t they? The protagonist of this story is also a red daruma boy named Daruma-chan.
Daruma-chan becomes envious of the things his friend Tengu-chan has and keeps saying, one after another, “I want the ___ that Tengu-chan has.” Then, using his own ideas and flashes of inspiration, he makes those wishes come true, and in the end he turns into something truly wonderful.
It’s a book full of a childlike sense of admiration and the joy of becoming what you admire.
Reading it is sure to bring a smile to your face.
Whose footprints?
It’s fun to leave footprints in the snow when you walk, isn’t it? In this picture book, the animals follow footprints in the snow, wondering, “Whose are these?” Each set of footprints appears on one page, and the next page reveals the creature, so you can enjoy it like a quiz.
You’ll feel excited to see which animal appears next, and it’s interesting to spot the small differences in the tracks—some big, some small.
Rabbits, bears, foxes, and many other animals that kids love all make an appearance, making it perfect for winter read-aloud time.
A Guest from a Distant Star
One night, as Christmas drew near, a princess from the Twinkle-Twinkle Star paid a visit to the owl who lived in the observatory.
She asked if she could warm herself by the stove because it was cold.
After that, the two of them made ice cream under the night sky.
It sounds chilly when you imagine it, but it looks absolutely delicious.
Then they decorated a fir tree with star fragments the princess gave them! It’s the kind of dream-filled, delightful turn of events that makes your heart flutter with excitement.
The princess’s outfit is so adorable that any girl might want to try wearing it herself.