Are You Ready for Winter? (Lightning Bolt Books: Our Four Seasons)

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© 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

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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 booksTM – Our four seasons) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7613-4583-1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) TOâ•‹COME  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

eISBN 978-0-7613-5967-8

Contents Sights and Sounds of Winter Winter Weather Staying Warm

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The Winter World Spring Is Coming

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What Is Hibernation? page

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Glossary Further Reading Index page

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Sights and Sounds of Winter Whoosh! Listen to the sounds of children sledding down the snowy hill.

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Sledding is a fun wintertime activity.

Winter is here. Snow blankets much of the country. Some places get so cold that you can see your breath!

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People bundle up in bulky coats. Hats and mittens are a common sight this time of year. 6

WinterWeather Temperatures drop in the wintertime. Falling snowflakes stick to the ground. It’s fun to catch falling snowflakes!

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The snowflakes blow and drift.

A snowstorm has begun.

Fresh snow is best for building a snowman.

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Wo o o o o o o o ! Wind gusts and howls.

Cold wind drives snow across the ground.

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Thick, heavy snow falls quickly. It is hard to see.

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People hurry indoors to stay warm and dry.

People rush through the snowy streets to get home.

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Staying Warm Children drink hot cocoa to warm up. Inside, they sit by a crackling fire.

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Animals have to stay warm too. Some animals grow

thick, fluffy coats of fur.

Caribou grow thick winter coats to keep warm.

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Wolves stick together to find food and stay warm.

Birds puff up their feathers. Puffy feathers trap air close to birds’ bodies. This helps them stay warm.

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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.

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Black bears sleep through the winter in homes called dens.

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The Winter World After a blizzard, the snow is piled up high.

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People head outside to shovel their sidewalks.

Kids who live in snowy places might help their parents shovel.

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People also head outside to have fun! Ponds and lakes are frozen solid. Families skate and play ice hockey.

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Ice hockey players hit a puck across an ice rink.

Have you ever skated on a slippery, frozen pond?

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Bare branches look like skeletons reaching toward the sky. 22

Long icicles form on the edges of roofs. They sparkle in the sunlight.

Some icicles are long and thin. Others are thick.

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Spring Is Coming After a few months, the temperature begins to rise.

Two girls have fun outdoors on a late winter day.

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Icicles drip as they melt drop by drop.

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Snow melts too. It forms big puddles. 26

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Spring flowers peek through the snow.

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What Is �Hibernation? Some animals hibernate during the winter. When an animal hibernates, it goes into a sleeplike state. During hibernation, an animal will not wake up to eat, drink, or go to the bathroom. Animals that hibernate eat lots and lots of food in the summer and fall. They store the energy from the food as fat on their bodies.

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Hibernating animals get all the energy they need from their stored fat. That’s why they don’t need to eat all winter long.

Bats hibernate during the winter.

When spring arrives, hibernating animals wake up. They are ready to join the world again. Soon they’ll begin filling up on food. They need to get ready for the next long winter.

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Glossary blizzard: a snowstorm drift: to move or be carried along by the wind frozen: changed from liquid to solid due to temperatures below 32ºF (0ºC)

gust: to blow in a sudden rush hibernate: to spend the winter in a sleeplike state icicle: a long piece of ice formed from dripping water that has frozen

temperature: how warm or cold something is

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Further Reading Anderson, Sheila. Are You Ready for Spring? Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2010. Bancroft, Henrietta, and Richard G. Van Gelder. Animals in Winter. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. Glaser, Linda. It’s Winter! Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2002. Life in a Deep Freeze http://magma.nationalgeographic .com/ngexplorer/0211/articles/ mainarticle.html Secrets of Hibernation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ nova/satoyama/hibernation .html

Index animals, 13–17, 28–29 blizzard, 18 cocoa, 12 cold, 5

sledding, 4 snow, 4–5, 7–8, 10, 18, 22, 26 spring, 24–27, 29 wind, 9

hibernation, 16–17, 28–29 ice skating, 20–21 icicles, 23, 25

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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!

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