Winter is filled with blizzards, snow days/sick days and freezing temps keeping us inside more than we like. A fun activity for a cozy afternoon or evening is to read a snowy book and then watch the snowy episode of the story. Below are some of our favorite books/characters that have snow themed episodes as well as some of our favorite shows without books that we find educational and/or on the low stimulation side. Keep this list handy for all the inside days winter brings!
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Read it: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Watch it: A Mouse Snow Day on Amazon Prime
Duck & Goose
Read it: Duck and Goose by Tad Hills
Watch it: Duck and Goose Go to the Snow on Apple+
Franklin
Read it: Franklin’s Bad Day by Paulette Bourgeois
Watch it: Franklin’s Snow Day on Amazon Prime
Curious George
Read it: Curious George in the Snow by H. A. Rey
Watch it: George’s Snowy Day on Peacock, Amazon Prime
Clifford
Read it: Clifford’s Snow Day by Reika Chan
Watch it: Snow Day on Amazon Prime
Arthur
Read it: Arthur and the Big Snow
Watch it: Arthur’s Snow Day Special on PBS Kids App, Amazon Prime
The Magic School Bus
Read it: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Snow by Joanna Cole
Watch it: The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet on Netflix
The Snowy Day
Read it: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Watch it: The Snowy Day on Amazon Prime
Frog and Toad
Read it: Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
Watch it: Winter and Spring on Apple+
More Snowy Episodes from our favorite shows:
Zoboomafoo “Snow Place like Home” on Amazon Prime
Wild Kratts “To Touch a Hummingbird” on PBS Kids App
Tumble Leaf “Snowy Surprise” on Amazon Prime
Bluey “Ice Cream” on Disney+
Cailou “Cailou the Hockey Player” on Amazon Prime
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood “Snowflake Day” on PBS Kids App/Amazon Prime
Stinky and Dirty “Snow Day Showdown” on Amazon Prime
Stillwater “Snowy Day” on Apple+
Pinkalicious and Peteriffic “Snow Fairy” on PBS Kids App
Peppa Pig “Snow” on Amazon Prime
Tractor Ted “A Winter’s Day” on Youtube
Wallace and Gromit “The Snowmanotron” on Amazon Prime
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Written by Becca Thiemann
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