"A taste for winter, a love of winter--'a mind for winter'--is for many a part of the modern condition. International bestselling author Adam Gopnik takes us on an intimate tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists, and thinkers who helped shape a new and modern idea of winter. Here we learn how a poem by William Cowper heralds the arrival of the middle class; how snow science leads to existential questions of God and our...

Two little girls take a walk on a cold snowy day.

A child observes the coming of winter and its effects on the weather, animals, and plants. Includes suggestions for wintertime activities.

"Emma and Owen visit Old Oak at the park. It is winter, and the days are cold. Emma and Owen want to keep Old Oak warm, but how?"--P. [4] of cover.

"A poetic personification of the winter season, Mother Winter goes walking "on the longest cold night," inviting the reader along to experience chill winds, icy ponds, white snowdrifts, and other quiet wonders"--

When the Alden children accompany their grandfather to the Snow Haven Lodge, a series of odd occurrences threaten to disrupt the annual winter games.

When the summer visitors leave in the fall, a new group of visitors moves into the vacation cottage to spend the winter.