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Winter Reads for $5 and Under!

The weather outside may be frightful, but our book deals are delightful!

By Scholastic Editors
January 14, 2025

Winter Reads for $5 and Under!

Celebrate snow days, sledding, arctic animals, and all things winter with these books for PreK-4, each priced at $5 or less! Stay warm indoors and let your students cozy up with favorite characters like Clifford and more titles they'll love for less. 

Students also love these fact-filled books about penguins!

Plus, use nonfiction books to teach young readers about weather and animals — from blizzards and polar bears to the Antarctica. For example, Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate? shares how different animals adapt to chilly weather when winter arrives.

Shop the best books about winter for $5 or less below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.

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Feather and Flap are too cold to play outside with Spike. To keep them outside, Spike surprises them with gifts-skates, a sled, and a snowman. When these aren't enough to keep his siblings from shivering, Spike comes up with the best gift of all: warm scarves and hats!

Playing in the snow with your family can be cool, but thoughtfulness toward others makes playtime a blast for everyone.

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Rabbits in the Snow

Grades K - 1
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Dressed for fun in the snow, a group of rabbit friends set out to make a snowman.

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Little Owl's Snow

Grades K - 2
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Little Owl experiences his first snow and first winter in this perfect follow-up to Little Owl's Night and Little Owl's Day!

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The Night Before the Snow Day

Grades K - 2
$3.00$4.00
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It's nighttime and snow is falling hard. Will the town be snowed in? Will there be a snow day?

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Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate?

Grades 1 - 3
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Simple text and silly illustrations encourage younger students to consider how animals adapt to cold weather, stressing the importance of teamwork.

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Lucky Bunnies: Ruby's Red Skates

Grades 2 - 3
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Ruby has been waiting all year for Mirror Lake to ice over so she can use her new precious pair of skates, but when the day comes, she can't find them! Now she won't be able to join in the school trip to the lake-and how will she tell her parents she's lost the present they spent so long saving up for? Ruby's friends are determined to help her find them.

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