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Why the Math and Literature Connection is So Important (with GIVEAWAY!)

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Books are incredibly effective tools for teaching. Charlotte Mason homeschoolers certainly understand that fact as it pertains to subjects like history and science. But, did you know the math and literature connection can be just as powerful?

The math and literature connection is powerful during the elementary years. #math #homeschooling #livingbooks

 

Why Math and Literature?

There are many reasons math and literature pair so well together:

  • Books introduce math concepts in a non-threatening way and build interest.
  • Good stories make math come alive and children find that math isn’t boring or inaccessible.
  • Mathematics within stories provides context that illuminates the meaning of otherwise abstract concepts. This is especially helpful for struggling learners.
  • Oftentimes, literature connects math to real life. This gives meaning to “why” math is important.
  • Books build connections to math for linguistic learners who tend to think in words.
  • Books connect math to other subject areas, which helps children innately learn that all subjects are intertwined.
  • Some books offer sneaky ways to review math facts.
  • Gifted mathematicians can benefit from literature connections, especially when books present concepts in new ways or dive deeper than the student has been before.
  • Some books are excellent at presenting math as critical thinking. These are especially useful considering math textbooks aren’t the best at presenting logical thinking ideas.

Selecting Good Math Books

As with all my other discussions about choosing books for your homeschool, I’m going to stand firm that it’s important to choose living books for math. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of math twaddle out there.

What is a living math book? It will typically have an engaging story line, but it will always be worth your time spent reading. It will present math concepts clearly (and soundly) without spewing them out as mere facts. It will present nourishing ideas about math that are likely to be savored much longer than the book is in hand.

There is one other consideration beyond choosing living books. You will also want to make sure the stories are presenting “ability appropriate” math concepts. There’s no harm in reading math literature for the pure joy of it. However, if you plan to use the books to help teach math, the “instruction” will need to be in line with your child’s current understanding.

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For example, if your child is just beginning to understand geometrical shapes, you’ll more likely prefer to read The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns rather than The Sword and the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander. The first covers the concepts of 2-D shapes and how they vary from one another, while the second covers in-depth facets of 3-D shapes.

Examples of Living Math Books

Some top-notch examples of living books for math that come to mind right off the bat include the Warlord’s Series, the Sir Cumference Series, and other Charlesbridge Math Adventures stories.

By far, those are not the only examples of amazing literature for math! Here’s a very small sampling of some of my favorites. I’ve tried to choose examples that cover a variety of math concepts to show you just how many topics can be reinforced through books.

Warlord's Puzzle, The (Warlord's Series)Warlord’s Puzzle, The (Warlord’s Series)Sir Cumference and the First Round TableSir Cumference and the First Round TableMultiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin (A Math Adventure)Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin (A Math Adventure)The Doorbell RangThe Doorbell RangOne Hundred Hungry AntsOne Hundred Hungry AntsThe Greedy Triangle (Scholastic Bookshelf)The Greedy Triangle (Scholastic Bookshelf)A Remainder of OneA Remainder of OneWhat's Your Angle, Pythagoras?What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras?Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last SundayAlexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last SundayOne Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical FolktaleOne Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical FolktaleJim and the BeanstalkJim and the BeanstalkHow Big Is a Foot? (Rise and Shine)How Big Is a Foot? (Rise and Shine)Full House: An Invitation to FractionsFull House: An Invitation to FractionsSpaghetti And Meatballs For All! (Rise and Shine)Spaghetti And Meatballs For All! (Rise and Shine)Fractions in Disguise: A Math Adventure (Charlesbridge Math Adventures)Fractions in Disguise: A Math Adventure (Charlesbridge Math Adventures)

How to Use Math Living Books

I’ve provided a set of ideas for using literature alongside math lessons in Loving Living Math.

Loving Living Math: How To Make Math Meaningful #math #homeschooling

But let me share a quick example of how I might use Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs to teach a math lesson:

This story is a unique version of your typical Jack in the Beanstalk story. The boy, Jim, finds a giant who is somewhat depressed and Jim sets out to help the giant through a series of events that involve measuring the giant’s face for glasses, measuring his mouth for false teeth, and more.

The perfect follow-up activity to this book, then, is measuring real body parts.

I’ve done this activity two different ways in the past:

  1. Give students a tape measure with inches on one side and centimeters on the other. They measure various body parts twice (once in inches and once in centimeters) and note both measurements on a simple chart they create. Children love comparing measurements between themselves and others. This activity allows for length, width, and circumference measurements.
  2. Trace each child’s body on butcher paper. They measure the various body parts from the drawing and write their data directly on the paper. While children really love measuring their life-sized bodies on paper, this activity only allows for length and width measurements.

As you can tell, this lesson provides real-life practice in measuring. It gives meaning and purpose for the lesson, as well as teaching a great deal about the differences in inches/centimeters and making comparisons. And, it’s fun!

Living Math Lessons for The Warlord's Series    Living Math Lessons for the Sir Cumference Series
My friend, Bethany, from Math Geek Mama has developed some really fun curriculum to go along with my two favorite math book series! The Warlord’s Series Extension Lessons & Games and the Sir Cumference Lesson Bundle will give you print-and-go lessons to use after reading several books from either series.

And to get you started…

Warlord’s Series Giveaway

I am SO excited that Pelican Publishing has partnered with me to give away FIVE books from their Warlord’s series authored by Virginia Pilegard. The Warlord’s Series is appropriate for ages 6-10 and will help you teach all sorts of mathematical concepts to your children through adventurous stories set in Ancient China.

The Warlord's Series: Math literature for 6-10 year olds. #livingmath #math #livingbooks

One person will win a set of (5) hardcover books from the series: The Warlord’s Puzzle, The Warlord’s Beads, The Warlord’s Alarm, The Emperor’s Army, and The Warlord’s Messengers. These retail for $84.95! You won’t want to miss your chance to win!

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  1. Jennie says

    October 30, 2017 at 9:05 am

    We have a hershey’s chocolate bar book that is great!

  2. Denise says

    October 30, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    Great books! There are so many new living resources for math, compared to back when our family started homeschooling.

  3. Roxy says

    October 30, 2017 at 5:52 pm

    Oh, wow! We just finished reading Young Fu aloud and my kids would LOVE these books. We are also just starting our Middle Ages Morning Basket plans that include Sir Cumference so I’m excited about those, as well.

  4. Kelly L. says

    October 30, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    I am just starting to homeschool my son for Kindergarten. These books look so interesting. I like the sound of this approach. I will be looking into them further.

  5. Wendi S says

    October 30, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    Like the Sir Cumference books.

  6. Vanda says

    October 30, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    We own and like Demi’s One Grain of Rice.

  7. Crystal says

    October 30, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    I’ve never seen these before! Thanks for sharing!

  8. Holly says

    October 30, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    We like The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street

  9. Amanda says

    October 30, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    I’ve heard of the sir cumference, but not used it yet! We are doing Life of Fred.

  10. Amy Mayronne says

    October 30, 2017 at 11:27 pm

    We are currently reading Math and Magic in Camelot, and my girls are really enjoying it.

  11. Cheryl says

    October 31, 2017 at 12:34 am

    I do CM for other subjects but have always wondered about living books for Math… These books look so interesting! I can see my kids enjoying them immensely

  12. Cristy S. says

    October 31, 2017 at 6:22 am

    My favorite book was Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, my first living math book!

  13. Amanda says

    October 31, 2017 at 7:49 am

    We enjoyed doing some simple math utilizing the Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday book. I can’t wait to be ready for the Sir Cumference books, but those seem to be for a little bit older children.

  14. Tara Bailey says

    October 31, 2017 at 8:03 am

    I’ve never used living books for math but the idea appeals to me.

  15. Lauren Doty says

    October 31, 2017 at 8:09 am

    One of our favorite living Math books is Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert, so we are extremely excited around here to learn about the Warlord series!

  16. LaRee says

    October 31, 2017 at 8:13 am

    We love the Sir Cumference books.

  17. Samantha says

    October 31, 2017 at 8:21 am

    This giveaway is perfect timing! I’m starting to add more math books to our home library!

  18. Courtney says

    October 31, 2017 at 9:45 am

    We are love The Number Devil and The Adventures of Penrose, the mathematical cat.

  19. Shanna says

    October 31, 2017 at 10:12 am

    I’m not sure we really have a lot of living math books but we do like the Life of Fred books!

  20. Laura A says

    October 31, 2017 at 1:45 pm

    We don’t have a favorite living math book yet, but enjoy some of the books by Anno at the library.

  21. Seka says

    October 31, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    Never tried these books before. They look interesting though!

  22. Theresa Carr says

    October 31, 2017 at 2:40 pm

    We dont have any living mathbooks yet for our first grader and three year old. This series sounds like a great option to get started with!

  23. Rachel Sapp says

    October 31, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    We have enjoyed Fun with Roman Numerals by David A. Adler!

  24. Shawn M. says

    October 31, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    I hadn’t seen most of these, we use the original Life of Fred series that has a narrative focus that my kids love.

  25. kate says

    October 31, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    We don’t have any math stories, yet. But they read the ant one at a relative’s house and loved it!

  26. Kathy Gossen says

    October 31, 2017 at 4:55 pm

    My girls are all about M&M math books! LOL. They like reading them with their daddy and enjoying the snacks afterwards. 😉

  27. Cathleen J Cryer says

    October 31, 2017 at 8:15 pm

    I love the Sir Cumference series

  28. Beth says

    October 31, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    Mouse Count and other books by Ellen Stoll Walsh. But I don’t like real mice! 🙂

  29. Amy Norton says

    October 31, 2017 at 9:27 pm

    We love Mathemagic from Childcraft.

  30. JENNIFER CHANDLER says

    October 31, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    My kids have loved, Ten Apples Up on Top! This year I have been trying to incorporate more math living books.

  31. Heidi P says

    November 1, 2017 at 9:06 am

    We have really enjoyed Life of Fred and Math and Magic in Wonderland.

  32. Kelly Levesque says

    November 1, 2017 at 4:37 pm

    We don’t have any living math books. It would be great to win this set so we could get some!

  33. Ava says

    November 1, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    This a wonderful post! I am a huge fan of math intersecting with story.

  34. Amanda says

    November 1, 2017 at 9:18 pm

    So far we just have a wishlist. We do enjoy a book that we already have called Ten Little Ladybugs.

  35. Lynette says

    November 1, 2017 at 10:25 pm

    The Doorbell Rang is great!

  36. Kate says

    November 1, 2017 at 11:24 pm

    We love the Anno math books.

  37. Cheryl Pilot says

    November 2, 2017 at 7:29 am

    I have been looking for a great way to help my son with math. These books look great.

  38. Christine Mast says

    November 2, 2017 at 8:02 am

    We have always loved Greg Tang’s books.

  39. Deanna Sallee says

    November 2, 2017 at 8:43 pm

    I love the Sir Cumference books and “math curse”, but some of these have been on my wish list! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!

  40. Justine Liebana says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:12 am

    We love “The Doorbell Rang”, which you have pictured. A new favorite is “One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab”. My oldest is 6yo so this giveaway would be awesome as all of my kiddos would get to enjoy them as they come up “through the ranks” 🙂

  41. Nancy says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:17 am

    Just recently found and fell in love with the sir Cumference series. My boys took to it as soon as I opened the package. I’d love to try this new set. Never heard of it!

  42. Dorothy Boucher says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:18 am

    Yeah I don’t remember these books when I was younger but they all sound very wonderful and very interesting I do hope I get the chance to explore them all
    @tisonlyme143

  43. Christa Gregg says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:20 am

    We have a few of the Sir Cumference books, and as my youngest heads into K next year these would be fabulous additions.

  44. Holli-Marie Taylor says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:23 am

    I love all the Sir Cumference books!

  45. Kryste Herring says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:24 am

    We have not used one yet. Will definitely be looking into them!

  46. Piper says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:25 am

    We really enjoyed the book Infinity and Me, by Kate Hosford. It did a great job at depicting the concept of infinity for my 6 year old.

  47. Jamie says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:25 am

    We have not tried living math books. I think we would enjoy them.

  48. Danielle says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:35 am

    We love the Sir Cumference book and Life of Fred.

  49. Raquel says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:36 am

    I am still new to this journey so haven’t got any favorites yet, which is why you list is such an amazing resource – thank you!

  50. Judith Martinez says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:39 am

    I’ve never tried any living math books. I am on the email list but I hit enter before entering my entire email address. It is the same as the email for this comment.

  51. Delia Jones says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:47 am

    I have a few living math books. I need to pull them out and use them with my girls! There are some new ones that I need to check out as well.

  52. Sarah M says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:49 am

    The Sir Cumference books and Apples (life of fred) would be tied.

  53. Abigail Frazee says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:52 am

    Sir Cumference

  54. Jackie says

    November 3, 2017 at 1:26 am

    My kids have enjoyed the Anno math books!

  55. Gale says

    November 3, 2017 at 1:33 am

    One Grain of Rice is my fave. My son just loves it.
    And, although it’s not primarily about Math, I do love Vote Duck for teaching kids how to say larger numbers.

  56. Connie Y says

    November 3, 2017 at 1:34 am

    We just recently started incorporating living math books and loved Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens.

  57. Liliek says

    November 3, 2017 at 2:06 am

    We love Greg Tang’s boom

  58. Melissa says

    November 3, 2017 at 2:07 am

    We like Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. It is a great book to teach children to save their money.

  59. Wendi Billington says

    November 3, 2017 at 2:52 am

    I love the Sir Circumference books!

  60. Tracy Glockle says

    November 3, 2017 at 3:57 am

    Love the Sir Cumference books and Life of Fred.

  61. Ruth says

    November 3, 2017 at 4:32 am

    My sons love the Sir Cumference books. The Warlord books sound great!

  62. CyndiN says

    November 3, 2017 at 4:33 am

    Our all time favorite is One Grain of Rice!

  63. Jessica Thompson says

    November 3, 2017 at 4:59 am

    I enjoy Greg Tang’s books.

  64. Pamela says

    November 3, 2017 at 5:57 am

    One Grain of Rice is a great one.

  65. Lisa Whitlock says

    November 3, 2017 at 6:23 am

    We love One Grain of Rice. 🙂

  66. Ariane says

    November 3, 2017 at 6:45 am

    We love the Sir Conference series and using Math Geek Mama’s lessons to go with it!

  67. Beth G. says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:05 am

    Honestlg, living math books is a new concept to me, so I don’t yet have a favorite. But being that all our kids are in the target age for this book series, I’m interested in checking it out. 🙂

  68. Chiana Sanderson says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:05 am

    One grain of rice

  69. Stacy says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:26 am

    My book wish list just keeps growing and growing. My 7 year old would enjoy these books. Thank you for sharing.

  70. Lynna says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:35 am

    We love the Sir Cumference books!

  71. Kristin G says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:37 am

    I love One Grain of Rice. Thank you so much for all of these suggestions! I had no idea there were so many living math books

  72. Amy Harter says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:57 am

    Right now we are enjoying How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? But, we also love the Sir Cumference series.

  73. Gayly says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:11 am

    We have “and the doorbell rang” which has been a favorite for years. I haven’t seen this series but it looks awesome. I really liked this post, my 2nd grader really loves living books and I am never sure how and what to use for math in this area.
    Thanks!

  74. Nicole says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:30 am

    Would love the books! Thank you

  75. Julia Blake says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:33 am

    We love the Sir Cumference series. I am excited to read about these other living math books. The Warlord series is new to me. It looks great! Thanks for this list.

  76. Kristin Holmes says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:42 am

    The Sir Cumference series is a favorite here!

  77. Nicky says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:43 am

    My kids LOVE the Life of Fred Series!

  78. Heather says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:48 am

    We love, love, love Count Worm. Maybe it’s because we always use gummy worms to make the numbers along with Count Worm. 🙂

  79. Melanie says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:52 am

    We love the Greg Tang series, and Life of Fred is a fun one for us as well. But as math is one of our most difficult subjects we definitely need to look into more of these 🙂

  80. Tammi says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:53 am

    We love Sir Cumference books! Very excited about this give away!

  81. Monica says

    November 3, 2017 at 8:59 am

    Our very first living Math, was the Sir Cumference series. Can’t wait to check some of these other ones out!

  82. Leesa says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:02 am

    These look great!

  83. Meredith Hall says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:08 am

    We love the Sir Cumference series!

  84. Kendra White says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:12 am

    These are all really great resources for living math! Love the list.

  85. Julie says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:15 am

    I have never heard of the Warlord books. My kids like the Sir Cumference series and One Grain of Rice.

  86. Melissa Fernandez says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:28 am

    We love Life of Fred

  87. Hiedi says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:54 am

    We love the Warlord series! The Warlord Puzzle is a favorite.

  88. Sara L says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:57 am

    I don’t think I’ve ever read a living math book before! Thank you for this list!

  89. Patsy Foy says

    November 3, 2017 at 10:05 am

    We have the Hershey book & a Sir Cumference book & love them. I haven’t been able to increase our number of math living books yet. This is a great giveaway. Thank you!

  90. Sandy says

    November 3, 2017 at 10:10 am

    We have always wanted to try this series! Unfortunately they don’t have any of these books at our library. Thanks for the chance to win!

  91. Pamela says

    November 3, 2017 at 10:48 am

    The Sir Cumference series is our favorite!

  92. Crystal says

    November 3, 2017 at 10:50 am

    We are pretty new to loving math books, but we love The King’s Chessboard by David Birch.

  93. Amberley says

    November 3, 2017 at 10:54 am

    We love the Sir Cumference books and One Grain of Rice.

  94. ROBIN GUERTIN says

    November 3, 2017 at 11:37 am

    We own many of the Sir Cumference and Annos books, I don’t know if we could pick a favorite. We just discovered the Warlord series and my son really wants them, he is into everything connected to Asia. Thanks for the chance to win!

  95. Laura O. says

    November 3, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    We’ve enjoyed Life of Fred.

  96. Jennifer Mathesz says

    November 3, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    not sure if Life Of Fred counts, but we like that.

  97. Sarah says

    November 3, 2017 at 2:22 pm

    I am new to living math books, but I’m very interested in adding them to our library! Both the Warlord series and the Sir Cumference series look terrific!

  98. Wendy N. says

    November 3, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    These sound interesting, we’ve read some Sir Cumference books already. Nice idea

  99. Liz says

    November 3, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    M & M counting book, chocolate and math!

  100. Heather Mischke says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    We love Life of Fred and the Sir Cumference books.

  101. Loren Warnemuende says

    November 3, 2017 at 11:30 pm

    We really enjoy the Sir Cumference books! It’s great to see that there are more good math stories out there.

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Winter homeschooling can be tough in normal years. Winter homeschooling can be tough in normal years. It’s cold, the days are dark, and everyone’s cooped up together 24/7. That’s a recipe for the winter blahs to march right into your house and wreak havoc on attitudes and motivation.⠀
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This year’s winter is unlike any other and those blahs may have actually settled in long before now. If you or your children are feeling down, anxious, or bored with school, are “at” each other constantly, bouncing off the walls, or tears and fighting are the norm…the blahs are there.⠀
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Let’s get you, your children, and your homeschool back on track. I’ll be teaching a Homeschool Masterclass on Thursday afternoon to help you kick the blahs to the curb. If you can attend live, come! If you can’t attend live, catch the replay!⠀
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We’ll tackle all sorts of problems the blahs bring with them with very practical  ideas that are easy to implement! ⠀
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Click the link in my bio to join me. There is no shame in admitting that the blahs have arrived and you need a little boost from a friend. ❤️ ⠀
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Oh, what peace this quote brings to my soul. It’ Oh, what peace this quote brings to my soul. It’s true, you know. I’ve told my children for years that it only takes a nature walk to see God through His handiwork and to know that His promises are true.⠀
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When the world seems to be falling apart around you, the sun never stops shining. The seasons never stop moving. Without a single, solitary effort of human hands, the woodlands still buzz with life.⠀
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A student of nature can see the consistency in cycles and notice the incredible and creative intricacy of even the smallest specimen and be in awe that we truly serve a God who isn’t unaware of even one tiny detail in our world right now. ⠀
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Life kind of seems overwhelming, though, I know. Remember when I said my motto lately has been to just put one foot in front of the other to do the next right thing? Nature walks (even when it’s cold) never fail me as a right thing. ⠀
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Breathe, friend. Take a nature walk today and let God speak to your soul.⠀
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It might seem trite to post a winter picture book It might seem trite to post a winter picture book list right now, but I’m a big believer in keeping things as normal as possible in my home when things aren’t so normal otherwise.⠀
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It’s the principle of putting one foot in front of the other as you simply do the next right thing. Good books almost always can be a “next right thing” choice.⠀
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Even though I’m not homeschooling younger children anymore, I’ll probably never stop sharing wonderful picture book ideas with you. 🤓 I’ve spent way too many hours reading and collecting to ever stop loving them!⠀
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Eli and I may not be using these books right now, but they are still some of my favorites for winter reading. Whatever may be going on around you, the winter months are always a good time of year to get in lots of extra reading. Snuggling and hot chocolate are optional, but encouraged.⠀
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Click the link in my bio to find a blog post about these books + some of our favorite winter chapter books, too!⠀
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