As the holidays pass for another year, we move into the deepest part of winter. Here are some books to keep you warm while the winds howl.

* "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats

* "The Big Snow," by Elmer & Berta Hader

* "Snow Toward Evening: A Year in a River Valley," by Thomas Locker and Josette Frank

* "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," by Robert Frost

* "The Snow Speaks," by Nancy W. Carlstrom

* "Katy and the Big Snow," by Virginia Lee Burton

* "The Black Snowman," by Phil Mendez

* "Days of the Blackbird: A Tale of Northern Italy," by Tomie dePaola

- Courtesy Barnes & Noble Annapolis Harbour Center