We're a long way from the summer solstice now, but Under Alaska's Midnight Sun, by Deb Vanesse and illustrated by Jeremiah Tramwell might be just the read you need! It's full of long days filled with sunshine as it takes place far enough north where the sun never sets (for about 83 days). Wonderful pictures, this is a joyful celebration of light.

This might be a better read for earlier in the winter, but now is when I found it and I didn't want to wait a year to post it! Sleep Tight Farm: a Farm Prepares for Winter, by Eugenie Doyle and illustrated by Becca Stadtlander is a delightful and detailed look at what happens on a farm when winter is coming. (If you think it's a slow time, think again)! Worth several reads, pay attention to the pictures, absolutely wonderful!

This is just a wonderful book! Cookie Advent Cookbook with *24* festive recipes, by Barbara Grunes and Virginia Van Vynckt. On the front cover is the advent calendar. Now, I've not opened any of them as this is intended as a gift, but the blurb says behind each window is a cookie, and then inside is the actual recipe. Looks like a lot of fun!

Seems I've jumped into the middle of a series with January Thaw, by Jess Lourey. It's part of her A Murder By Month Mystery series which started with May. Even so, I didn't have too much trouble figuring out the characters and it was a nice cozy mystery. The body found under the ice is not who, or what, people thought and there's an interesting tie to a murder from Civil War days.

This is a rather old-fashioned clip art book ... the clip art is actually in the book and not on line! Still, it was fun and I found some nice pictures to use when I design cards, and so forth: Clip Art for Winter, created and illustrated by Dianne J. Hook.

Reading Hermit With Dog