All Around Bustletown: Winter | Books

Kids will settle in for hours of fun as they pore over this joyfully illustrated book showing the countless ways winter takes hold in a busy, charming town.

Winter has arrived, and everywhere you look people are embracing the season. At home there's baking, reading and sleeping in, while out on the farm the fields lie fallow and quiet. Outdoors, people bundle up against the cold as they skate, sled and dash to catch a crowded bus. The town's buildings hum with activity, from piano lessons and a dentist appointment to shopping for presents and visiting the museum. Look closer and you'll spot the same characters page after page, each with their own story: Wilfred the jogger has lost his keys, and Erica is shopping for a Christmas tree. Every minutely detailed scene overflows with different people, like a cheerful lady with an umbrella and a young violinist, along with animals and birds.

In the tradition of Richard Scarry and Where's Waldo, this book invites kids to come back again and again to these charming spreads, following the characters and inventing stories of their own. They'll recognize pieces of their own world while learning about the endless ways we live, work and play in winter.