A printable list of January themes and books for preschoolers. You’ll enjoy this hand-picked selection of books to read with your preschooler this January.
Plus fun winter themed activities to go along with them!
January Themes and Books for Preschoolers
This winter we’d like to invite you to join along in our Virtual Book Club for Kids. Each week we featured a book and themed activities to go along with them.
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January Themes for Preschoolers
Here are a few fun January theme selected for you to go along with these books
- Winter
- Bears
- Kindness
- Penguins
- New Years
- Snow
- Snowmen
- Polar Animals
- Polar Bears
- Hibernation
- Bears
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Chinese New Year
- Multicultural Children’s Book Day
VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB WEEKLY SCHEDULE
- Monday: Sensory and Imaginative Play Activities
- Tuesday: Alphabet Letter Activities
- Wednesday: Math Activities
- Thursday: Cooking and Science Activities
- Friday: Art Activities
January Books for Preschoolers
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WINTER
The featured book is The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Giving Snowman by Julia Zheng
How to Catch a Snowman by Adam Wallace
The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! by Lucille Colandro
Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright
Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper
Curious About Snow (Smithsonian) by Gina Shaw
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Jon Nelson Ph.D. Mark Cassino
The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
BEARS
The featured book is Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Don’t Wake Up the Bear! by Marjorie Dennis Murray
Rabbit & Bear Make a Wish by Tara Shannon
For more books about bears take a look at our Bear Books For Kids.
KINDNESS
The featured book is We are All Wonders by RJ Palacio
Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
Hug Machine by Scott Campbell
The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague
You can find our top picks for Kindness Books for Kids here.
PENGUINS
The featured book is Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lesterd
If You Were a Penguin by Florence Minor
Penguin and the Pinecone by Salina Yoon
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental
Take a look at our ultimate list of Penguin Books for Kids.
Martin Luther King Jr.
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World)
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (A Big Words Book, 1)
I am Brave: A Little Book about Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World)
Here are several activity ideas and book suggestions about Martin Luther King Jr.
Here are some additional Winter Activities to go along with these January books!
Learn more about the Virtual Book Club for Kids
