January Themes and Books for Preschoolers

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