Snowy Tales
The mountains turned into hills, the hills to snow covered plains. We crossed a barren desert of ice--the great polar ice cap. Lights appeared in the distance. They looked like the lights of a strange ocean liner sailing on a frozen sea. “There,” said the conductor, “is the North Pole.”
What is The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg?
Probably the most well known of the artic animals, they can weigh more than 1,600 pounds and be 8 feet tall. Underneath their white fur is black skin which helps them soak up the sunlight and stay warm.
What are polar bears?
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
What are chocolate chip cookies?
Ho Ho
A water squirting tube specifically for a holiday plant with red berries
What is a holly hose?
What is ELF?
So Thomas's mother picked up Thomas in one hand, picked up the snowsuit in the other hand, and she tried to stick them together. They had an enormous fight, and when it was done, Thomas was in his snowsuit.
What is Thomas's Snowsuit, by Robert Munsch?
These cute creatures may be small, but they are fast! Some species can swim up to 22 miles per hour.
They waddle around in their fancy black and white, which is actually designed to keep them warm.
What are penguins?
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
What are peanut butter cookies?
Ho Ho Ho
A very warm sub with a sugary syrup made by bees
A Hot Honey Hoagie
TINAS CINK
Who is SAINT NICK?
All that deep, deep snow, all that snow had to go. When our mother went down to the town for the day, she said, “Somebody has to clean all this away. Somebody, Somebody has to, you see.” Then she picked two somebodies, Sally and me.
What is The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, by Dr. Seuss?
A silver-grey version of their more brightly colored relatives, these canids have large triangular ears, short muzzles, and bushy tails.
What is an Arctic Fox?
What are gingerbread cookies?
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What is gingerbread?
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A human making a goose sound
A honking homosapien
E G L I H S
What is SLEIGH?
We walked on. I could feel the cold, as if someone’s icy hand was palm-down on my back. And my nose and the tops of my cheeks felt cold and hot at the same time. But I never said a word. If you go owling, you have to be quiet and make your own heat.
What is Owl Moon by Jane Yolen?
This incredibly smart and agile bird of prey migrates to North America in the winter. Unlike most others, this type is not nocturnal, but is still perfect for sending post.
What is a snowy owl?
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough
What are sugar cookies?
Ho Ho
An optimistic dwelling.
A hopeful home
W O N K L A E F S
What is SNOWFLAKE?
The walls of the palace were formed of drifted snow, and the windows and doors of the cutting winds. There were more than a hundred rooms in it, all as if they had been formed with snow blown together. The largest of them extended for several miles; they were all lighted up by the vivid light of the aurora, and they were so large and empty, so icy cold and glittering!
These blubbery polar animals have only two predators, but even the killer whale and polar bear don’t often bother. Weighing in at up to 3,000lbs, and measuring up to 12 ft in length, this blubbery animal's long sharp tusks can be lethal weapons, if provoked, making it a formidable opponent.
What is a walrus?
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
What are snicker doodles?
Ho Ho Ho
A pig, named after a character from the Simpsons who is bouncing around like a bunny
Homer the hopping hog
S C I I E L C
What are ICICLES?