On Monday, March 9th at 4:00pm, we will revisit the harsh winter of 1880-81 made famous by Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter with Cindy Wilson. This program will be held at Meinders Community Library and is co-sponsored by the Pipestone County Museum. Read Cindy Wilson’s book The Beautiful Snow: The Ingalls Family, the Railroads, and the Hard Winter of 1880-81 or one of these novels set in snowy locations.
Middle Grade Fiction
- Dog Driven by Terry Lynn Johnson
- Ice Wolves by Amie Kaufman
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Greenglass House by Kate Milford
- Icebreaker by Lian Tanner
- I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 by Lauren Tarshis
- Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Young Adult Fiction
- Michigan vs. the Boys by Carrie S. Allen
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren
- The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco
-
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Trapped by Michael Northrup
- Far From You by Lisa Schroeder
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- Hunted by Meagan Spooner
Adult Fiction
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- Beartown by Frederik Backman
- The Romanov Empress by C. W. Gortner
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- Ice by Linda Howard
- A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
- Whispers of Winter by Tracie Peterson
- Northern Lights by Nora Roberts
- Winter in the Blood by James Welch
-Emily