The Twelve Days of Winter A School Counting Book

From award-winning author Deborah Lee Roseand illustratorCarey F. Armstrong-Ellis, The Twelve Days of Winter is a counting picture book that highlights the wonders of winter.

It’s wintertime! The time for snow, mittens, and 12 days of surprises.

In this high-energy, curious classroom, the teacher introduces her students to a new winter activity every day—from making paper snowflakes, to building sugar cube igloos, to playing with jingling bells. As the days get colder and the gifts add up, the classroom is transformed into wintery chaos.

Inspired by the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” this book uses accumulative verse as readers count to 12 along with the class and explore the funny, intricate illustrations. It includes a punch-out snowman paper doll that young readers can dress up and use to decorate their own winter wonderland!

Deborah Lee Rose is an internationally published author whose award-winning books are among the New York Public Library’s 100 Books to Read and Share. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area. Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis is the author and illustrator of Ten Creepy Monsters and the illustrator of the bestselling Twelve Days of Kindergarten series and The Spelling Bee Before Recess. She lives in Cape Neddick, Maine.