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"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
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Despite disagreements on the wisdom of the adventure, Rainbow Tinseltail and the other unicorns set out for Snowbelle Mountain to find out if Yetis are real--and when they get caught in a blizzard and take shelter in a cave they find the answer to their quest.
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Join Nicholas and his grandfather as they push aside the thoughts of decorating the Christmas tree to lovingly care for a cardinal trapped in the snow of a blizzard on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning finds Nicholas more concerned about the bird than opening his gifts.
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"Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays? To celebrate the full-color,...
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A family--a mother, a father, and their ten-year-old son--have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. At a nearby farm, a cattle dog is working, as she does every day, driving her forty head of cattle from pasture to corral and back again. And then, suddenly, a blizzard descends. The family is trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout. They are panicked, exhausted, freezing, and stranded...
11) Brave Irene
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Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
12) Blizzard
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"After a massive blizzard, a boy becomes a hero when he manages to walk to the local store and bring supplies back to his neighborhood which has been snowed in for days. Based on the author's childhood experience"--
14) The poet's dog
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"A dog with unusual communication talents loses his poet owner before rescuing two children trapped in a snowstorm and leading them to the poet's cabin, where the children explore the memories that the poet has left behind."--OCLC.
15) Wolf in the snow
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Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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When a wolf cub and little girl are lost in a snowstorm they must find their way home.
16) The long winter
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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that a Native American has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
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Greg, stuck indoors with his family over the holiday because of a blizzard, suffers from claustrophobia and worries they will not be able to weather the storm.
"Greg Heffley está en apuros. Han manchado una pared de la escuela y Greg is el principal sospechoso. Aunque, según él, es inocente-- o algo parecido. Parece que la policía anda tras la pista de Greg, pero una tormenta de nieve inesperada deja encerrada a la familia Heffley en casa. Greg...
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A heavy snowstorm traps the students inside Eerie Elementary, a living, breathing monster brought to life by mad scientist, Orson Eerie--soon the school begins to freeze from the inside out, and Sam, Lucy and Antonio must find a way to get the heat back on before all the students freeze to death, while facing the truth that Orson Eerie is even more powerful and dangerous than they realized.
20) The blizzard
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Although a blizzard prevents his cousins from visiting for his birthday, a disappointed Billy ends up having a very special day when his teacher and classmates must stay overnight at his family's house to wait out the snowstorm.