21Nov 2025 by catbird
2025 Winter Solstice Picture Book Countdown

2025 Winter Solstice Picture Book Countdown

Winter Solstice
You might know that every year I make a Winter Solstice Countdown calendar full of crafts, activities, and recipes. This year I wanted to add picture books to each day to make things even more festive! These books correspond to the activities in the main countdown calendar, so you can read them along with the calendar or just read a book each day if that's more your speed. Happy Solstice! December 1, 2025 Weiwei’s Winter Solstice: A Dongzhì Story by: Michelle Jing Chan December 2, 2025 Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Coldby: Joyce Sidman December 3, 2025 The Littlest Solstice Treeby Lisa Varchol Perron December 4, 2025 Bright Winter Nightby​: Alli Brydon December 5, 2025 Winter Story (Brambly Hedge)by: Jill Barklem December 6, 2025 The Tomtenby Astrid Lindgren December 7,…
Read More
23Dec 2023 by catbird 3 Comments
The Sunniest Sun Bread

The Sunniest Sun Bread

Play, Recipes, Winter, Winter Solstice
Sun Bread is a sweet book by Elisa Kleven that doesn't specifically mention the Winter Solstice, but revolves around bringing the sun back after a period of cold gray weather, so it's a perfect fit. Making your own sun bread is a popular activity this time of year and there is even a recipe in the back of the book. That recipe contains wheat, which I am allergic to however, and some other things that may not work for your family. So what to do? I struggled with this a lot when I first found out I was a celiac, especially around the holidays. There are so many fun traditional breads-- and finding gluten free versions of them was nearly impossible. But then I figured out the secret. Good base recipes.…
Read More