While humans engage in winter activities above the snow, all kinds of concealed animal activity takes place beneath. “Under the snow in a field ... dozens of ladybugs pack themselves into a gap in an old stone wall. Below them, a snake rests in a hole all its own.” Voles tunnel beneath the snow, while a mourning cloak butterfly shelters in a brush pile covered with snow. Below the snow frosting the pond, “bluegills circle slowly through the chilly water.” The winter lives of these animals and others are described in simple yet lyrical language, while panel watercolor illustrations give a view of activities below the snow and above. Highly Commended, 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Award (Ages 4–8)

A cozy look at the amazing ways animals behave and interact with their environments on a snowy day
When snow falls, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground?
Award-winning science writer Melissa Stewart offers a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats, providing young readers with vivid glimpses of animals as they live out the winter beneath the snow and ice. Constance R. Bergum’s glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow.