The World’s Tallest Snowman

According to Guinness World Records, the world’s tallest snowman was built in 2008 in Bethel, Maine. Named Olympia, she was constructed out of 13 million pounds of snow. Her hat was 48 feet wide, her lips were crafted out of five car tires, and eight pairs of skis were used to create her eyelashes. 

Celebrate the first day of winter with some of these lovely books about snow:

A Thing Called Snow by Yuval Zommer

A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett

The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell

The Snowflake by Benji Davies

A Day So Gray by Marie Lamba

A Long Road on a Short Day by Gary D Schmidt

Snow Friends by Margery Cuyler

Good Morning, Snowplow! by Deborah Bruss

Where Snow Angels Go by Maggie O'Farrell

Snow Globe Wishes by Erin Dealey

Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper

Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins

Little Mole's Wish by Sang-Keun Kim

Dream Snow by Eric Carle

A Big Bed for Little Snow by Grace Lin