Cool Reads for Hot Days

Summer may have been here officially for a month, but the high temperatures have just recently caught up.  Is it getting too hot outside for your taste?  Do you need to cool down?  Well, here are some reads set in the midst of winter or in cold locales that are sure to bring you some relief.

Adult

• Blood on Snow--Jo Nesbo
• Frankenstein--Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• The Snow Child--Eowyn Ivey
• Snow Falling on Cedars--David Guterson
• Winter Garden--Kristin Hannah

Teen

• Ashen Winter--Mike Mullin
• Shiver--Maggie Stiefvater
• Towering--Alex Flinn
• Winter--Marissa Meyer
• Wintersong--S. Jae-Jones

Children

• Lemonade in Winter--Emily Jenkins
• The Long Winter--Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Owl Moon--Jane Yolen
• Poppleton in Winter--Cynthia Rylant
• The Snowy Day--Ezra Jack Keats

If you're a snow bunny melting in the Inland Northwest heat, don't worry.  The cooler days of September aren't far off along with 8 months of lower temps.

Wishing you cool breezes and summer fun from the perch.