Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days / Rylant, Cynthia

In the winter Henry and his big dog Mudge play in the snow, share a family Christmas dinner, and gather around a crackling winter fireplace.

The Henry and Mudge books are "lively, reassuring, comical - just right for newly independent readers, with cartoon style illustrations that gallop, skip and splash right along with the text." Sparkle Days is a winter story.