"Lily, a young snowshoe hare, hears that (3z(BWinter’s Coming.(3y (BBut she doesn’t know what Winter is. Winter must be frightening. Why else would the birds be escaping south? And it must have an enormous appetite. Why else would the squirrel be hiding his food? As Lily learns the ways in which her forest friends prepare for winter’s arrival, she gets more and more worried about what she should be doing. But finally, the brown bear points out what Lily has been missing all along, her fur is thickening and turning white, because winter is a season, just like spring and summer, and that is how snowshoe hares adapt to meet the changing weather. Winter’s Coming ends with a two spreads of nonfiction information about the various animals featured in the story as well as the ways in which animals prepare for winter."-- Provided by publisher.

Originally published: Toronto, ON; Berkeley, CA: Owlkids Books Inc., 2014.