There are no awards for this particular book. This book would be good for first and second graders since the topics discussed in this book are too basic for any grades higher. This book talks about winter and how it effects different parts of America differently. For example certain places have brutally cold winters while other places experience warm weather during winter. It also talks about animals hibernating and which animals stay around to bare the cold snowy weather. It explains what a blizzard is and that bodies of water freeze up during winter. This book pretty much explains what happens to American during the winter. This deals with the winter months and the environment. I would read this book December 21st since that is the first official day of winter. We would read the book together and afterwords we can make snowflakes and hang them in the room. We will also compare the winter environment with the summer environment by using a venn diagram, but we will do that as a class so they can see how to use a venn diagram.