25 Christmas Books

One of the kids' favorite parts of December is our tradition of reading a Christmas book each night.  Before the month begins I gather up all our Christmas books, wrap them, and place them near the tree.  Thankfully, we have a pretty big collection of Christmas books.  We have received books from grandparents over the years and I also try to buy 1 or 2 new books each year to keep it fresh.  

This is the first year that we actually had 25 books of our own!  (Before, we would fudge a bit by wrapping up Christmas books from the library, making sure to read them early in the month so we could return them. Hehe.)  Now as we collect a new book each year we will phase out some of the toddler board books that we have obviously grown out of.  Except for Santa Mouse.  That one will stay in the collection.

I thought I would share our list of 25 Christmas books, in case you're looking for something to add to your library.

 

NATIVITY

Follow The Star by Allia Zobel-Nolan  *Board book*

One Baby Jesus: A New Twelve Days of Christmas by Patricia A. Pingry  *Board book*

The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas by Brendan Powell Smith (this one borders on fun/silly)

Christmas in the Manger by Nola Buck & Felicia Bond  *Board book*

The Stars Came Out on Christmas by William Boniface

This Is the Season: Beloved of the Year with art by Simon Dewey

Who Was Born This Special Day? by Eve Bunting

Wombat Divine by Mem Fox

 

FUN & SILLY

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff

The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell! by Lucille Colandro

The Sweet Smell of Christmas (Scented Storybook) by Patricia Scarry

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss

It's Christmas, David! by David Shannon

A Bad Kitty Christmas by Nick Bruel

 

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

Santa Mouse by Nina Barbaresi  *Board book*

Christmas is a Time of Giving by Joan Walsh Anglund (not in print)

The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen

The Night Before Christmas by Jan Brett

The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

 

TRUE and/or TOUCHING STORIES (Guaranteed to make me cry)

Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber as read by Tom Brokaw

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

Penny's Christmas Jar Miracle by Jason F. Wright

A Christmas Dress For Ellen by Thomas S. Monson

What are some of your favorite Christmas books?

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