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Christmas is a wonderful time to create a new read-aloud tradition. This post is filled with some of our very favorite Christmas books!
There’s something so incredibly cozy about Christmas books. I have such happy memories of sitting on the couch surrounded by my children and reading books together with the lights of the tree twinkling.
Many of our favorite Christmas books are picture books (my fave!), but we also have a few longer books that we enjoy around Christmastime.
Why not have a reading time while enjoying some hot cocoa and molasses cookies or gingerbread cookies?
Favorite Christmas Books
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, Susan Wojciechowski
Christmas Day in the Morning, Pearl S. Buck
A Certain Small Shepherd, Rebecca Caudill
Silver Packages, Cynthia Rylant
Apple Tree Christmas, Trinka Hakes Noble
An Orange for Frankie, Patricia Polacco
Night Tree, Eve Bunting
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, Gloria Houston
Christmas in the Big Woods, Laura Wilder
The Legend of the Candy Cane, Lori Walburg
The Gift of the Christmas Cookie, Dandi Daley Mackall
Mortimer’s Christmas Manger, Karma Wilson
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree, Robert Barry
Bear Stays Up for Christmas, Karma Wilson
Humphrey’s First Christmas, Carol Heyer
Christmas in Noisy Village, Astrid Lindgren
Christmas in the Barn, Margaret Wise Brown
The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry
One Wintry Night, Ruth Bell Graham
I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles, Jean Marzollo
Josie’s Gift, Kathleen Long Bostrom
Who is Coming to Our House, Joseph Slate
The Crippled Lamb, Max Lucado
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story, Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Pine Tree Parable, Liz Curtis Higgs
Sometimes we wrap up the books and read a book per day, for a picture book Advent, but this year I just put them all in a basket and we’re reading them at various times.
Every year I try to add to our collection of Christmas books. I store them separately from the rest of our books, so we only read them at Christmas. This makes them seem more special for everyone!
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2 picture books that we love, that have stories that adults also love are both by Patricia Polacco. One is called An Orange for Frankie and the other is called Christmas Tapestry. We checked them out from the library for years before I finally bought copies. I highly recommend seeing if your library has them!
Thank you for mentioning those books, Sara! I definitely need to add An Orange for Frankie, as that became another favorite shortly after I created this list! I’ll have to check out Christmas Tapestry, too!
What great books! I love pulling out our Christmas books every year, and can’t wait to add some more from this list to them. Thank you for sharing on the Homestead Blog Hop!
I’m the same way, always looking forward to bringing them out!
This is such a great list. I will save it for when I have grandchildren to read them to. Visiting from #HomeMattersParty
Thank you, Donna!
This is an interesting list of Christmas books! Thank you so much for sharing at Sweet Inspiration Link Party. Happy New Year 🙂
Happy New Year to you also, Christina!
These are all such great books! There are so many wonderful Christmas books out there; this year my boys told me they’re too old for picture books so we’re reading a chapter book about Christmas together.
I know, it’s so sad when they outgrow picture books, isn’t it? I’ve only got one younger child (age 8) these days, so I’m thankful I can still have an excuse to read picture books! 🙂 Do you have any recommendations for Christmas chapter books?
Last year we read The Naughty List and this year we’re reading A Boy Called Christmas; both have been incredibly crazy Christmas chapter books that have made us laugh with their antics. And both are written so that kids who sill believe can enjoy them. I’ve also heard great things about the Best/ Worst Christmas Pageant Ever but as of last week we were still waiting for a copy to be available through our library.
Thanks for sharing those suggestions!