Monday, December 1, 2008

Christmas Books for Children



Every December, we get out our collection of Christmas books and read a book a night. The photo is of the kids a few years ago. Here are the books we read:

  • Christmas retold by Lise Caldwell


  • Santa Bear by Marcia Leonard


  • What Star Is This? by Joseph Slate


  • Santa's Busy Night by Michael Rex


  • The Mitten by Jan Brett


  • Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? by Jan Brett


  • Christmas Mice by Bethany Roberts


  • The Donkey's Christmas Song by Nancy Tafuri


  • Christmas Stories and Poems illustrated by Lisa McCue


  • The Christmas Story retold by Jane Werner


  • Who is Coming to Our House? by Joseph Slate


  • The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg


  • A Child's Story of Christmas illustrated by Karin Williams


  • This Is the Star by Joynce Dunbar and Gary Blythe


  • Merry Christmas, Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola


  • Come and See by Monica Mayper


  • Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight by Jerry Pallotta


  • Home for the Holidays by Sonia W. Black


  • Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Beuhner


  • The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Mary Engelbreit


  • An Angel Came to Nazereth by Anthony Knott


  • A Child Was Born: A First Nativity Book by Grace Maccarone


  • Stories of Santa: Up on the Housetop and Jolly Old Saint Nicholas by Hallmark


  • Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman


  • The Snow Must Go On! by Molly Wigand


  • Christmas Magic by Michael Garland


  • One Baby Jesus by Patricia A. Pingry


  • Silent Night Illustrated by Darcy May


  • Arthur's Perfect Christmas by Marc Brown


  • Jolly Old Santa Claus Original Story by Sparkie with oil paintings by George Hinke


Blessings,
Lisa

1 comment:

The Happy Housewife said...

Great list of books. I will be checking my library to see if they have them!
Toni
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