The first 25 were part of last year's list, but everything added thereafter is new to our library.
- Christmas ABC by Alice Gold
- My First Treasury: The First Christmas by Leslie Lindecker
- Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- The Pine Tree Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs (LOVE all of Liz's parable stories!)
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (a favorite of mine)
- The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola (another favorite of mine... It never fails to brings me to tears, though.)
- Santa's Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki (yet another favorite of mine)
- The Berenstain Bears Trim the Tree by Jan & Mike Berenstain
- Clifford Celebrates the Year: Clifford’s Christmas by Norman Bridwell
- Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
- God Gave Us Christmas by Lisa Tawn Bergren
- Winnie the Pooh: The Merry Christmas Mystery by Betty Birney
- When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan
- The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston (another one for which you'll need the Kleenex box)
- The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
- Dream Snow by Eric Carle (Adina's favorite)
- Snow Happy to be Here: The Slightly Silly Story of the Snowblatt Family by Cheryl Hawkinson
- You Can Do It, Sam by Amy Hest
- The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas by Anne Muecke
- The Twelve Days of Christmas by Anne Geddes (super fun CD with it)
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg (still another favorite of mine)
- The Snow Must Go On: A Way, Way Off-Broadway Adventure by Molly Wigand
- The Legend of the Christmas Tree by Rick Osborne (great history here)
- Merry Christmas, Curious George by Cathy Hapka
- If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff
- Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney
- It's Christmas, David! by David Shannon
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
- On This Special Night by Claire Freedman (Ezekiel's favorite)
- My First Read and Learn Countdown to Christmas by Mary Manz Simon (We had every intention of following this one through, to the end, with its 25 days until Christmas countdown, but life got the better of us. Still, it's such a great book!)
3 comments:
I'd have to go with the old standby, "Twas The Night Before Christmas." We've read it over and over each Christmas with the kids, and we have the Jan Brett version, which includes so many neat details.
Merry Christmas, Jinny!
Jinny, thank you for the great list of Christmas stories! Wonderful of you to share them with us all. I'll have to use it for my grandchildren and pass it on to my children. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to read these to my kids! The Gift of the Magi is one of my favs, too. :)
Merry Christmas!!
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