Here is a list of Christmas books that Six Springs Academy compiled using the Five In A Row message boards, library and CBD.com. What an incredible list she compiled. I look forward to jumping right in…
Children's Books
12 Bugs of Christmas by Max Lucado A Birds Christmas Carol A Christmas Promise, Lark Carrier A Christmas Story, Brian Wildsmith A Cowboy Christmas by Audrey Wood A Currier and Ives Treasury A Family Christmas Treasury, illustrated by Thomas Kinkade A Glorious Angel Show: A Pop-Up Christmas Adventure, Dandi Daley A Little House Christmas Treasury, Laura Ingalls Wilder A Moon in my Teacup, Anita Riggio A New Coat for Anna, Harriet Ziefert A Shepherds Gift, Mary Calhoun+ A Stable in Alabasters Song, Max Lucado All for the Newborn Baby, Phyllis Root An An Angels and All Children: A Nativity Story in Words, Music and Art, Walter Wangerin, Jr Annikas Secret Wish, Pamela Querin Apple Tree Christmas, Trinka Hake B is for Baby Jesus Prince of Peace, Carol Greene+ Bright Christmas:An Angel Remembers, Andrew Clements Cat in the Manger, Michael Foreman Christmas Angels, M.I. Hummel Christmas Carols, a Little Golden Book Christmas Day in the Morning by Christmas in the Stable, Beverly Duncan Christmas Lullaby, Nancy Jewell Christmas Tapestry, Patricia Polacco+ Christmas Trolls, Jan Brett Christy: Christmastime at Cuttergap, Nancy LeSourd Clopper the Christmas Donkey, Emily King Come and See, Monica Mayper+ Counting to Christmas, Nancy Tafuri Country Angel Christmas, Tomie dePaola (about Santa) Cranberry Christmas December Diane Goodes American Christmas+ Father Christmas and the Donkey, Elizabeth Clark Follow that Star, Kenneth Opal Gift of the Magi, Rovet Sauber Gingerbread Baby, Jan Brett Grandfathers Christmas Tree, Thomas Locker God Gave us Christmas, Lisa Tawn Good King Wenceslas, verses by J. M. Neale Good News of Great Joy, C. Michael Dudash Hark! A Christmas Sampler by Jane Yolen and Tomie dePaola I Spy Christmas, Walter Wick If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, Laura Numeroff If Youre Missing Baby Jesus, Jean Gietzen Jacobs Gift, Max Lucado+ Josies Gift, Katy Bostrom King of the Stable, Meloday Carlson Little Angel, Geraldine McCaughrean Little House in the Big Woods, Chapter 4, Laura Ingalls Wilder Littlejim's Gift by Gloria Houston Louisa May Alcotts Christmas Treasury Lucy and Toms Christmas, Shirley Hughes Marys First Christmas, Walter Wangerin, Jr Marys Happy Christmas Day, Kathleen Bostrom Mary, The Mother of Jesus, Tomie dePaola Marys Treasure Box, Carolyn Walz Kramlich Memories of the Manger, Michelle Adams Merry Creature Christmas, Dandi Daley Mints Chrismas Message, Mary Spitz Miracle in a Shoebox, Mr. Willowbys Christmas Tree My First Story of Christmas, Tim Dowley Night Tree, Eve Bunting Nine Days to Christmas, Marie Hall Ets O Christmas Tree, On Christmas Eve, Margaret Wise Brown One Baby Jesus: A New 12 Days of Christmas, Patricia Pingry One Small Lost Sheep, Claudia Mills One Tiney Baby, Mark Taylor One Wintry Night, Ruth Graham Bell Over the River and Through the Wood, Papa Panov's Special Day, Ruben Saillens…adapted by Leo Tolstoy and retold by Mig Holder Red Boots for Christmas, Carol Green Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale, Martin Waddell Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend, Julie Stiegemeyer Santa, Are You For Real? (Book about St. Nicholas), Harold Myra Silent Night, Joseph Mohr Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story, Cynthia Rylant Sleepy Jesus, Pennie Kidd Sleigh Bells and Snowflakes, Linda Bronson Stephens Feast, Jean Richardson Stopping in the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Susan Jeffers The Animals Christmas Carold, Helen Ward The Animals Christmas Eve, Gale Wiersum+ The Baby Who Changed the World, Sheryl Crawford The Best Christmas Hunt Ever, John Seirs The Candle in the Window, Grace Johnson The Candymakers Gift, David Haidle The Childrens ABC Christmas, Patricia McKissack+ The Christmas Camel, Nancy Parker The Christmas Cat, Efner Tudor Hoomes The Christmas Day Kitten, James Herriot The Christmas The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey+ The Christmas Lizard, Cory Edwards The Christmas Promise, Susan Baroletti The Christmas Quilt, Thomas Davis The Christmas Ship, Daean Morrissey The Christmas Star, Marcu Pfiister The Christmas Story, Carol Heyer+ The Christmas Story, Jane Werner+ The Christmas Story with The Christmas Surprise, Allan Eitzen The Clown of God, Tomie dePaola+ The Crippled Lamb, Max Lucado+ The Donkeys Dream, Barbara Helen Berger The Family Christmas Tree Book, Tomie dePaola The First Christmas A Festive Pop-up book, Tomie dePaola The First Christmas According to Luke by Concordia Publishing House The First Christmas Tree by Helen Haidle The First Night, BG Hennessy+ The Fourth Wise Man, retold by Susan Summers The Greatest Gift of All, The Greatest Shepherd of All: A really Woolly Christmas Story The Grumpy Shepherd, Paddie Devon The Huron Carol, Jean de Brebeuf The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg The Legend of the Christmas Tree, Rick Osborne The Legend of the Christmas Rose, William Hicks The Legend of the Christmas Stocking, Rick Osborne The Legend of the Poinsetta, Tomie dePaola The Legend of the Three Trees The Light of Christmas, Richard The Little Drummer Boy, Ezra Jack Keats The Littlest Angel The Littlest Christmas Tree, Janie Jasin The Living Nativity: The Story of St. Francis and the Christmas Manger The Long Winter, Chapter 18, Laura Ingalls Wilder The Mitten, Jan Brett The Night of the Child, Robert Benson The Nutcracker+ The Perfect Present, Micheal Hague The Pine Tree Parable, Liz Curtis Higgs The Real 12 Days of Christmas, Helen Haidle The Small One The Stable Where Jesus Was Born, Rhonda Gowler Greene+ The Stable Rat and Other Christmas Poems, Julia Cunningham= The Star of Christmas (Veggie Tales) Cindy Kenney The Story of Christmas, The Story of Christmas, Jane Ray The Story of Christmas, Vivian French+ The Story of Holly and Ivy, Rumer Godden The Story of Little Christmas, George MacDonald The Story of Saint Nicholas, Mildred Luckhardt The Story of the Three Wise Kings, Tomie dePaola The Tale of Three Trees, Angela Hunt The Tiny Star, Arthur Ginolfi The Town that Forgot About Christmas, Susan Leigh The Tree That Came to Stay, Anna Quindlen The Trees of Dancing Goats, Patricia Polacco+ The Twelve Days of Christmas, Jan Brett The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, Gloria Houston The Young They Followed a Bright Star, Ulises Wensell This is the Star, Joyce Dunbar Thomas Christmas Delivery, Rev. W. Awdry Too Many Tamales, Gary Soto+ Uncle Vovas Tree, Patricia Polacco We Three Kings, illus by Olga Zharkova What Nick and Holly found in Grandpas Attic, Meloday Carlson When it Snowed that Night, Norma Farber Who is Coming to our House? Joseph Slate Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome Who Was Born this Special Day? Eve Bunting Wombat Divine, Mem Fox Woodland Christmas, Frances Tyrrell
Chapter Books for Older Children The Christmas Doll, Elvira Woodruff Miracles on maple Hill, Joe and Beth Krush Treasures in the Snow, Patricia St. John Big Susan (Purple House Press) Christmas in “The Quiet Little Woman” by Louisa May Alcott Snowbound with Betsy by Carolyn Haywood Merry Christmas from Betsy, Carolyn Haywood The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden. The Family Under the Bridge The Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens The Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens Chimes, Charles Dickens Homecoming, Earl Hamners Christmas with Anne, collection of Christmas stories from Anne of Green Gables Letters from Father Christmas” by J.R.R. Tolkien The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Family Books: A Family Christmas, Dr. James Dobson Seeking the Christmas Lamb, Tamara J. Buchan Mary, Did You Know? Mark Lowry Come, Let Us Adore Him, Robert J. Morgan What God Wants for Christmas by Family Life Christmas with Anne and Other Christmas Carols for A Kids Heart (comes w/cd)
CDs, Audio books A Christmas Carol: Focus on the Family Radio Theatre Adventures in Odyssey: Christmas Classics Christmas: The Message by Eugene H. Peterson (Mark Lowry reading) The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey The Life of Jesus :FotF Radio Theatre (previously called the Luke Reports) Traveling Home for Christmas: FotF Radio Theatre Movies: 12 Bugs of Christmas (Hermie) A Charlie Brown Christmas A Fruitcake Christams (Hermie and Friends) Alabasters Song+ An Electric Christmas (Adventures in Odyssey) Baby Faith: God Made Christmas Christmas with Ozzie and Harriet I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown Its A Wonderful Life Jacobs Gift+ Martin and the Heavenly Tree My Christmas Soldier Punchinello and the Most Marvelous Gift (Max Lucado) The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Christmas Shoes The Christmas Storykeepers The Crippled Lamb+ The First Christmas The Gift: Kingdom Under the Sea+ The Legend of the Candy Cane The Nativity (The Greatest Adventure Series by Hanna-Barbara) The Star of Christmas (Veggie Tales) The Story of the Nativiety (The Beginners Bible) The Very First Noel by Exclaim Entertainment The Waltons (Christmas Movies) Thomas Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures
Music: A Treasury of the Top 100 Christmas Songs for Kids A Windham Hill Christmas All I Really Want for Christmas, Steven Curtis Chapman An Irish Christmas, Moya Brennan Believe, Natalie Grant Celebrating Christmas, Hillsong Christmas Offerings, Third Day Christmas Solitude, by Steve Sensenig Christmas with the von Trapp Children Christmas Worship, John Tesh City on a Hill, Various Artists George Frederick Handels Messiah, The Complete Work, The London Celebration Choir & Orchestra Grown-Up Christmas List, Happy Birthday Jesus, Twin Sisters Humbug! Christmas Songs for the Scrooge in YOUR life! Kids Tunz Christmas Carols, Volumes 1 and 2 Mary, Did You Know? Mark Lowry (as far as I know this is only available on a single) Rose of One Response to “The ultimate Christmas Book List” |
What a superb Christmas book list!! I’ve never seen such a great compilation of books! I’m going to keep a copy of it for future reference!
We’re making your chocolate peanut balls today, they sound dellicious – I love dates!
Blessings
Kathleen