In the Baird family, we love Christmas, and we love Christmas stories! Every day, starting on December 1st, we unwrap a Christmas picture book to read together. I also keep other books out for children to read on their own, or for us to read aloud at the dinner table.
If you're in search of some great Christmas books to share with your family this year, let me suggest these!
Our absolute favorites:
Our absolute favorites:
Santa's Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki
A picture book that perfectly combines Santa with the true Hero of Christmas
This is a chapter book for read-aloud or older children, but it's best read together. You'll see Christmas with fresh eyes!
The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The old English may be hard, so I recommend reading this aloud, or listening to an audio version of it. But don't think that watching a movie of this story (even the Muppets version... my favorite) is enough. Most adaptations remove Dickens's Christian message (and his humor– that Dickens is surprisingly funny!)
Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco
A longer picture book that always moves me to tears
The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg
How that traditional little candy can tell a wondrous story
Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo
A simple, touching story about a girl and a homeless man
More favorites:
Tree of Cranes by Allen Say
Oliver and Amanda's Christmas by Jean Van Leeuwen
Toot and Puddle: I'll be Home for Christmas by Holly HobbieToot and Puddle: Let it Snow by Holly Hobbie
Lighthouse Christmas by Toni Buzzeo
A Homemade Together Christmas by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Zelda and Ivy One Christmas by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Lighthouse Christmas by Toni Buzzeo
A Christmas Like Helen's by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
The Christmas Trolls by Jan Brett
(and if you like Jan Brett's books, she has a plethora of Christmas stories: The Night Before Christmas, Who's that Knocking on Christmas Eve?, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Home for Christmas)
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