Christmas is such a fun time for sharing books with kids. There are so many good books, books I love pulling out year after year, books I love reading to and with my children. We have a huge stack of books, so I went through them and found my very favorite books and today I want to share them with you! I hope you enjoy this list and invite you to share your favorite Christmas stories in the comments!
The Jolly Christmas Postman - This book is very cute and unique. While being a good Christmas story in general it also has fun surprises, games, and puzzles in each of the letters sent throughout the book. It feels like a classic book with a nostalgic illustration style. This is one of my favorite Christmas books.
Bear Stays Up For Christmas - This was one of the first books I got for the first Christmas for my daughter. It has the same cadence and rhythm as all the Bear books which makes it easy and lovely to read. The story is so cute and highlights friendship and giving at Christmastime.
Pick a Pine Tree - I really love the illustrations of this story and this is such a cute story of a tradition of getting and decorating a Christmas tree. This book has a nice rhythm to reading it as well. It's a great story about tradition, family, working together, and seeing the beauty of your efforts.
Night Tree - I loved this book as a child and love sharing it with my kids even more. This book is the story of a family tradition decorating a tree in the forest with fruit, nuts, and popcorn strings as a gift of food for the animals that live there at Christmas. This book is so nostalgic to me. It reminds me to slow down at Christmas time, be together, think of all living creatures. Couldn't recommend this book enough.
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - I love the full circle story that is Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree. This is a story about giving from your abundance and watching how your gift helps other people until everyone is taken care of. Highly recommend.
Olive the Other Reindeer - My Great-Grandmother gifted us an Olive the Other Reindeer snow globe that played the song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It was beautiful and I remember at Christmas winding the music box and sitting to look at the snowglobe and listening to the song. It's so nostalgic to me. I love this book because it is a really unique Christmas story while connecting to one of the most well known Christmas stories (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer). The illustrations are unique and show kids a different style of art which I appreciate. Love this book.
The Sweet Smell of Christmas - Another book from my childhood, I love all the scratch and sniff stickers in the book that follow the storyline. I remember being a kid and smelling all the sweet smells of Christmas. It's a cute story, visually looks and reads like a more vintage or classic Christmas story. The smells make it engaging and just elevates the story in general.
Little Blue Truck's Christmas - This is a really cute simple story, perfect for toddlers. It is counting Christmas trees to share with everyone. The final page has a Christmas tree that lights up, which is very unique and a fun surprise.
Duck & Goose It's Time for Christmas - A perfect story for babies and toddlers. It's super simple with beautiful illustrations. Duck and Goose are familiar characters and so cute and funny together. This would be the perfect first Christmas book to gift or buy for a child's first Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Little Pookie - Another great board book perfect for toddlers. I think the Little Pookie books are so funny and always love reading them with my child. This book is no different. Love reading it with my child and Sandra Boynton just has a way with writing books that are so engaging even for the youngest readers.
Blue Christmas Swim - It's always nice for kids to be able to read a story where they are familiar with and love the Characters. This book is the same story as the Bluey episode Christmas Swim, and my kids already love the Bluey Episode. Some kids really thrive reading something they are already familiar with. Love this Christmas story, and it's a great way to show how Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere is warm, so it's a great teaching tool as well.
A Loud Winter's Nap - This story is so fun a cute. A grumpy tortoise just wants to sleep, but everyone is having winter fun! While he gets grumpier and grumpier, in the end he finds that winter can be fun and joins with the animal friend community around him to participate in the joy that comes in the Winter months.
The Polar Express - It's a Christmas classic, better than the movie for me. An adventure to the North Pole, for me this book speaks to the magic of being able to believe at Christmas time. I love believing in the magic of Christmas and have my whole life, which allows me to still hear the ringing of the silver bells.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Another Christmas classic, just a gem of the story that has stood the test of time. I love reading it. I love the message. I love that at Christmas we can reflect on the way our hearts might have some rooms to grow and expand at Christmas time. Also the 2019 The Grinch Movie is one of my top three Christmas movies.
How Winston Delivered Christmas - This book is an Advent Calendar story, read a chapter every night until Christmas and by Christmas Day you will have read a this whole very cute Christmas story. It's fun, and is a nice way to gather at the end of the night together to read just a little bit together as a family.
How Winston Came Home for Christmas - This is the Second story that follows Winston at Christmas. It's just as cute, another great way to gather together at the end of each night and read a fun Christmas story together throughout the whole month of December.
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