Jocelyn's List of the Best Christmas Books for Children 2012
After four years of publishing Christmas book lists, it's getting harder and harder to keep the list to just 24 books! This year, I tried to include only my very, very favorite books that strike at the true meaning of Christmas...books with a lot of heart in them and books that speak to the heart of a child. I hope you enjoy these stories as much as we do! They are truly the best of the best and worthy of a good snuggled with you and your children! Merry Christmas!
1. Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect by Richard H. Schneider
3. Who is Coming to Our House? by Joseph Slate
4. The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer
5. The Animals' Christmas Eve by Golden Books
6. Christmas is Here (adapted from KJV Bible) Illustrated by Lauren Castillo
7. The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Golden Books
8. A Shepherd's Whisper by Heywood Brown
9. This Is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten
10. A Small Miracle by Peter Collington
11. Humphrey's 1st Christmas by Carol Heyer
12. The Christmas Candle by Richard Paul Evans
13. Morris' Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells
14. The Snowman (DVD) by Raymon Briggs
15. Santa Mouse by Michael Brown
16. The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
17. We Were There by Eve Bunting
18. The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
19. Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
20. The Last Chimney of Christmas Eve by Linda Oatman High
21. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer by Robert May (Golden Books)
22. The Donkey's Dream by Barabara Helen Berger
23. The First Story of the First Christmas by Deanna Draper Buck
24. The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell
BONUS BOOKS:
I Believe in Santa Claus by Diane Adamson
Ha! I'm in the process of writing a post about some of our favorite Christmas books too!
ReplyDeleteWho Is Coming to Our House is a favorite with my nursery kids at church.
My favorite is Mortimer's Christmas Manger. Have you read that one?
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