The Best Christmas Books for Kids
A Roundup of My Family’s Favorite Christmas Books
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One of my family’s favorite ways to get in the holiday spirit is to read our favorite Christmas books. Every year, I put our Christmas books away with the holiday decorations and bring them back out in early December. I love to reintroduce them to the kids as a gift in their advent calendar. I love adding new books to our collection each year, but our standby favorites are always the most special to revisit.
Family reading during the busy holiday season is a tradition we are especially proud of. Here are our favorite Christmas books.
Christmas Board Books
The ABCs of Christmas
Practice festive Christmas words from A-Z in this sparkly board book
Christmas in 100 Words
The most festive way to help boost your child’s vocabulary, this book introduces 100 Christmas words.
Dear Santa
In this darling lift-the-flap book, Santa is looking for the perfect present, but nothing seems quite right.
Little Blue Truck’s Christmas
Follow Little Blue as he delivers Christmas trees to his friends.
Merry Christmas, Little Pookie
Another fun one by Sandra Boynton! Follow Pookie and her mother as they prepare for the holidays.
Merry Christmas, Ollie!
Father Christmas Goose is coming, and Ollie is getting impatient. While the others hang their stockings, Ollie is still stomping through the snow.
Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
We love Sandra Boynton’s playful books, and this Christmas take on one of our favorites is especially joyful.
The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish
Everyone’s favorite fish is back for this adorable holiday story about finding the perfect gifts for your friends.
The Sweet Smell of Christmas
Smell all the smells of Christmas with Little Bear as he prepares for the holiday with this scratch & sniff story.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Peekaboo Christmas
Try to find the Very Hungry Caterpillar amongst the holiday scenes.
Christmas Picture Books
Construction Site on Christmas Night
Our favorite construction trucks are at it again, this time gearing up for Christmas by building a special gift.
The Giving Snowman
The Giving Snowman helps everyone he comes in contact with, and they help him in return.
Happy Narwhalidays
A joyful holiday edition of my 4-year-old daughter’s favorite series (Narwhal and Jelly). In these holiday stories you’ll meet the Merry Mermicorn and learn about warm waffle pudding, the minnow-ora and coral-ing.
Little Red Sleigh
The heartwarming tale of Little Red Sleigh who dreams of becoming Santa’s big red sleigh.
The Little Reindeer
A magical story about a little girl who meets a reindeer and has an adventure of a lifetime.
Pick a Christmas Tree
This sweet books celebrates traditions by detailing the custom of picking out the perfect Christmas tree.
The Polar Express
A classic for your Christmas bookshelf – A young boy boards a mysterious train headed for the North Pole.
The Tree That’s Meant to Be
When a small, crooked fir tree finds itself feeling lonely after the trees around it are taken to homes for Christmas, the forest animals show up and bring the love.
The Toys’ Christmas
Santa needs all the help he can get to ensure every child gets the perfect gift. Just in case letters don’t reach him, toys travel to tell Santa what their child wants most of all.
When Santa Was a Baby
Haven’t you always wondered what Santa was like as a baby? Wonder no more!
We celebrate Christmas in our home, so my recommendations are around Christmas, but I love teaching my kids about other holidays and traditions as well. I’d love to hear your recommendations for kids books about other holidays. Let me know in the comments! I’ll add them to my growing Amazon list of the Best Holiday Books for kids.
Happy Holidays!
I totally agree! I love gifting (and receiving) books!