My days are filled with placing literary treasures into the hands of children as both a mom and a reading teacher. I’m currently responsbile for 52 little readers, in fact. These are a few of my personal favorite children’s books for Christmas. I hope this list serves you and the children in your life well.
- Silver Packages: An Appalacian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant
- Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
- Diane Goode’s American Christmas
- Miracle in a Shoe Box: A Christmas Gift of Wonder by Franklin Graham
- The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving
- An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco
- The Biggest, Most Beautiful Christmas Tree by Amye Rosenberg
- Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- Christmas in the Country by Cynthia Rylant and Diane Goode
- The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Catherine Woolley
- Night Tree by Eve Bunting
- The Story of Holly and Ivey by Rumer Godden and Barbara Cooney
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
- Great Joy by Kate DiCamillio
- The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
- The Nutcracker by Susan Jeffers
- The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett
- Room for a Little One by Martin Waddell
- The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet Ahlburg
- The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg
- Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry
- Welcome Comfort by Patricia Polacco
- The Animals’ Christmas Eve by Gale Wiersum
- Who is Coming to Our House? by Joseph Slate
- We Were There: A Nativity Story by Eve Bunting
- The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
- Little One, We Knew You’d Come by Sally Lloyd Jones
- Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church
- Mickey’s Christmas Carol: Classic Storybook by Walt Disney Company
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

From my reading heart to yours,
~Courtney
I ♥️ Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree! A great life lesson and math lesson, too!