Christmas
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Our pick for the best new Christmas book of the year is Chris Raschka’s Little Tree – the heartwarming and whimsically illustrated story of a little tree that dreams of being a beautiful Christmas tree, with his own little family in his own little house, inspired by the poem by e. e. cummings. A close runner-up is Stephen Krensky’s How Santa Lost His Job, the winning sequel to last year’s How Santa Got His Job. As for the standard classics of the season – just which versions of The Night Before Christmas and A Christmas Carol are the best? Click on these two titles below to see which editions we favor (and don’t forget to look in the Movies and Audio sections, too!) These and the following are certainly not the only Christmas books, movies and audio available – they’re just some of our favorites. Remember to check your local public library or children’s bookstore for more!

Picture Books

Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins. Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov.

Cat in the Manger by Michael Foreman.

The Christmas Alphabet by Robert Sabuda.

Christmas Is… by Gail Gibbons.

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. Illustrated by Beth Peck.

The Christmas Story: According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke from the King James Bible. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.

A Christmas Tree in the White House by Gary Hines. Illustrated by Alexandra Wallner.

Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel by Shirley Climo. Illustrated by Jane Manning.

Good King Wenceslas by John Mason Neale. Illustrated by Christopher Manson.

A Houseful of Christmas by Barbara Joosse. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin.

How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler.

How Santa Lost His Job by Stephen Krensky. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss.

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff. Illustrated by Felicia Bond.

The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats.

Little Tree by e. e. cummings. Illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray.

Little Tree poem by e. e. cummings. Story and pictures by Chris Raschka.

Madeline’s Christmas by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Max’s Christmas by Rosemary Wells.

Mim’s Christmas Jam by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

Morris’s Disappearing Bag: A Christmas Story by Rosemary Wells.

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry.

The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (?!) Illustrated by Anita Lobel.

The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (?!) Illustrated by James Marshall.

Night Tree by Eve Bunting. Illustrated by Ted Rand.>

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.

Richard Scarry’s Mr. Fixit’s Mixed-Up Christmas! by Richard Scarry. Paper engineering by Dennis K. Meyer.

Silent Night by Sandy Turner

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.

Spot’s First Christmas by Eric Hill.

Star Mother’s Youngest Child by Louise Moeri. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto. Illustrated by Ed Martinez.

Toot & Puddle: I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Holly Hobbie.

Where is Christmas, Jesse Bear? by Nancy White Carlstrom. Illustrated by Bruce Degen.

Who is Coming to Our House? by Joseph Slate. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff.

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston. Illustrated by Barbara Cooney.

Zelda and Ivy One Christmas by Laura McGee Kvasnosky.

Beginning Readers

Arthur’s Christmas Cookies by Lillian Hoban.

Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel.

Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days by Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Suçie Stevenson.

Marvin’s Best Christmas Present Ever by Katherine Paterson. Illustrated by Jane Clark Brown.

Chapter Books & Christmas Classics

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. Illustrated by Judith Gwyn Brown.

A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.

A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Roberto Innocenti.

A Christmas Carol: In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Everett Shinn.

Collections & Anthologies

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: Carols for Christmas arranged by Barrie Carson Turner. Illustrated with paintings from The National Gallery, London.

Joy to the World: A Family Christmas Treasury selected and edited by Ann Keay Beneduce. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.

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Movies

A Charlie Brown Christmas (Peanuts Holiday Classic)

A Christmas Carol (starring Alastair Sim)

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (narrated by Burl Ives)

The Snowman (based on book by Raymond Briggs)

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Audio

A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Original Sound Track Recording of the CBS Television Special – Vince Guaraldi Trio

Patrick Stewart Performs Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

 

 

 

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