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Christmas - Picture Books
In addition to the titles below you will also find some classic Christmas books in the following collections:
Christmas Board, Novelty Books, and Audio titles
Christmas Books from some of your favorite series
The Night Before Christmas Collection
The Twelve Days of Christmas Collection
Two Christmas Mice
Corinne Demas
Illustrated by Stephanie Roth
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Holiday House, 2005, 0-8234-1785-9
I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
John Rox
Illustrated by Bruce Whatley
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
HarperCollins, 2005, 0-06-052942-3
Christmas in the Country
Cynthia Rylant
Illustrations by Diane Goode
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Scholastic, 2002, 0-439-07334-0
Christmas for the Snowmen
Wolfram Hanel
Illustrated by Uli Waas
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
North-South Books, 2004, 0-7358-1966-1
The Christmas Humbugs
Colleen Monroe
Illustrated by Michael Monroe
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2002, 1-58536-271-9
Christmas in Noisy Village
Astrid Lindgren and Ilon Wikland
Translated by Florence Lamborn
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Penguin, 1981, 0-14-050344-7
Mooseltoe
Margie Palatini
Illustrated by Henry Cole
Picture Book
Ages 5 and up
Hyperion, 2000, 078680567-6
Little Donkey's Wish
Udo Weigelt
Illustrated by Pirkko Vainio
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
North-South Books, 2005, 0-7358-2036-7
Merry Christmas, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
Illustrated by Cyd Moore
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Scholastic, 2002, 0-439-63576-4
Shall I Knit You A Hat? A Christmas Yarn
Kate Klise
Illustrated by M. Sarah Klise
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Henry Holt, 2004, 0-8050-7318-3
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story
Cynthia Rylant
Paintings by Chris K Soentpiet
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Scholastic, 1997, 0-531-30051
Santa Knows
Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith
Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Penguin, 2006, 0-525-47757-8
The Christmas Witch
Steven Kellogg
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Penguin, 2000, 0-1405-6762-3
Mortimer's Christmas Manger
Karma Wilson
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2005, 0-689-85511-7
Coal Country Christmas
Elizabeth Ferguson Brown
Illustrations by Harvey Stevenson
Picture Book
Ages 5 and up
Boyds Mills Press, 2003, 1-59078-020-5
Pippin the Christmas Pig
Jean Little
Illustrated by Werner Zimmerman
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Scholastic, 2004, 0-439-65062-3
Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas
Elise Primavera
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Harcourt, 2002, 0-15-202441-7
Auntie Claus
Elise Primavera
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Harcourt, 1999, 0-15-201909-X
Snowmen at Christmas
Caralyn Buehner
Pictures by Mark Buehner
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Penguin, 2005, 0-8037-2995-2
Christmas Cakes
Francesca Bosca
Illustrated by Giuliano Ferri
Translated by J. Alison James
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
North-South Books, 2003, 0-7358-1885-1
Mog's Christmas
Judith Kerr
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
HarperCollins UK, 2004, 0-00-717135-8
The Christmas Hat
A.J. Wood
Illustrated by Maggie Kneen
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Penguin, 2004, 0-525-47260-6
The Attic Christmas
B. G. Hennessy
Illustrated by Dan Andreasen
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Penguin, 2004, 0-399-23497-7
Christmas Mice
Bethany Roberts
Illustrated by Doug Cushman
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Clarion, 2004, 0-618-48601-1
Santa's Secrets Revealed
James Solheim
Pictures by Barry Gott
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Carolrhoda, 2004, 1-57505-600-3
Santa Claws
Laura Leuk
Illustrated by Gris Grimly
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Chronicle, 2006, 0-8118-4992-9
Christmas Tree Farm
Ann Purmell
Illustrated by Jill Weber
Picture book
Ages 4 to 8
Holiday House, 2006, 0-8234-1886-3
The Tailor's Gift: A Holiday Tale for Everyone
David M. Stern
Illustrated by Dave Zaboski
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Doc's Productions Inc, 2005, 0-9741607-0-9
The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 1985, 0-395-38949-6
A Houseful of Christmas
Barbara Joosse
Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Henry Holt, 2001, 0-8050-7637-9
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How Santa lost his job
Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2001, 0-689-83173-0
How Santa got his job
Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Simon and Schuster, 1998, 0-689-80697-3
Olive the other Reindeer
Vivian Walsh
J. Otto Seibold
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Chronicle Books, 1997, 0-8118-1807
Christmas Eve Magic: Inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Lucie Papineau
Illustrated by Stephane Poulin
Picture book
Ages 4 to 8
Kids Can Press, 2006, 1-55337-953-5
Waiting-for-Christmas Stories
Bethany Roberts
Illustrated by Sarah Stapler
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Clarion, 1994, 0-395-79728-4
Bear Noel
Olivier Dunrea
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000, 0-374-40001-6
Christmas
Aaron Frisch
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 4 to 6
The Creative Company, 2006, 1-58341-366-9
A Pioneer Christmas: Celebrating in the Backwoods in 1841
Barbara Greenwood
Illustrated by Heather Collins
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Kids Can Press, 2003, 1-55074-955-2
An Orange For Frankie
Patricia Polacco
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Penguin, 2004, 0-399-24302-X
Rocking Horse Christmas
Mary Pope Osborne
Paintings by Ned Bittinger
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Scholastic, 1997, 0-439-66938-3
S is for Star: A Christmas Alphabet
Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
Illustrated by Pam Carroll
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Sleeping Bear Press, 2001,
Winter's Gift
Jane Monroe Donovan
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Sleeping Bear Press, 2004, 1-58536-231-X
The Peterkins’ Christmas
Adapted by Elizabeth Spurr
From the Original Tale by Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Simon and Schuster, 2004, 0-689-83023-8
The Day Before Christmas
Eve Bunting
Paintings by Beth Peck
Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
Clarion Books, 1992, 0-618-05150
Josie's Gift
Kathleen Long Bostrom
Illustrated by Frank Ordaz
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, 0-8054-3020-2
Santa's Littlest Helper
Anu Stohner
Illustrated by Henrike Wilson
Translated by Anna Trenter
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Bloomsbury, 2004, 1-58234-964-9
Jingle Bells
Iza Trapani
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Charlesbridge, 2005, 1-58089-095-4
Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards
Kevin Major
Illustrations by Bruce Roberts
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Groundwood Books, 2005, 0-88899-593-8
The Legend of Papa Noel: A Cajun Christmas Story
Terri Hoover Dunham
Illustrated by Laura Knorr
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2006, 1-58536-256-5
The Night Henry Ford Met Santa
Carol Hagen
Illustrated by Matt Faulkner
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2006, 1-58536-132-1
Christmas in the Trenches
John McCutcheon
Illustrations by Henri Sorensen
Picture Book and Audio CD
Ages 5 and up
Peachtree Publishers, 2006, 1-56145-374-9
Christmas Cricket
Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Timothy Bush
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Clarion, 2002, 0-618-06554-7
Prairie Christmas
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Illustrated by Ronald Himler
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Eerdmans, 2006, 0-8028-5280-7
The Christmas Candle
Richard Paul Evans
Illustrated by Jacob Collins
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Simon and Shuster, 1998, 1-4169-2685-8
Henry the Christmas Cat
Mary Calhoun
Erik Ingraham
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
HarperCollins, 2003, 0-688-16560
Finding Christmas
Helen Ward
Illustrated by Wayne Anderson
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Penguin, 2004, 0-525-47300-9
Christmas is…
Gail Gibbons
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Holiday House, 2001, 0-8234-1767-0
Dear Santa: The Letters of James B. Dobbins
Complied by Bill Harley
Pictures drawn by R.W.Alley
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
HarperCollins, 2005, 0-06-623778-5
One Splendid Tree
Marilyn Helmer
Illustrated by Dianne Eastman
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Kids Can Press, 2005, 1-55337-683-8
Apple Tree Christmas
Trina Hakes Noble
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Sleeping Bear Press, 2005, 1-58536-270-0
Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story
Bill Luttrell
Illustrations by Luc Melanson
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2003, 1-58536-136-4
Christmas is Coming!
Claire Masurel
Illustrated Marie H. Henry
Picture Book
Ages 2 to 5
Chronicle Books, 1994, 0-8118-2106-4
The Littlest Christmas Kitten
Leona Novy Jackson
Illustrated by Kelly Dupre
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Snaptail Press, 2006, 0-930643-18-6
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