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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 Fiction Titles

Christmas Non-Fiction Books

Christmas Books from some of your favorite series

The Night Before Christmas Collection

The Nutcracker Collection

The Twelve Days of Christmas Collection

 

Two Christmas Mice

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

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

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 snowman

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

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

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

Mooseltoe
Margie Palatini
Illustrated by Henry Cole
Picture Book
Ages 5 and up
Hyperion, 2000, 078680567-6
 

Little Donkey's Wish

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

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

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

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

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

The Christmas Witch
Steven Kellogg
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Penguin, 2000, 0-1405-6762-3
  

Mortimer's Christmas Manger

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

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

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

Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas
Elise Primavera
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Harcourt, 2002, 0-15-202441-7
 

Auntie Claus

Auntie Claus
Elise Primavera
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Harcourt, 1999, 0-15-201909-X
 

Snowmen at Christmas

Snowmen at Christmas
Caralyn Buehner
Pictures by Mark Buehner
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Penguin, 2005, 0-8037-2995-2

Christmas Cakes

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

Mog's Christmas
Judith Kerr
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
HarperCollins UK, 2004, 0-00-717135-8
 

The Christmas Hat

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

The Attic Christmas
B. G. Hennessy
Illustrated by Dan Andreasen
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Penguin, 2004, 0-399-23497-7
 

Christmas Mice

Christmas Mice
Bethany Roberts
Illustrated by Doug Cushman
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Clarion, 2004, 0-618-48601-1
 

Santa's Secrets Revealed

Santa's Secrets Revealed
James Solheim
Pictures by Barry Gott
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Carolrhoda, 2004, 1-57505-600-3
 

Santa Claws

Santa Claws
Laura Leuk
Illustrated by Gris Grimly
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Chronicle, 2006, 0-8118-4992-9
 

Christmas Tree Farm

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

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

The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 1985, 0-395-38949-6
 

A Houseful of Christmas

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

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

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

Olive the other Reindeer
Vivian Walsh
J. Otto Seibold
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Chronicle Books, 1997, 0-8118-1807
 

Christmas Eve Magic

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

Waiting-for-Christmas Stories
Bethany Roberts
Illustrated by Sarah Stapler
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Clarion, 1994, 0-395-79728-4
 

Bear Noel

Bear Noel
Olivier Dunrea
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000, 0-374-40001-6

Christmas Frisch

Christmas
Aaron Frisch
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 4 to 6
The Creative Company, 2006, 1-58341-366-9
 

A Pioneer Christmas

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

An Orange For Frankie
Patricia Polacco
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Penguin, 2004, 0-399-24302-X
 

Rocking Horse Christmas

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

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

Winter's Gift
Jane Monroe Donovan
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Sleeping Bear Press, 2004, 1-58536-231-X
 

The Peterkin's Christmas

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

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

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

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

Jingle Bells
Iza Trapani
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Charlesbridge, 2005, 1-58089-095-4
 

Aunt Olga's Chistmas Postcards

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

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

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

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

Christmas Cricket
Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Timothy Bush
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Clarion, 2002, 0-618-06554-7

Prairie Christmas

Prairie Christmas
Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Illustrated by Ronald Himler
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Eerdmans, 2006, 0-8028-5280-7

The Christmas Candle

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

Henry the Christmas Cat
Mary Calhoun
Erik Ingraham
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
HarperCollins, 2003, 0-688-16560
 

Finding Christmas

Finding Christmas
Helen Ward
Illustrated by Wayne Anderson
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Penguin, 2004, 0-525-47300-9
  

Christmas is...

Christmas is…
Gail Gibbons
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Holiday House, 2001, 0-8234-1767-0
 

Dear Santa

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

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

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

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

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 Kitten1

The Littlest Christmas Kitten
Leona Novy Jackson
Illustrated by Kelly Dupre
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Snaptail Press, 2006, 0-930643-18-6
 

Russell's Christmas Magic

Russell’s Christmas Magic

Rob Scotton

Picture Book

Ages 3 to 6

HarperCollins, 2007, 978-0-06-059854-9

 

The very snowy Christmas

The Very Snowy Christmas

Diane Hendry

Illustrated by Jane Chapman

Picture Book

Ages 3 to 6

Tiger Tales, 2005, 1-58925-051-6

 

A Star for Christmas

A Star for Christmas

Trisha Romance

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 8

Tundra Books, 2007, 978-0-88776-836-1

 

Santa's Eleven Month's Off

Santa’s Eleven Months Off

Mike Reiss

Illustrated by Michael D. Montgomery

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Peachtree Publishers, 2007, 1-56145-421-4

 

Melrose and Croc A Christmas to Remember

Melrose and Croc: A Christmas to Remember

Emma Chichester Clark

Picture book

Ages 4 to 7

Walker Books, 2005, 0-8027-9597-8

 

It's Christmas

It’s Christmas

Tina Burke

Picture Book

Ages 2 to 4

Kane/Miller, 2007, 978-1-933605-44-9

  

The Christmas Orange

The Christmas Orange

Don Gillmor

Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2003, 1-55005-075-3

  

The All I ever want Christmas Doll

The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll

Patricia C. McKissack

Jerry Pinkney

Picture Book

Random House, 2007, 978-0-375-83759-3

 

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree

Robert Barry

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Random House, 2000, 0-385-32721-8

  

Christmas Wishes

Christmas Wishes

Tony Mitton

Illustrations Layn Marlow

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Barrons’s Educational Series, 2007, 0-7641-6086-9

 

The Longest Christmas List Ever

The Longest Christmas List Ever

Gregg and Evan Spiridellis

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 8

Hyperion, 2007, 142310793-6

  

The best Christmas Ever

The Best Christmas Ever

Chin-Yuan Chen

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 7

Heryin, 2005, 0-9762-0562-9

 

 

Christmas is coming

Christmas is Coming

Anne Bowen

Illustrations by Tomek Bogacki

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Lerner, 2007, 978-1-57505-934-1

 

Bear's First Christmas

Bear’s First Christmas

Robert Kinerk

Illustrated by Jim LaMarche

Picture Book

Ages 5 and up

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 0-689-86972-X

 

How the grinch Stole Christmas 50th

How the Grinch Stole Christmas: A 50th Anniversary Edition

Dr. Seuss

Commentary by Charles D. Cohen

Picture Book

Ages 6 and up

Random House, 2007, 978-0-375-83847-7

 

The Christmas Memory Quilt

The Christmas Memory Quilt

Kimberly Webb

Illustrated by Jennifer Gaskin

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 7

Silverleaf Press, 2007, 978-1-93439-300-0

 

Noel

Noel

Tony Johnston

Art by Cheng-Khee Chee

Picture Book

Ages 7 and up

Lerner, 2007, 1-57505-752-2

 

 

Santa's Little Helper Travel's the world

Santa’s Littlest Helper Travels the World

Anu Stohner

Illustrated by Henrike Wilson

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Bloomsbury Books, 2007, 1-59990-187-0

 

Christmas Farm

Christmas Farm

Mary Lyn Ray

Illustrated by Barry Root

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Harcourt, 2008, 978-0-15-216290-0

 

 

What does Mrs Claus do

What does Mrs. Claus do?

Kate Wharton

Illustrated by Christian Slade

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Tricycle Press, 2008, 1-58246-164-3

 

 

Reindeer Christmas

Reindeer Christmas

Mark Kimball Moulton

Illustrated by Karen Hillard Good

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Simon and Schuster, 2008, 1-4169-6108-9

 

 

The Gingerbread Doll

The Gingerbread doll

Susan Tews

Illustrated by Megan Lloyd

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Clarion, 1993, 0-395-56438-7

 

What dogs want for Christmas

What dogs want for Christmas

Kandy Radzinski

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 7

Sleeping Bear Press, 2008, 1-58536-363-4

 

 

Not until Christmas Walter

Not until Christmas, Walter!

Eileen Christelow

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Clarion, 1997, 0-618-24618-5

 

 

The Snow Angel

Christine Leeson

Illustrated by Jane Chapman

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Tiger Tales, 2006, 1-58925-068-0

 

The Snow Angel
Mrs Claus Explains it all

Mrs. Claus Explains it All

Elsbeth Claus

Illustrated by David Wenzel

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

Sourcebooks, 2008, 1-4022-1105-8

 

Where oh where is Santa Claus

Where, Oh Where, is Santa Claus?

Lisa Wheeler

Illustrated by Ivan Bates

Picture Book

Ages 3 to 5

Harcourt, 2007, 978-0-15-216408-9

Christmas Cookies

Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Illustrated by Jane Dyer

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

HarperCollins, 2008, 978-0-06-058024-7

Lucy's Christmas

Lucy’s Christmas

Donald Hall

Illustrated by Michael McCurdy

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

David Godine, 2008, 978-1-56792-342-1

 

 

I've seen Santa

I’ve Seen Santa

David Bedford

Illustrated by Tim Warnes

Picture Book

Ages 3 to 6

Tiger Tales, 2005, 1-58925-411-2

 

 

A Magical Christmas

A Magical Christmas

Claire Freedman

Illustarted by Gail Yerrill

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Tiger Tales, 2008, 1-58925-828-2

 

 

The Dinosaurs' Night before Christmas

The Dinosaurs’ Night Before Christmas

Anne Muecke

Illustrated by Nathan Hale

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Chronicle Books, 2008, 978-0-8118-6322-3

 

When_Posey _peeked_at_christmas

When Posey Peeked at Christmas

Ann Dixon

Illustrated by Anne Kennedy

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Albert Whitman, 2008, 0807589195

 

 

Stick_man

Stick Man

Julia Donaldson

Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Picture book

Ages 4 to 8

Scholastic, 2008, 0545157617

 

Suzy_goose_and_the_christmas_star

Suzy Goose and the Christmas Star

Petr Horacek

Picture Book

Ages 3 to 6

Candlewick Press, 2009, 0763644870

 

The_biggest_christmas_tree_ever

The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever

Steven Kroll

Illustrated by Jeni Bassett

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 7

Scholastic, 2009, 0545121191

 

The_gifts

The Gifts

Regina Fackelmayer

Illustrated by Christa Unzer

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

NorthSouth, 2009, 0735822654

 

 

The_christmas_magic

The Christmas Magic

Lauren Thompson

Illustrated by Jon J. Muth

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 7

Scholastic, 2009, 0439774977

 

 

Christmas_for_a_kitten

Christmas for a kitten

Robin Pulver

Illustrated by Layne Johnson

Picture book

Ages 5 to 7

Albert Whitman, 2003, 0807511544

 

 

Christmas_at_the_top_of_the_world

Christmas at the top of the world

Tim Coffey

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Albert Whitman, 2003, 0807557633

 

 

Pennys_christmas_jar_miracle

Penny’s Christmas Jar Miracle

Jason F. Wright

Illustrated by Ben Sowards

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 8

Shadow Mountain, 2009, 1606411675

 

 

Bellas_tree

Bella’s Tree

Janet Russell

Illustrated by Jirina Marton

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

 Groundwood, 2009, 0888998708

 

 

The_christmas_sweater

The Christmas Sweater

Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright

Adapted by Chris Schoebinger

Illustrated by Brandon Dorman

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 7

Simon and Schuster, 2009, 978-1-4169-9543-2

 

 

 

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