ScoutTN 23,597 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Picture books or Read Alouds. Go! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScoutTN 23,597 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Favorites here include: The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski Wenceslas by Geraldine McCaughren Song of the Stars by Sally Lloyd-Jones The Grinch, of course. For RAs: A Christmas Carol and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Edited December 1, 2020 by ScoutTN 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Junie 49,820 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 The Birds' Christmas Carol is lovely but it makes me cry every.single.time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kokotg 2,400 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 We have a family tradition wherein I read The Gift of the Magi aloud and sob while my kids mock me relentlessly. So for real I think the Gift of the Magi is overwrought and fairly silly, but it still makes me cry, and the version with Lisbeth Zwerger illustrations is beautiful. Others: The Nativity, illustrated by Julie Vivas Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree Tree of Cranes Winter's Gift The Great Wolf and Good Woodsman For chapter books, The House Without a Christmas Tree 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kareni 62,675 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 hour ago, ScoutTN said: The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski I second this. Regards, Kareni 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Margaret in CO 25,974 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lori D. 26,401 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Top favorites:Letters from Father Christmas (Tolkien)Christmas Every Day (Howells) Other favorites:Dance in the Desert (L'Engle) -- technically takes place after Christmas: when the toddler Christ child and family flee to EgyptThe Thirteen Days of Christmas (Overton)The Christmas Doll (Woodruff)The Family Under the Bridge (Carlson)The 101 Dalmatians (Smith) A Christmas Carol (Dickens) -- for young children, this abridged/illustrated version is very nice Favorite Picture BooksA Small Miracle (Collington)The Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler's Sons (Sawyer)The Christmas Knight (Curry)The Last Straw (Thury)When It Snowed That Night (Faber) -- lovely short free verse poems of animals coming to see baby JesusThe Other Wise Man (by Henry van Dyke - this is the abridged retelling by Pamela Kennedy)The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree (Houston)Trouble at Christmas (Johnson)Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury (Brett)Richard Scarry's Christmas Mice (Scarry)B is for Bethlehem: A Christmas Alphabet (Wilner)The Tall Book of Christmas (Elliot) -- collection of poems and stories; it is the story about Giant Grummer that is the favorite 😉 Edited November 30, 2020 by Lori D. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carol in Cal. 24,211 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 The Mitten by Jan Brett. It’s not about Christmas, but it’s a winter tale with lots of snow. Red Boots for Christmas—this is based on an animated movie of an old German folk story. The movie is my favorite Christmas movie and the book is pretty sweet. The Christmas Mouse—this is OOP. It’s the story of the writing of Silent Night. I was given this book as a child, and adore it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScoutTN 23,597 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Margaret in CO said: The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston I just read this one to a tutoring student! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
athena1277 876 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 I love ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas. There’s lots of differently illustrated books out there. We have at least 2, plus The Cajun Night Before Christmas (because I grew up in LA) and the Alabama Night before Christmas (because dh is a Bama fan) for funnsies. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MercyA 19,795 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Picture books: Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck Peter Spier's Christmas Who Is Coming to Our House? The classic / vintage Golden Book version of The Christmas Story 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TechWife 29,692 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski - There is no other book that comes close to matching it, IMO. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kand 10,282 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 I see a lot of our favorites here. I’ll have to go through the thread more carefully later to see if any of our favorites have been missed, but I know I haven’t seen Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant on here yet. We are Jonathan Toomey fans as well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WendyLady 1,411 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck - my favorite! There's an old 70's short movie of it, but the book is even better. Santa Mouse is the Christmas eve book my husband grew up with. It is a sweet story, and we leave out a cube of cheese for Santa Mouse along with cookies for Santa. Stubby Pringles Christmas is my mom and dad's favorite. My parents would stay up late wrapping gifts on Christmas Eve, and one year sometime in the 80's, this movie with Beau Bridges came on the TV about a cowboy who wanted to go to a Christmas Eve dance and his adventure along the way. My parents loved it and talked about it for years. My mom didn't know the name of the movie but remembered it, and was able to find the movie through the miracle of the internet several years ago. Last year I happened to find out that it was actually a book. My dad was delighted to get the book last year for Christmas!! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LAS in LA 271 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 A few of many favorites: Robin Finds Christmas (Molly Brett) The Thin Santa Claus (Butler) Christmas in Noisy Village Peter and Lotta's Christmas Home for Christmas (short stories collection published by Plough) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LAS in LA 271 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 9 hours ago, athena1277 said: I love ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas. There’s lots of differently illustrated books out there. We have at least 2, plus The Cajun Night Before Christmas (because I grew up in LA) and the Alabama Night before Christmas (because dh is a Bama fan) for funnsies. Yay for Cajun Night Before Christmas! (We lived in LA for 7 yrs.) "Sacre! he axclaim. My pant got a hole! I done sot myself on dem red hot coal!" This line always made us laugh and laugh. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ellie 34,207 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 13 hours ago, kokotg said: We have a family tradition wherein I read The Gift of the Magi aloud and sob while my kids mock me relentlessly. LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ellie 34,207 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 We liked to read The 101 Dalmations, because the puppies come home on Christmas Eve (and it's way, way better than the Disney animated adaptation). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terabith 16,487 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 My favorite picture book is The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Berger. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
klmama 6,422 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 When the kids were little we read Jotham's Journey for Advent. There are two others that tell the story from the point of view of different characters, which can be read other years: Bartholomew's Passage and Tabitha's Travels. There are a bunch of others we enjoyed, but I'll have to double check the titles tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Margaret in CO 25,974 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 8 hours ago, klmama said: When the kids were little we read Jotham's Journey for Advent. There are two others that tell the story from the point of view of different characters, which can be read other years: Bartholomew's Passage and Tabitha's Travels. There are a bunch of others we enjoyed, but I'll have to double check the titles tomorrow. There's also Ishtar's Odyssey in that series, along with Amon's Adventure for Easter! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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