Nm. Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Hello! What are some of your favorites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I think this tidbit belongs on this thread. https://pambarnhill.lpages.co/language-arts-together-bundle-one/ is having a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 For picture books, we love the ones that have memories for us, but I can say that the Jolly Christmas Postman has been so well loved here. Others that have been heavily rotated: The Shortest Day of the Year (a Solstice book) Snowflake Bentley Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus Horrible Histories Big Fat Christmas Book (Starts on the 25th and goes through the 6th) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Night Tree by Eve Bunting, and The Emperor's Egg: Read and Wonder. A new one I found this year is Bright Christmas An Angel Remembers. I like doing Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp. It has pictures but you are suppose to read it through advent/month of December (usually we go into January). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) Wenceslas by Geraldine McCaughrean Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck Song of the Stars by Sally Lloyd -Jones The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden Corgiville Christmas by Tasha Tudor The Christmas Day Kitten by James Herriot Cranberry Christmas by Wende Devlin The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett Christina’s Carol by Tomie dePaola (This was my kids’ favorite, though we read all of his Christmas books.) The Grinch, of course. Edited November 23, 2023 by ScoutTN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm. Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 3 hours ago, HomeAgain said: For picture books, we love the ones that have memories for us, but I can say that the Jolly Christmas Postman has been so well loved here. Others that have been heavily rotated: The Shortest Day of the Year (a Solstice book) Snowflake Bentley Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus Horrible Histories Big Fat Christmas Book (Starts on the 25th and goes through the 6th) Are there others you have memories with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 7 hours ago, Nm. said: Are there others you have memories with? Oh, yes, all the Jan Brett books, Dr. Seuss, Olive The Other Reindeer, Jack Prelutsky's It's Christmas, The Littlest Angel, The Night of Las Posadas (dePaula)...classics that are in a lot of homes. We kept a few around, but many of our Christmas books quickly became chapter books that we would read Dec 1-19, and then switch to A Christmas Carol (Dec 20-24) and top it off with A Visit From St. Nicholas that last evening. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraClark Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, HomeAgain said: Oh, yes, all the Jan Brett books I was coming on here to say the same thing. Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. Owl Moon by Yolen. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost (we have a lovely picture book by Susan Jeffers). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany1116 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco is one we just found that my 7yo and I both enjoyed. True story, love the art. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 pretty much anything by Jan Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 The Snowy Day is one of my favorites. Snowmen at Night was always a hit here. One of my DD's read this aloud over the loudspeakers at the Hometown Holiday presentation one year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 (edited) A Small Miracle (Collington) The Christmas Knight (Curry) Christmas Trolls (Brett) The Story of Holly and Ivy (Godden) The Last Straw (Thury) Carl's Christmas (Day) -- board book Baker's Dozen: A St. Nicholas Tale (Shepard) Richard Scarry's Christmas Mice Golden Book (Scarry) The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (Wojciechowski) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Seuss) The Polar Express (Allsburg) The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree (Houston) Twas the Night Before Christmas Highlights Hidden Picture Storybook B is For Bethlehem (Winner) -- alphabet picture book Trouble at Christmas (Johnson) The Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler's Sons (Sawyer) When It Snowed That Night (Farber) -- short poems picture book Find the Gifts on the 12 Days of Christmas (Tiritilli) And not picture books, but the 2 all-time favorites here: Letters from Father Christmas (Tolkien) -- or, this edition or this centenary edition Christmas Every Day (Howells) -- or read free online Edited November 24, 2023 by Lori D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 I found this recently; it has stories, poems, songs, and recipes, and Tasha Tudor’s lovely illustrations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneGG Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Most our favorites have been mentioned! We also like The Great Spruce (Duvall) and Silver Packages (Rylant). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboo Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Peter Spier's Christmas (Spier) How Six Found Christmas (Hyman) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penderwink Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Not already mentioned - The Night After Christmas (Kes Grey), When Winter Comes (Bissonette), Christmas Village Wimmelbook, The Nativity (Vivas), Snow Horses (Maclachan), Playing with Lanterns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Amahl and the Night Visitors. We listened to a recording and read the book illustrated by Michele Lemieux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.