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For What to Read Wednesday this week I have a different kind of post for you, a roundup of my favorite children’s Christmas/Winter themed books.
Some I love for the stories and some for the illustrations and some for both! Since there are 24 you can read one a day before Christmas in December! My 24 Favorite Children’s Christmas Books
These are listed in no particular order, just 24 that I love!
1. Pick a Pine Tree- I love the illustrations in this book and how it captures the magic of picking the perfect tree for Christmas! 2. The Polar Express- Classic 3. The Night Before Christmas Pop-up- I kind of collect different versions of Clement C Moore’s classic poem but this pop- up version is on of my favorites! It’s really beautiful, intricate, and interactive. 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas- honestly I’m not a huge Dr Seuss fan but I still love this classic. 5. Olive the Other Reindeer- really cute! 6. Little Critters: Merry Christmas Mom and Dad
7. Merry Christmas Daniel Tiger- A life-the-flap board book! My kids love it.
8. The Christmas Miracle of Johnathan Toomey- a quite touching story. 9. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever- the classic chapter book has been adapted into a picture book for younger audiences!! 10. The Legand of Old Befana- I love Tomie dePaulo books. I especially enjoy this Italian Christmas Story brought to life with his unique and beautiful illustrations. 11. Who is Coming to Our House- a nativity story from the animals perspective. 12. ‘Tis The Season: A Classic Illustrated Christmas Treasury- a collection of poems, excerpts, and songs about Christmas accompanied by beautiful illustrations.
13. I Believe in Santa Claus- a wonderful book that explains the symbols of Christmas and how they relate to Christ.
14. Loud Winter’s Nap- A tortoise who hates winter is just trying to take a nap, but his noisy neighbors are keeping him awake! 15. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer- The classic tale written in 1939 by Robert L May about a reindeer with a shiny red nose who turns out to be the unlikey helper of Santa! 16. Little Golden Book The Christmas Story 17. The Gingerbread Man- Not technically Winter or Christmas except that's when we traditionally eat gingerbread. 18. The Legend of Saint Nicolas- A great way to introduce where the legend of Santa comes from and teach kindness and service as virtues.
19. Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale- Another Nativity story from the perspective of the animals in the stable
20. Merry Christmas Amelia Bedelia- who doesn’t love mixed up Amelia Bedelia 21. The Nutcracker: An Enchanted Pop-up Adaptation 22. One Mitten- A girl is finding uses for her one mitten as she looks for its mate. 23. The Snowy Day- I love the illustrations in the book. So beautiful! 24. A World of Cookies for Santa- follow Santa around the world and see what treats are left out for him. Includes recipes! A great way to learn about different Christmas traditions around the world.
There you have it, 24 Christmas books I love to share with my children. Have you read any of these? Did you find any new ones you’d like to share with your family? Let us know in the comments!
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For today’s What to Read Wednesday I have another classic children’s book that will even scare adults: The Witches by Roald Dahl.
The Witches by Roald Dahl
If you’ve never read The Witches it’s time to correct that. It’s about a young boy who lives with his grandma and she warns him about witches. Witches aren’t like their stereotypes with pointy hats and green skin, no, they appear to look just like any other lovely woman. But things aren’t always as they appear. Witches are bald and must wear wigs to cover their baldness, they always wear gloves to cover their claws, they don’t have toes so they wear boxy shoes to hide that, and they can smell children. To them children smell like dog droppings and they want to rid the world of all the children!
Well imagine the surprise of the boy when he comes across not just one witch but a witch convention! He learns their plans to turn all the children in the world into mice! What will he do?
Roald Dahl has an amazing way with words and storytelling. His books, like Goosebumps, don’t always have the traditional happy ending we expect but somehow you walk away from his books happy. The Witches is no different.(I hope I haven’t given too much away). It will lead you on a suspenseful journey of heroic proportions and have you on the edge of your seat. It’s a perfect quick read for Halloween.
And once you finish the book, check out the movie starring Anjelica Huston. It’s an amazing movie. We even did a podcast episode for From Cover to Reel.
Happy Halloween! Happy Reading!
For what to read Wednesday this week I am recommending Goosebumps by R.L. Stine. Loved by preteens everywhere, it will probably give you chills even into adulthood. Goosebumps is a series of books that tell frightening stories which don’t always have happy endings. Titles of note that you might remember from the series include Welcome to Dead House,Night of the Living Dummy, and one of my favorites One Day at Horror Land.
Right now I’m listening to a new RL Stine book called Camp Red Moon. It’s an Audible Originals so you’ll have to have Audible to get it. It’s a short anthology of stories that all take place at Camp Red Moon. Each story is about an hour and there are 4 total I believe. My favorite story so far was the second one, about a kid named Richard who meets a new camper name Sammy. All is fine and we’ll until Sammy seemingly starts taking on Richard’s identity. But Richard can’t convince anyone of it. Is Sammy just imitating Richard to flatter him or is something more sinister afoot? This story freaked me out so much I had to stop listening to it in the middle of the night while I was working on my daughter’s birthday party. I kept thinking I was hearing noises in my house it was probably just my kids moving around in bed. But I didn’t lose any sleep over it I was just anxious to keep listening to the story.
This is the same way I feel with all Goosebumps books. So if you’ve looking for a fun read for Halloween, you can never go wrong with Goosebumps.
The stories are scary enough to actually scare you but not enough to freak you out for the rest of your life (except maybe Slappy.) It’s inspired TV shows & movies and is the original horror genre for kids for people my age.
So have you read goosebumps? Are you gonna check it out? Are you gonna check out Camp Red Moon? Let us know in the comments below.
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This week for What to Read Wednesday I’m recommending another author who has great mysteries and thrillers: Agatha Christie.
It’s hard to say what her most well known work was because her accomplishments include Hercule Poirot stories, Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders, and my personal favorite And Then There Were None.
nd Then There Were None is a perfect story to read around Halloween. It takes place in a big mansion, brings together strangers with questionable pasts, and a murderer no one can see picking off the 10 guests one by one.
And Then There Were None has many adaptations and parodies. You may feel like you’ve seen this done 1000 times in movies or books but Christie is the originator of this story and the original is worth a read. It’s a story that will send shivers down your spine and leave you guessing until the end to figure out who the murderer is. And if you like And Then There Were None, check out Christie’s other novels and short stories. You won’t be disappointed! The old movie, Ten Little Indians, was based on And Then There Were None. (And watch Clue. It was definitely inspired by Christie’s story but is more hilarious than scary).
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