Holiday Reading Lists:
Holiday Picture Books
Stories, rhymes and songs for children, chosen by Librarians at the Free Library.
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! by Robinson, Barbara
Notes: The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars, and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant
Reading Level: Grades 4-6
ISBN: 0060250437
Publisher: HarperCollins
Callnumber: J
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story by Medearis, Angela Shelf
Notes: When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0807573159
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Callnumber: J
Max's Christmas by Wells, Rosemary
Notes: Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0803723539
Publisher: Dial Books
Callnumber: JE
The Little Engine That Could by Piper, Watty
Notes: When the Shiny New Engine and the Big Strong Engine refuse to pull a train carrying books and food over a tall mountain, it is up to the Little Engine that Could to save the day.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0448405202
Publisher: New York, Platt & Munk
Callnumber: jE
The Elves and the Shoemaker by Galdone, Paul
Notes: This book uses beautiful illustrations to retell the classic Brothers Grimm story in which two elves work at night to save a kindly shoemaker and his wife.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0899192262
Publisher: Clarion Books
Callnumber: J398.2109 G131E
Wombat Divine by Fox, Mem
Notes: Wombat auditions for the Nativity play, but has trouble finding the right part.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0152014160
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1996
Pages: 30
The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Polacco, Patricia
Notes: During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle. Based on a memory from the author's childhood
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0689808623
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Callnumber: J
An Angel Just Like Me by Hoffman, Mary
Notes: An African-American child wonders why all Christmas tree angels look alike and sets out to find an angel that looks just like him.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0803722656
Publisher: Dial Books
Callnumber: JE
My First Kwanzaa by Katz, Karen
Notes: A girl describes how she and her family celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa.
Reading Level: Preschool
ISBN: 080507077X
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 2003
How Santa Got His Job by Krensky, Stephen
Notes: Santa tries all sorts of different jobs, including postal worker, zookeeper, circus performer, and even chimney sweep until he finds his true calling.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0689806973
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Callnumber: J
How Santa Lost His Job by Krensky, Stephen
Notes: Frustrated by Santa's slowness at Christmastime, Muckle the elf creates a mechanical replacement called the Deliverator and proposes a series of contests to prove that it can do Santa's job better than he can.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0689831730
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Callnumber: J