Holiday Reading Lists:
Holiday Picture Books
Stories, rhymes and songs for children, chosen by Librarians at the Free Library.
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Dream Snow by Carle, Eric
Notes: In this musical and sound effects book, a farmer celebrates Christmas after the first snowfall.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0399235795
Publisher: Philomel
Published: 2000
Callnumber: jE
The Year of the Dog by Grace, Lin
Notes: Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0316060003
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2006
Callnumber: j
A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles
Notes: A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
ISBN: 9780061651007
Publisher: HarperCollins
Callnumber: J
A Great Miracle Happened There by Kuskin, Karla
Notes: On the first night of Hanukkah, a mother tells her family and a young guest the story of the holiday's origin.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0060236175
Publisher: Willa Perlman Books
Callnumber: J296.435 K968G
D Is for Dragon Dance by Compestine, Ying Chang
Notes: This ABC book provides kids with intriguing information about Chinese traditions--especially those of Chinese New Year's customs.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0823418871
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2006
Pages: 32
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Kimmel, Eric
Notes: Holiday-hating hobgoblins want to ruin Hanukkah, but Hershel of Ostropol stops them with his wits.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0823407691
Publisher: Holiday House
Callnumber: J
My Two Grandmothers by Older, Effin
Notes: After Lily celebrates Chanukah with one of her grandmothers and Christmas with the other, she plans a special party for both of them.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0152007857
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2000
Pages: 32
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Rylant, Cynthia
Notes: Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting, in order to repay a debt he owes the people who live there.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 053130051X
Callnumber: J
The Giving Tree by Silverstein, Shel
Notes: A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0060840986
Publisher: HarperCollins
Callnumber: J
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Thayer, Jane
Notes: When Petey the puppy decides that he wants a boy for Christmas, he discovers that he must go out and find one on his own.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0060526971
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Pages: 32
Where's Prancer? by Hoff, Syd
Notes: When Santa and his reindeer return from their Christmas Eve trip around the world, they realize that one of them is missing and a search begins.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0060276002
Publisher: HarperCollins
Callnumber: JE
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Numeroff, Laura
Notes: Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree.
Reading Level: Preschool
ISBN: 0060278684
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2000
Pages: 30
The Little Drummer Boy by Keats, Ezra Jack
Notes: An illustrated version of the Christmas carol about the procession to Bethlehem and the offer of a poor boy to play his drum for the Christ Child.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0670892262
Publisher: Viking
Callnumber: JE 783.65 K225L
The Polar Express by Van Allsburg, Chris
Notes: A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0395389496
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1985
Callnumber: JE
Merry Christmas, Baby: A Christmas and Kwanzaa Treasury by Woods , Paula L. and Felix H. Liddell
Notes: This anthology about African-American experiences of Christmas and Kwanza includes illustrations, poetry, recipes, memoirs, essays, fiction, and prayers.
Reading Level: Grades 7-12
ISBN: 0060173955
Publisher: HarperCollins
Callnumber: 394.261 M554C
Olive, the Other Reindeer by Walsh, Vivian
Notes: Thinking that "all of the other reindeer" she hears people singing about include her, Olive the dog reports to the North Pole to help Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0811818071
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Callnumber: JE
Beni's First Chanukah by Zalben, Jane Breskin
Notes: Beni is finally old enough to participate in his bear family's Chanukah preparations.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0805004793
Publisher: H. Holt
Callnumber: JE
Seven Candles for Kwanzaa by Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Notes: Describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival during which people of African descent rejoice in their ancestral values.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0803712928
Publisher: Dial Books
Callnumber: JE 394.268 P656S
The Night Before Christmas by Moore, Clement C.
Notes: A newly illustrated version of the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0060081600
Publisher: HarperCollins
Callnumber: JE 811 M782NE
Bear Noel by Dunrea, Olivier
Notes: The animals of the North Woods react with excitement as they hear Bear Noel coming to bring them Christmas.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0374399905
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Callnumber: JE