My Favorite Christmas Children's Books

Reading to your children is so important. Just reading to them for 30 minutes each day can foster an interest in learning and help to build their vocabulary. I try to read both of my children a book before bedtime and several spaced out all throughout the day. Yesterday I was plucking all of their Christmas book from the shelves and I realized that a lot of them were really, really cool. I have made a list of some of our favorite wintertime reads. These would make great gifts or stocking stuffers! Maybe you can even remember some of these classics!



1: Santa is coming to Kentucky-Steve Smallman

2:The Jolly Christmas Postman-Janet and Allan Ahlberg

3: How the Grinch Stole Christmas-Dr. Seuss

4: Home for Christmas-Jan Brett

5:Dream Snow-Eric Carle

6:The Mitten-Jan Brett

7:Spot's First Christmas-Eric Hill

8:Letters from Father Christmas-JRR Tolkien

9:The Snowman- Raymond Briggs

10:The Polar Express- Chris Van Allsburg

11: The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree-Gloria Houston

12: A Christmas Memory-Truman Capote

13: The Legend of the Christmas Stocking-Rick Osbourne and James Griffith

14: A Charlie Brown Christmas-Charles M. Schultz

15: The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas- ( A little Golden  Book)

10 Books About Appalachia That Need to be in Your Child's Library.

1: Trouble in Troublesome Creek-Nancy Kelly Allen

2: When I was Young In The Mountains.-Cynthia Rylant

3: The Relatives Came.-Cynthia Rylant

4: My Mountain Song-Shutta Crum

5: Appalachia: The voices of singing birds.-Cynthia Rylant

6: My Great Aunt Arizona- Gloria Houston

7: Ida Early Comes Over The Mountain-Robert Burch

8: A Penny's Worth Of Character-Jesse Stuart

9: The Big Toe: An Appalachian Ghost Story-Ellie Kirby

10: Miss Dorothy and Her Book Mobile.- Gloria Houston