Christmas Books

Hello, my name is Meghan, and I am a book-aholic. I love books. I can't get enough of them. I love the way they look, the way they smell, and the way I feel when I am reading them. One of my favorite things about Christmas has always been the chance to get the Christmas story books down out of storage. There is something extra exciting about a story that you only read in December. Recently, I was at the book store and they had a large display of "holiday" books in the children's section. I spent a long time looking through them, and of all the books that looked good from the outside, only one turned out to be worth buying. My criteria for buying a book is very simple: Will we want to read this book over and over? If not, we can just as well get it from the library. Granted, we owned several of the books in the display. But they were such a minority, I wondered if people knew which books were really worth reading. So I thought I would save everyone some time this Christmas. When you head to the book store (or the library) to get a Christmas book for a child, be sure to look for these!

The Advent Storybook: 24 Stories to Share Before Christmas by Antonie Schneider

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

Santa Mouse by Michael Brown

The Sweet Smell of Christmas: With 6 Scratch and Sniff Scents Inside by Patricia Scarry

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry

Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson

What Star is This? by Joseph Slate

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Cranberry Christmas by Wende Devlin

Do you have some favorites? We'd love to hear about them!