I love gathering information into neat little piles. It sometimes surprises people to learn that as arty and right-brained as I am, I enjoy spreadsheets and lists and charts, but it’s true: I make sense of ideas by sorting and labeling them.
I have reached the point with this blog now where I have reviewed so many Christmas books over the years that I find they need their own pile. Today’s post is my attempt to do that: here, for the first time ever, is a complete list of all the Christmas books I’ve reviewed since starting this blog in 2013 (plus a few extras I haven’t reviewed yet!).
I hope this heap of book titles helps you find some new favorites. And, as always, if I’ve missed any of your favorites, please add them in the comments below!
Merry Christmas to you all, and happy Advent reading.
Advent Devotionals for Families
The Advent Jesse Tree, by Dean Lambert Smith
Prepare Him Room, by Marty Machowski
A Jesus Christmas, by Barbara Reoach
The Littlest Watchman Advent Devotional and Calendar, by Alison Mitchell
Christmas Carols for a Kid’s Heart, by Bobbie Wolgemuth & Joni Earekson Tada
Nativity Stories
The Christmas Promise, by Alison Mitchell
The Stable Where Jesus Was Born, by Rhonda Growler Greene
Song of the Stars, by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Who is Coming to Our House?, by Joseph Slate
The Friendly Beasts, by Tomie dePaola
Little One, We Knew You’d Come, by Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Littlest Watchman, by Scott James
Mary’s First Christmas, by Walter Wangerin, Jr.
A Very Noisy Christmas, by Tim Thornborough
Other Christmas Stories
An Early American Christmas, by Tomie dePaola
One Wintry Night, by Ruth Bell Graham
Good King Wenceslas, by John M. Neale
Great Joy, by Kate DiCamillo
Saint Nicholas, by Julie Stiegemeyer
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, by Susan Wojcieowski
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry
Shooting at the Stars, by John Hendrix
Christmas Chapter Books
The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas, by Madeleine L’Engle
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson
Christmas With Anne, by L. M. Montgomery