25 Favorite Christmas Books

The Peaceful Press has been delighting families for nearly 10 years with our Christmas activity guides! Check out the list of our favorite family Christmas books here!

Discover the favorite Christmas books that we include in our original Peaceful Press Christmas Guide Volume 1 here.

CHRISTMAS GUIDE

1. Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl Buck

2. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston

3. Room for a Little One by Martin Waddell

4. The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clark Moore

5. What’s Cooking Jamela by Niki Daly

6. Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson

7. Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon

8. If You Take A Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff

9. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

10. The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola

11. The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden

12. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Christmas Guide Volume 2 is our follow up to our first Christmas guide and includes fun Christmas traditions from around the world.

This is a perfect guide for taking a one week pause while using one of our literature based homeschool curriculum, or for doing a full month of Christmas school that highlights nature Christmas, Christmas on the prairie, Christmas in Europe, and Christmas in the ancient world.

Christmas Guide Volume 2

13. Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray

14. The Message of the Birds by Kate Westerlund

15. Night Tree by Eve Bunting

16. Apple Tree Christmas by Trinka Hakes Noble

17. A Simple Christmas on the Farm by Phyllis Alsdurf

18. Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall

19. Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren

20. The Nutcracker illustrated by Valeria DoCampo

21. The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg

22. 12 Days of Christmas by Rachel Isadora

23. The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola

24. Twas the Evening of Christmas by Glenys Nellist

Our Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide is a Christian family devotional guide that is paired with the book, All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss.

Each day you will read about an animal in winter and follow it with a short Bible based commentary, Bible verse, and activity.

We also include 25 animal ornament drawings that can be colored and hung on the tree to commemorate this special advent tradition.

Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide

25. All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss

 

Our 25 favorite Christmas books are part of our best-selling Christmas Guides. You can shop our entire Holiday Shop here.

 

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Thanks for clicking through and supporting this site.