The Best Christmas Books For Kids | The Mommy List, Week 1
We decorated for Christmas over the weekend.
Don’t hate me.
I never do that before Thanksgiving. But we aren’t hosting Thanksgiving this year, and I have an almost-four-year-old who was SO EXCITED to decorate for Christmas this year. So I gave in and we decorated early.
(And I kind of love it!)
I love everything about Christmas. And this year, we’re embracing it a little early, because I want to enjoy every moment of it with my sweet, excited little girl.
And as a die-hard book lover, reading Christmas books is one big way that we do that. We’ve got a collection of Christmas books in our home, but there are a few that I know we’ll be reading over and over this month.
Our Favorite Christmas Books for Kids:
1. God Gave Us Christmas, Lisa Tawn Bergren – I just found this book this year, and it’s so very sweet! It’s all about a momma bear who shows her little one how everything, including Christmas, comes from the Lord. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, too. We’ve read it once already, and I know that we will be reading it many more times before Christmas!
2. This Is the Stable, Cynthia Cotten – Emmy loves this one because it’s super fun to read. Every page builds on the last, and by the end you’ve got the whole story of Christ’s birth in one very long sentence. 🙂
3. The Very First Christmas, Paul Maier – This one is for kids who are just a little older than mine. Maybe 5-12 year olds? It’s a really great account of the Christmas story, told in great detail and historical context. Emmy doesn’t quite have the patience for this yet (it’s pretty long), but I’m saving it for when she does, because it’s a really beautiful & meaningful book.
4. Who is Coming to Our House?, Joseph Slate – My friend, Hannah, just introduced us to this book last week, and it’s already a favorite!! It’s the account of Christ’s birth night through the eyes of the animals. And it’s a board book, so it’s great for both kids. Love it!
5. The Night Before Christmas, Clement C. Moore – What’s Christmas without this story? Always a fun one to read on Christmas Eve – and the illustrations in this edition are absolutely timeless.
6. The Crippled Lamb
, Max Lucado – This is by FAR my favorite Christmas book. I love all of the children’s books that Lucado writes, but this one takes the cake. The sweet story of this little lamb is one that brings me to tears every time we read it! If you want one good kid’s book this Christmas, make this one it!
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Mortimer’s Christmas Manger is one of the cutest Christmas books we’ve read.
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We must be on the same wavelength this year: our decorations went up early, too, because we’re not hosting Thanksgiving but our December is about to turn frenetic and I just needed a leg up!
We also have The Crippled Lamb on our top five list. I think my kids like it when I read it to them just so they can ask me, “Mom, are you crying again?” 😀
Love that one! And I have to order all of the others you shared – I hadn’t heard of any of them!!