Christmas is one of our favorite times of the year and along with decorating and gift-buying, we love it when we get out all of our Christmas books! I keep them packed away with our holiday decor and get them out each year. We have some of the classics that we read year after year and some new ones we’ve added to the group!
I think reading is so important and sitting together as a family with great holiday books is an awesome tradition we have! I know many others share this love so I wanted to share with you our 10 favorite children’s Christmas books that you could add to your collection!
Our Top 10 Christmas Books
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
This is a timeless classic about the grumpy old Grinch who tries to steal Christmas. I love the simple, monochromatic illustrations and the classic Dr. Suess story telling! Buy yours here.
The Twinkly, Twinkly Christmas Tree
This is one of the newer books in our collection but our kiddos love it! It’s a sweet story about forest animals trying to help their friend to feel happy at Christmas. Complete with actual working sparkly lights, your kids will love this too! Buy yours here.
The Story of Christmas
This sweet, little board book tells the story of the first Christmas and the birth of Christ. We get this book out often to remind the children of Jesus’ birth! The sturdy board pages make it great for toddlers too! Buy yours here.
Noisy Touchy-Feely Santa
What kids don’t love the noisy books?! This is another new one to our collection and all 5 of my kids (ages 12-1) love it! The sounds are fun and realistic! Plus this is a sturdy board book with large tabs across the top for easy page turning. It also features shiny silver accents and textures kids love to touch and feel! Buy yours here.
Baby’s Very First Slide & See Christmas
My one year old son LOVES this book. It is so cleverly made with sliding features his chubby little fingers and move and slide. There aren’t many words in this little book but the sliding features and bold colors make it a hit with littles! Buy yours here.
The Polar Express
This is one of our favorite Christmas movies and a much loved book as well. This classic story promotes children’s imagination and the belief that Santa is real! Buy yours here.
Nativity Flap Book
Another favorite of our little kids, this sweet little book tells the story of the Nativity. Each page goes along with the story and there is a flap for them to peek under! The best part is it’s sturdy enough even for my rambunctious 1 year old! Buy yours here.
The Night Before Christmas
This story is a MUST at Christmastime! This copy tells the story in such a classic way and I swoon over the Jan Brett illustrations! This book is well loved in our home as we read it again and again each year! Buy a similar one here.
1001 Things to Spot at Christmas
I love a good activity book to keep the kids busy and this new book does the trick! This book is full of fun illustrations and different items or characters to find on each page. My preschooler loves this and my big kids too! Buy yours here.
It’s Christmastime
Speaking of great activity books, this is one of our favorites too! It tells a sweet story of forest animal friends and comes with 15 heavy-duty reusable stickers that you can move about each page as you are reading the story. My kids were so excited to find this one added to our collection this year! Buy yours here.
Holiday Tradition
I hope you enjoyed our list of must-have holiday books! I am a true believer that if you have great, engaging books for your kids, they will fall in love with reading! I also am a sucker for sweet, holiday traditions. We have our homemade Advent calendar we get out each year and I know at least two of our activities involves reading to the kids!
What are some of your favorite holiday books? I love to add to our collection each year so please share!
