Gift Books for Christmas

Books about faith and Christmas to give to children & grandchildren.

Selected from Susan’s library, some may only be available used.

Pre-School

“The Animals’ Christmas Eve” by Gale Wiersum (Golden Book, 1977)

“Bless Us All: A Child’s Yearbook of Blessings” by Cynthia Rylant (Simon & Schuster 1998)

“The Christmas Fox” by Anik McGrory (Knopf 2016)

“Christmas in the Barn” by Margaret Wise Brown (Harper 2016)

“Jesus’ Christmas Party” by Nicholas Allan (Random House 1991)

“The Lord’s Prayer” by Rick Warren & Richard Jesse Watson (ZonderKidz 2010)

“Room for a Little One” by Martin Waddell (Simon & Schuster 2004)

“What Can I Give Him?” by Debi Gliori (Bloomsbury 2008)

“The Stable Where Jesus was born” by Rhonda Gowler Greene (Atheneum 2002)

“This is the Stable” by Cynthia Cotton (Macmillan 2006)

“Who is Coming to Our House?” by Joseph Slate (GP Putnam 1988)

“You are My Miracle” by Maryann Cusimano Love (Penguin 2012)

Elementary

“Children of God Storybook Bible” by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (ZonderKidz 2010)

“Christmas Tapestry” by Patricia Polacco (Puffin 2002)

“The Give-Away” by Ray Buckley (Abingdon 1999)

“Humphrey’s First Christmas” by Carol Heye (Ideals 2007)

“The Last Straw” by Fredrick H. Thury (Charlesbridge 2009)

“Listen, Said the Donkey” by Jean Little (Northwinds Press 2006)

“Mary’s Treasure Box” by Carolyn Walz Kramlich (Thomas Nelson 1998)

“Psalms for Young Children” by Marie-Helene Delval (Eerdmans 2003)

“Santa’s Favourite Story” by Hisako Aoki (Simon & Schuster 1982)

“Simeon’s Gift” by Julie Andrews Edwards & Emma Walton Hamilton (HarperCollins 2003)

“Star of Wonder” by Mary Lee Wile (Forward Movement 2012)

“Unwrapping the Christmas Creche” by Lisa Filinn & Barbara Younger (Abingdon 2005)

Youth

“The Best Christmas Stories Ever” (includes The Gift of the Magi, The Fir Tree, The Little Match-Girl) (Scholastic 1991)

“Dear Canada: A Time for Giving” Ten Tales for Christmas by Jean Little, et al. (Scholastic 2015)

Other Dear Canada Christmas titles include: “A Season for Miracles” & “A Christmas to Remember”

“The Handmaid and the Carpenter” by Elizabeth Berg (Random House 2005)

“A Midnight Clear” Selected Family Christmas Stories by Katherine Paterson (Scholastic 1995)

“Santa & Pete: A Novel of Christmas Present and Past” by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson (Simon & Schuster, 1998)

Family

“Celebrate Kwanzaa” by Carolyn Otto (National Geographic 2008) Holidays around the World series

“Deep Blue Bible Storybook” (Abingdon Press 2016)

“The Golden Rule” by Ilene Cooper (Abrams 2007)

“Jingle Bells” by Iza Trapani (Charlesbridge 2005) Christmas around the world theme

“Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas” by Ann Voskamp (Tyndale 2014)