As I pushed a chair next to the bookshelf, the excitement in the room started to build. Our Advent and Christmas books are stored on the top shelf ten months of the year. When we pull them down in mid-November and place them in a special basket near the Christmas tree, everyone is excited to see old friends. Of course, we usually add a new book each year but we also re-read the same books year after year. Here’s a listing of our favorite Advent and Christmas books. I hope you find a new favorite. Be sure to leave a comment below of your favorite book!

Our Favorite Advent And Christmas Books

• A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Schulz
• A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift) by Charles Dickens
• A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe
• An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola
• Angelina’s Christmas by Katharine Holabird
• Babar And Father Christmas by Jean De Brunhoff
• Biscuit’s Christmas Storybook Collection by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
• Christmas Is . . . by Gail Gibbons
• Country Angel Christmas by Tomie dePaola
• Gingerbread Boy by Jan Brett
• Gingerbread Christmas by Jan Brett
• God Gave Us Christmas by Lisa Tawn Bergren
• Good King Wenceslas by John M. Neale
• Home for Christmas by Jan Brett
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
• Humphrey’s First Christmas by Carol Heyer
• Jesus Me and My Christmas Tree by Crystal Bowman  (board book good for toddlers)
• Jotham’s Journey: A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide (If you like this book, there are four more books in this series.)
• Merry Fairy Holidays: Three Enchanted Christmas Stories by Cicely Mary Barker
• Miracle in a Shoe Box: A Christmas Gift of Wonder by Franklin Graham
• One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham
• Saint Francis and the Nativity by Myrna A. Strasser (beautiful illustrations!)
• Santa, Are You For Real? by Harold Myra
• Santa’s Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki
• Santa Mouse by Michael Brown
• Tacky’s Christmas by Helen Lester
• The Best Christmas Pagent Ever by Barbara Robinson
• The City That Forgot About Christmas by Mary P. Warren
• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
• The Christmas Porringer by Evaleen Stein and Adelaide Everhart
• The Christmas We Moved to the Barn by Cooper Edens and Alexandra Day
• The Cricket on the Hearth: and Other Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens
• The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
• The First Noel by Jody Wheeler
• The Greatest Gift by Melody Carlson
• The Jesse Tree by Geraldine McCaughrean
• The Last Straw by Fredrick Thury and Vlasta Van Kampen
• The Legend of St. Nicholas by Dandi Daley Mackall
• The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg
• The Legend of the Three Trees by Dahl Taylor
• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Amelia Houghton
• The Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke by Ruth Sanderson (beautiful illustrations)
• The Night Before Christmas
• The Story of the Nutcracker Dover Classics
• The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
• The Three Gifts of Christmas by Jennie Bishop
• The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
• The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston
• Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect by Richard H. Schneider

What are your favorite Advent and Christmas books? Leave a comment below and let me know! I’m always on the lookout for a new book to add to our library!