{"id":505,"date":"2016-11-02T22:09:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/?p=505"},"modified":"2016-11-03T02:39:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T02:39:15","slug":"a-bibliography-of-childrens-christmas-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"A Bibliography of Children&#8217;s Christmas Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SNF0608A-682_1418434a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-519 size-column1-1\/3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SNF0608A-682_1418434a.jpg?resize=682%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"snf0608a-682_1418434a\" width=\"682\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The following is a list of beautifully written and wonderfully illustrated children\u2019s picture books that tell the story of the birth of Jesus and unwrap some of the major themes of the Advent and Christmas season. Each of these books are suitable for reading during worship, Sunday school, at home or as a beautiful gift for a child. I have sorted the books under headings that might help you think about which books would work for your church or family.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these books are readily available at Chapters\/Indigo or other bookstores with good children\u2019s book sections, and are also available for download on Kindle\/Kobo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-513 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-01.jpg?resize=300%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"christmas-books-01\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-01.jpg?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-01.jpg?w=848&amp;ssl=1 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If your church collects warm mittens and hats during this season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Mittens to Share<\/em> by Emil Sher.<br \/>\nA child playing outside in the snow loses her mittens and digs through the mitten box filled with all sorts of shapes and sizes of mittens and is able to go back outside to play in the snow<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-514 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-02.jpg?resize=960%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"christmas-books-02\" width=\"960\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C357&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-02.jpg?resize=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-02.jpg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advent 1 &#8211; Year A &#8211; Waiting and Preparing for Jesus to Come<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Who Is Coming To Our House<\/em> by Joseph Slate.<br \/>\nAll of the animals in the stable prepare a cozy welcome for baby Jesus<\/p>\n<p><em>Waiting<\/em> by Kevin Henkes.<br \/>\nEach of the toys on the nursery room window are waiting for something. Then a cat with patches joins them on the window ledge. She didn\u2019t seem to be waiting for anything, until one day the thing she was waiting for is revealed.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Man With the Violin<\/em> by Kathy Stinson<br \/>\nThis true story of musician Joshua Bell takes place when a little boy witnesses Joshua playing his violin in a Washington subway station. No one notices the musician except the little boy who is filled with the music he hears and dances with delight. Watchfulness at what is being displayed around us reminds us of our need to wait with our eyes and ears open.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-03.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-515 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-03.jpg?resize=960%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"christmas-books-03\" width=\"960\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-03.jpg?resize=1024%2C381&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-03.jpg?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advent 2 &#8211; Year A &#8211; Peaceable Kingdom and Welcoming Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Room for Little One: A Christmas Tale<\/em> by Martin Waddell.<br \/>\nOn a cold winter\u2019s night one by one animals make their way to the warm stable and make room for each other, until all of them make room for Mary and Joseph and their baby. Take note of each of the animals and wonder how each animal was able to welcome another who they would normally not be with.<\/p>\n<p><em>God\u2019s Dream<\/em> by Archbishop Desmond Tutu<br \/>\nThis story opens with children wondering what God dreams about. The story tells of God\u2019s dream of people getting along even when they are different. Sometimes we don\u2019t get along, but even then God dreams that we will not get angry or hurt one another. The children then wonder how God\u2019s dream can come true. If you are reading this in worship you may want to read a limited number of pages from the book to keep within time limits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Last Stop On Market Street<\/em> by Matt de la Pena.<br \/>\nAs CJ and his Nana ride the bus after church, going across town to volunteer in a soup kitchen, CJ wonders why they have to go by the bus. Nana reveals to CJ the beauty of all of the people on their bus as each person shares with the others their music, compliments, and experiences. Through the bus ride and his time at the soup kitchen CJ discovers how his Nana sees things differently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-516 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=960%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"christmas-books-04\" width=\"960\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=1024%2C258&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=960%2C240&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=480%2C120&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=320%2C80&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?resize=240%2C60&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-04.jpg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advent 3 &#8211; Year A &#8211; Joy and Joy Shared With Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Great Joy<\/em> by Kate DiCamillo.<br \/>\nThis beautiful book shares the story of a little girl who watches an organ grinder and his monkey out in the cold of the city. She wants to invite the man in, but is discouraged by her mother. She invites the man to her church Christmas play, and when he arrives she bursts out her line of great joy.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey<\/em> by Susan Wojciechowski.<br \/>\nA gloomy wood carver arrives in the town and is approached by a woman and her son to have him carve a nativity set that was lost some years ago. Through a number of visits and kindnesses the man becomes friendly and teaches the boy how to carve as the boy teaches the man about his most loved figures in the nativity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Extra Yarn<\/em> by Mac Barnett.<br \/>\nA little girl discovers a box full of yarn of every colour. As she knits sweaters and hats and mittens for everyone, every creature and even the buildings of her village the town brightens with her work. The box never runs out of wool until it is stolen by an archduke who wants it all for himself. He opens the box to find it empty, but when the box returns to the little girl the knitting carries on.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Night Gardener<\/em> by the Jan Brothers<br \/>\nIn the darkness of the night the trees of the town are slowly being transformed into beautiful shapes by someone unknown. William must discover who is doing all of this. After waiting all night William spots the night gardener and is invited to share in the work that brings joy to the town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-05.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-05.jpg?resize=960%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"christmas-books-05\" width=\"960\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-05.jpg?resize=1024%2C294&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-05.jpg?resize=300%2C86&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-05.jpg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advent 4 &#8211; Year A &#8211; Love Shared<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Beautiful Hands<\/em> by Kathryn Otoshi.<br \/>\nVibrantly painted handprints come together to display pictures of all of the wonderful things hands can do to share love with the world. Simply told and colourfully illustrated this book is a great conversation starter for how we display our love with the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Plant a Kiss<\/em> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.<br \/>\nIn this simple book a little girl plants a kiss, and then tends and waters it day and night and waits for it to bloom. Her friends come to see it as it blossoms, but caution her against sharing it because of it\u2019s rare nature. She ignores their words and spreads her love with everyone. All this from one simple kiss!<\/p>\n<p><em>Those Shoes<\/em> by Maribeth Boelts.<br \/>\nJeremy wants the black high tops with two white strips, but hi Grandma reminds him what he really needs is boots for the winter. Everyone else has them, well almost everyone. In the end he gets the boots, but finds the high tops in the thrift shop for only $2.50 and buys them with his own money. Just because they are too small doesn\u2019t matter &#8211; he\u2019ll stretch them. But his friend Antonio needs shoes, and his feet are smaller, and so Jermey gives his precious high tops to his friend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-06.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-518 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-06.jpg?resize=960%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"christmas-books-06\" width=\"960\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-06.jpg?resize=1024%2C176&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-06.jpg?resize=300%2C51&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-06.jpg?w=2280&amp;ssl=1 2280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/christmas-books-06.jpg?w=3420&amp;ssl=1 3420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Day, Epiphany, and the Flight to Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol<\/em> by Tomie dePaola.<br \/>\nThrough strong images and words of the this Christmas melody the story of the birth of the baby is retold.<\/p>\n<p><em>One Wintry Night<\/em> by Ruth Bell Graham<br \/>\nCaught in a snow storm in the mountains of North Carolina, Zeb Morris is taken in by a woman to wait out the weather. Sitting down in front of the fire Zeb\u2019s host retells the story of Christmas beginning with creation, sharing highlights of the Noah\u2019s Ark, Moses and God\u2019s chosen people, Samuel, David, and the prophets. Mary and Joseph are both visited by the angel and together they travel to Bethlehem where Jesus is born. The book concludes with the crucifixion and the resurrection as Zeb hears how this little baby could save the world. The artwork in this longer, chapter book is absolutely incredible and a page or two could be lifted from book to tell just a piece of the story while showing the art to draw listeners in.<\/p>\n<p><em>To Whom the Angel Spoke: A Story of the Christmas<\/em> by Terry Kay.<br \/>\nIn this story of three very different shepherds with very different feelings, a voice interrupts their evening to tell them of the birth of Jesus. Unifying belief brings them together to celebrate the thing they all believe together.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Shepherds Gift<\/em> by Mary Calhoun<br \/>\nMatthew sets out to find his lost sheep and is lead to the stable with a gentle couple and their new baby.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Grumpy Shepherd<\/em> by Paddy Devon.<br \/>\nJoram is a habitual grouch until he is faced with the words of an angel telling the shepherds about the birth of Jesus. His sadness and loneliness are changed to love and hope when he meets Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jesus, the Word<\/em> by Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones.<br \/>\nThis beautifully written and illustrated book retells John\u2019s prologue (John 1:1-4, 14) and encourages the contemplation of the question, \u201cWho is Jesus?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Refuge<\/em> by Anne Booth.<br \/>\nThis gentle retelling of the nativity focus\u2019 particularly on the flight to Egypt with the search for finding kindness in the strange places and among the people they will meet. The dream of Joseph to go is shared in the story, but the particular reason for going to a new land is not revealed &#8211; they just need to go and found refuge in the welcome of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Advent-Childrens-Books-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a printable file of this bibliography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of beautifully written and wonderfully illustrated children\u2019s picture books that tell the story of the birth of Jesus and unwrap some of the major themes of the Advent and Christmas season. 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