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One of my strengths as a mom is reading aloud to my children. Searching for new titles to read aloud to our girls is one of my favorite things to do. We often read in the afternoons with a snack of popcorn and sliced apple or cookies as a treat. Sometimes we will gather at the table with hot tea, extra honey for the girls. I’m constantly on the hunt for more books and try to add diversity to our reads. I usually reserve big stacks of books from the library and pick them up in the drive through. This is really helpful so that when I take my kiddos inside, we can just enjoy browsing and reading, instead of me having to hunt down titles. If there’s ever a time I doubt my intellectual abilities, it’s when attempting to find a book by the author’s last name; I have to recite the alphabet several times over. That is where librarians come in handy! If your library doesn’t have a drive through, you can call to reserve the books or reserve them online and have the librarian hold them at the front desk for you. The holiday season is an especially fun time to gather books. In addition to borrowing them from the library, I will buy a couple new ones each year to add to our home collection.
Without further ado, here are some books to add to your holiday stack:
Thanksgiving
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin
Sometimes It’s Turkeys, Sometimes It’s Feathers by Lorna Balian
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Squanto’s Journey by Joseph Bruchac
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter
Christmas
The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
Olive, the Other Reindeer by Vivian Walsh
The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto and Ed Martinez
Christmas in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
The Snowy Nap by Jan Brett
The Nutcracker by Jan Brett
Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
The Gift of the Christmas Cookie by Dandi Daley Mackall
Walk this World at Christmastime by Debbie Powell
Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Merry Christmas, Curious George by. Margret and H.A. Rey
The Nutcracker by Susan Jeffers
Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
Gingerbread Christmas by Jan Brett
Who Is Coming to Our House? by Joseph Slate
The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola
A World of Cookies for Santa by M.E. Furman
The Miracle of Saint Nicholas by Gloria Whelan
The Baker’s Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale by Aaron Shepard
The Nutcracker in Harlem by T.E. McMorrow
Silent Night by Laura Hawthorne
Kwanzaa
Together for Kwanzaa by Juwanda G. Ford
My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz
Seven Spools of Thread by Angela Shelf Medearis
My First Kwanzaa Book by Deborah Chocolate
The Story of Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington
Imani’s Gift at Kwanzaa by Denise Burden-Patmon
Lil’ Rabbit’s Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington
Habari Gani?: What’s the News: A Kwanzaa Story by Sundaira Morninghouse
Hanukkah
Flip Flop for Hanukkah by Danny Paller
Hanukkah in Alaska by Barbara Brown
How do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? by Jane Yolen
Latke, the Lucky Dog by Ellen Fischer
The Story of Hanukkah by David A. Adler
My First Chanukah by Tomie dePaola
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins
Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster
Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kimmel
The Eighth Menorah by Lauren L. Wohl
