Comments on: Listmania! Best Christmas Books for Kids

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:55:06 +0000

Yea to “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” I remember my mom reading to me when I was in 4th grade…not that I couldn’t read it myself…well, I am from WV.

Anyway, my 5 year old son loves the Grinch as well as many other Dr. Seuss books. I think my favorite Christmas story is the simplest–reading Luke 2 on Christmas Eve by candlelight.
Merry Christmas everyone!

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:28:19 +0000

OMG, I cannot believe I forgot to put my two cents in for The Father Christmas Letters.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:43:59 +0000

Margaret – - I clicked the link for you! From reading the Amazon comments which tell the plot, it seems to me that “The Crippled Lamb” (hard to believe the word ‘crippled’ is used in this day & age) is basically the same story as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. If Glinda thinks this comment gives too much away and to declines post it, I happily defer to her judgement.

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:05:08 +0000

I always liked the old English Christmas ghost stories and The Nutcracker, but then, I’m mental.

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:40:19 +0000

I certainly agree with “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” being on Glinda’s list!

By: bijoux du jour

bijoux du jour — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:33:44 +0000

I’ll add Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. It’s really delightful. About all the people and animals that end up sharing one enormous Christmas Tree. And The Christmas Bear by Henrietta Stickland and Paul Stickland, about a little bear who accidently goes on a visit to Santa’s workshop. Beautiful detailed illustrations in this one. These have become old favorites at our house!

By: Spring

Spring — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:25:32 +0000

One of my favorite Christmas books is A Wish For Wings That work by Berkeley Breathed. It's surprisingly sweet and endearing (surprising because it *is* Berkeley Breathed). Cannot recommend it enough.

By: Joan H.

Joan H. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:56:04 +0000

Several years ago my kids got a Jan Brett treasury of Christmas stories, and it's wonderful -- big, colorful, and full of stories that the kids love. I also have to plug The Littlest Angel, my favorite when I was a little girl (I won't say how many decades ago...) which to this day leaves me all verklempt.

By: The Best Christmas Books » Manolo's Shoe Blog

The Best Christmas Books » Manolo's Shoe Blog — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:37:46 +0000

[...] Manolo says, our friend Glinda at the Teeny Manolo has made the list of the Best Christmas Books. [...]

By: gamma

gamma — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:03:48 +0000

Thank you for the book list; I will spend a happy day in the bookstore feasting my eyes and tweaking my Christmas list.

Our own family favorite is A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas; our preferred edition is illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

I can also recommend A Stable in Bethlehem: A Christmas Counting Book by Joy Hulme. (Disclaimer: I know the author well, but–well, sorry Joy, but if I didn’t really like your book, I wouldn’t bring it up.) The illustrations are charming, the rhymes are clear and simple–I’m going to get a lot of mileage out of this as a short bedtime story/story-time story for preschoolers.