Christmas is made for books. Is there anything nicer than snuggling up with your children at bedtime and reading a Christmas story with them? If you’ve every toys with doing the Book Advent thing, or if you just want some inspiration for some new festive reading, then you’re in luck; I’ve gathered together a list of 25 great children’s books about Christmas.
They’re are books for tiny ones and not so tiny ones, but absolutely something for everyone. There are modern classic and classic Christmas books we remember from our own childhood. There’s a book for every day leading up to Christmas, what are you waiting for?
25 Children’s Books about Christmas
- The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
- Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs
- Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
- Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R Tolkien
- The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
- The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg
- The Best Christmas Present in the World by Michael Morpurgo
- Father Christmas Needs a Wee by Nicholas Allan
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- Construction Site on Christmas Night by Sherri Duskey Rinker
- Kipper’s Christmas Eve by Mick Inkpen
- Mog’s Christmas by Judith Kerr
- Dear Santa by Rod Campbell
- Jesus’ Christmas Party by Nicholas Allan
- Father Christmas Comes Up Trumps by Nicholas Allan
- Dream Snow by Eric Carle
- My First Christmas by Jan Pienkowski
- The Polar Express by Chris van Allsburg
- The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
- The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
- Christmas at the Toy Museum by David Lucas
- Christmas Eve at the Mellops’ by Tomi Ungerer
- A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
- The Christmas Bear by Ian Whybrow
What is your favourite Christmas book? What Christmas book does your family enjoy reading the most? Is it a classic or a modern story? I’d love to know.
