Find a collection of Christmas storybook favorites perfect for building enjoyment and excitement this holiday season. Add them to your classroom bookshelf or read to your children over the holidays!
Today, I am sharing my round-up of favorite Christmas storybooks. These are the books I have collected over the years and love to share with children at Christmas. Bring your Christmas books from the classroom home to share with your family if you are a teacher. Everyone, young and old, will enjoy a Christmas storybook!
Table of Contents
- Christmas Storybook Favorites
- Our Favorite Christmas Storybooks
- Lessons and Activities for Christmas
Christmas Storybook Favorites
At our house, we take our collection of Christmas storybook favorites from hiding every December. We place them in a giant box near the fireplace. The box reads, “Don’t Open Until Christmas!” My children know the books are “extra special,” which builds anticipation as we read and pick each book.
Each day, we take out a book to read and share it by the Christmas tree. We read each one together as a before bedtime story. You could wrap each book to have your children open each night as a special tradition.
After reading them, we place them on our large table by the fireplace. This way, we can reread them whenever we’d like.
If you have an elf on the shelf, another fun idea would be to have the elf build a Christmas tree using the books from your box with a note asking kids to read one of their favorites. This will surely get them excited to read!
Making storybooks “special” by having a collection of books ready to share creates a love for reading. Your children will be asking for books all December long!
Our Favorite Christmas Storybooks
If you are looking for wonderfully engaging Christmas storybooks to share with your children this Christmas, these books are for you!
Check out your local library for these popular titles or purchase them for Christmas delivery (affiliate links provided below) to build your collection of Christmas storybook favorites!
- Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini. It is an adorable rhyme storybook that will have your children laughing as the moose makes himself the Christmas tree when he forgets to get a real tree.
- How to Catch Santa by Jean Reagan. A clever how-to book on how to catch Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and once you do what to do with him. Your children will love to imagine with this storybook!
- Santa’s Stuck by Rhonda Glower Greene. Your children will love this fun storybook when Santa eats too many goodies and gets stuck in the chimney on Christmas Eve.
- How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky. It is a cute storybook about how Santa discovered his dream job as Santa Claus thanks to some helpful elves.
- It’s Christmas, David! By David Shannon. Everyone loves the mischievous little David as he gets into trouble doing those Christmas things that we all can relate to.
- Disney Christmas Storybook Collection by Elle D. Risco. Children will love this storybook collection that features their favorite Disney characters at Christmas.
More Christmas Storybook Favorites
- Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner. It’s a fun, snowy story about what snowmen do outside at Christmas.
- Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin. Pete saves Christmas when he helps Santa, who has come down with a cold, by delivering all the gifts to the children while singing his song.
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Thea Feldman. A classic storybook commemorating the famous Christmas song featuring Rudolph.
- The Night Before Christmas by Charles Santore. An excellent new version of the classic Christmas poem with beautiful illustrations that every family should own and read each year.
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. A classic rhyming storybook featuring the Grinch and how his Christmas spirit grew.
- Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson. It is an adorable story of a bear and how his friends keep him awake to prepare for and enjoy the Christmas magic.
- Turkey Claus by Wendi Silvano. It is a fun book about how turkey escapes being the Christmas dinner again thanks to Santa and his visit to the North Pole.
Find all of my Christmas Storybook Favorites anytime in one place in my curated book shop!
I hope these Christmas storybook favorites are perfect for your classroom. Merry Christmas and Happy Reading!
Lessons and Activities for Christmas
Christmas Activities Fun Pack
Looking for Christmas activities for kids that go perfectly with these Christmas storybook favorites? Grab them all in the Christmas Fun Pack by Proud to be Primary.
This resource includes many games and activities to make Christmas fun in the classroom or at home. Choose from partner games, independent activities, worksheets, printables, and centers. There’s plenty to incorporate all month long!
More Christmas Ideas for the Classroom
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Kerry Smith
I read and read and read to my kids. Thanks so much for this list! I love to discover new reads.