I have so enjoyed Jocelyn's List of books from past few years and have made it a tradition in our family to read books with the kids each night, even my older kids have enjoyed this. We have added to our collection each year, it has been so so fun. Thank you Jocelyn.
Jocelyn's List
of the
Best Christmas Books for Young Children
2011
Christmas is Here (Words from the King James Bible), Illustrated by Lauren Castillo
The Last Chimney of Christmas Eve by Linda Oatman High
A Shepherd's Whisper (A Christmas Classic)
The Christmas Candle by Richard Paul Evans
Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect by Richard H. Schneider
A Small Miracle by Peter Collington
The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer
Who is Coming to Our House by Joseph Slate
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
The Christmas Orange (I like the version shared here best.)
This is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten
Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. More
Mary's First Christmas by Walter Wangerin Jr.
The Animals' Christmas Eve by Gale Wiersum
My First Story of the First Christmas by Deanna Draper Buck
We Were There: A Nativity Story by Eve Bunting
The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen Berger
A Christmas Dress for Ellen by Thomas S. Monson
Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer
The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
(We love the wordless DVD with its amazingly peaceful soundtrack!)
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
From her blog:
We Talk of Christ We Rejoice in Christ
We Talk of Christ We Rejoice in Christ
CLICK HERE TO READ THE 2010 CHRISTMAS BOOK and CRAFT LIST
