Favorite Christmas Picture Books

Find some of the best picture books to get ready for Christmas

When my first child was born, I started collecting wonderful Christmas books to read all season long. Here are some our faves from over the years. A great collection of Santa, Jesus, and winter.

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1. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving
2. The Night Before Christmas– love these adorable illustrations or this classic version
3. Dear Santa
4. Up on The Housetop
5. Frosty the Snowman with music– this may not be in print anymore, so the new ones are pricey but it looks like there some affordable used options
6. Fun lift the flap book- Christmastime is Here
7. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever– picture book
8. The Tale of the Three Trees
9. I Believe in Santa Claus
10. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey
11. A Gift To Remember
12. Christmas Day in the Morning
13. Lift flap Nativity Book
14. Merry Christmas Little Critter and this one too! We love little critter, and looking for the spider and mouse on every page
15. Snowmen at night/ Christmas book set
16. Dear Santa, lift flap board book
17. Jolly Old Santa Claus– a fun look at the North Pole.I loved this one when I was little
18. The Christmas Boot
19. Bear Stay Up For Christmas
20. Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect or the newer Print version
21. A Christmas Dress For Ellen– buy a used for affordable options
22. This is the Season– Simon Dewey art
23. Christmas Oranges
24. The Three Wise Men
25. My First Story of the First Christmas
26. Great Joy

There are so many books, but here’s a place to begin. I hope you find a few to start or add to your library.

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