Growing up the grandchild of Swedish immigrants, Swedish illustrated picture books, and especially Swedish Christmas books, were a steady part of my reading diet. They remain some of my all time holiday books. (Note: Book covers and titles are affiliate links.) This list contains books for kids about Christmas, St. Lucia Day, which is a…
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Christmas Poems for Kids: Make the Holidays Extra Special
Tis the season for… poetry? Give your holiday celebrations that extra special something by including Christmas poems for kids in your family traditions. Sharing fun and meaningful Christmas poetry fosters the bond between children, parents, grandparents and other extended family members. How to Start a Holiday Poetry Tradition Incorporating Christmas poems into your holiday traditions…
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Christmas Audiobooks for Everyone!
You’ve got the Christmas tree decorated, a fire crackling, a hot mug of cocoa with marshmallows. Is there anything that could make this scene more perfect? A Christmas audiobook, of course! Snuggling up with a good holiday read aloud book is one of my favorite ways to spend time with my kids during the festive…
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New Christmas Picture Books that Are Sure to Become Classics
How do you find new Christmas picture books? Do you scan the library shelves for reindeer and Santas? Do you peruse the featured shelves at bookstores in November and December? Or maybe you just wing it and rely on the books you are already familiar with? It can be overwhelming, keeping up with all the…
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Timeless Children’s Christmas Books You Will Read Year After Year
I try hard to make my book lists unique so when it came to making a “classic children’s Christmas books” list I struggled to make the collection of titles very different from a typical Christmas picture book list with well-worn classics! I decided, much like my 20th century classics lists that I would not feel…
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Multicultural Winter Holiday Picture Books
I know you have your favorite holiday books but I also know that as an avid reader you looking for something new! Long time fans of my book lists know that I strive to include diverse and multicultural books in all my lists, not just the “designated diverse book lists.” This year as I was trying to…
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Meet the Nordic Gnome: Children’s Tomten Books
My kids and I just finished making a tomten garland for our annual Swedish themed Christmas celebration and so I figured a list of tomten books was in order. We were inspired by Astrid Lindgren’s famous book, The Tomten, but being the book nerd that I am, I couldn’t leave you with just one book…
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Magical Christmas Chapter Books to Read Aloud
Do you enjoy a good family read aloud book during the Christmas season? These Christmas chapter books may be just the thing to bring everybody together with a cup of hot chocolate and a plate of cookies. This book list meant as a complementary list to my winter themed chapter books. Please do take a look…
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