Christmas Books for Kids 2021 Ultimate List… are you ready? These are my absolute favorite children’s books to read aloud in December!
I had so much fun compiling this list and can’t wait to share it with you! On Wednesday, I shared my favorite 18 Gingerbread Man Books (mostly fun twists on the original story). Yesterday I shared my favorite Pirate Christmas Books and I have a lot more of these Christmas books lists to share with you this weekend and week!
I provided the links for you to see them directly on Amazon if you want to check them out – some links are affiliate links which means I get commission if you buy from the links, it’s no extra cost for you but I just wanted to let you know!
Mooseltoe is one of my favorite Christmas books to read aloud. Kids love this silly book and I do too!
Olive, the other reindeer is an adorable story about a dog who thinks she is a reindeer. If you don’t have this one, definitely check it out. It’s an instant favorite!
Another cute reindeer book is The Great Reindeer Rebellion. Santa’s reindeer go on strike and he tries to audition other animals for the job. Adorable illustrations and great rhyming – this one is so fun to read aloud.
Snowmen at Christmas is part of the amazing Snowmen at Night series that kids just adore. The illustrations are so beautiful and engaging.
How Santa Got His Job is another great one!
If you do a gingerbread unit or your kids love gingerbread man stories, The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas is an awesome one to add to your collection! It is such a fun twist on the classic story.
This book is included in my big list of my favorite Gingerbread Man Books 🙂
Is there anything cuter than this pug? He’s an elf this time in Pig the Elf! Hilarious as always and amazing illustrations that will have your kids giggling right away! If you haven’t read any of the books in this series, check them out – so fun.
I love all the night before Christmas books and you probably already have one so I wanted to share this super fun twist on them… A Pirate’s Night Before Christmas! Exciting and playful rhyming make this so great to read aloud. Love it!
This is included in my favorite Pirate Christmas Books list!
Santa’s Sleigh is on its Way to Texas is one of those Christmas books for kids you can get for YOUR STATE – so cool! 🙂 They also have them for some cities like Philadelphia, for example! So whether you live in Colorado or California, Oregon or Ohio, find your state’s book. Kids think it is the coolest thing!
There are so many more books like these for different cities and states, sometimes even smaller cities! To find yours, I recommend using the drop down box to filter by Books then try searching Santa [your state]. For example, if you live in Ohio, type in Santa Ohio and you get multiple options for fun books for your area 🙂
Santa Bruce is such an adorable Bruce book! Bruce is back again and this time it’s for Christmas 🙂
Santa’s Stuck is a popular read aloud for kindergarten and first grade kids! Santa has a few too many cookies and treats and gets stuck in the chimney in this hilarious little book.
How to Catch an Elf is such a fun story and a great way to practice how to writing after reading! Kids have so much fun coming up with their own plans!
Another great book to spark imagination is The 12 Sleighs of Christmas. The elves have to scramble to fix Santa’s sleigh before Christmas. They have a build off and they come up with such fun and clever inventions!
Have your kids been asking you how many days until Christmas since, like, July? 🙂 How Many Sleeps ’til Christmas? pokes fun of that a little in this adorable story about a little bear who wants to know how many sleeps he has to do until it’s Christmas. A great story to read the week before Christmas!
Speaking of asking how many days until Christmas, let’s talk about the ridiculously cute How Many Quacks till Christmas? book. All the animals on the farm want to know how long until Christmas. From the moment the little piglets ask how many oinks there are until Christmas, your kids will be hooked. It’s SUCH an adorable farm themed book with even more adorable illustrations.
Even More Christmas Books for Kids
Want even more Christmas books for your bookshelf? These are great books with characters kids know and love from all their other books!
After you figure out how many oinks until Christmas, have even more Christmas on the farm fun with Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!
I love Splat! A fun one to add to your collection of Splat books is Merry Christmas, Splat! This silly kitty is one of my favorite book characters.
I also love Froggy books so I definitely wanted to include Froggy’s Best Christmas 🙂
The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish is also a popular bookshelf choice. It actually has a great message too!
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas is a fantastic book if your kids love dinosaurs! Or if they love the rest of the How Do Dinosaurs books. 🙂
and, of course, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies! These are always fun to read aloud. They’re simple, cute, and easy to add to your bin of books to read.
I hope you enjoyed this list of Christmas books!
There are so many great ones but these are some of my favorites. I didn’t include some of the super classic Christmas stories because I figure you probably already have them and wanted to introduce you to new and fun ones! I also apologize if I used the word fun 500 times. Can’t help it – reading Christmas books is FUN! 🙂
I have SO many more book lists coming so please keep checking back for new lists 🙂 If you want to save this one for later, hover over the image below and click the red “Save” button in the corner to save it to your boards.
So what are YOUR favorite Christmas books for kids? Please tell me in the comments! 🙂
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