Reading Around the Christmas Tree | Hoover Public Library

Child reading by the Christmas tree

Looking for a new book to add to your holiday reading list? Here are the latest Christmas books for kids and teens.

BOARD BOOKS
Blippi: Merry Christmas! by Thea Feldman
Happy Trollmas! by Kurt Estes
Jingle Bells = Navidad by Susie Jaramillo
This Is the Way We Trim the Tree: A Christmas Nursery Rhyme by Arlo Finsy
This Little Piggy’s Night Before Christmas by Joe Rhatigan

PICTURE BOOKS
12 Days of Christmas by Margaret Lang
The Biggest Little Boy: A Christmas Story by Poppy Harlow
Bulldozer’s Christmas Dig by Candace Fleming
Carla and the Christmas Cornbread by Carla Hall
Grumpy Monkey: Oh, No! Christmas by Suzanne Lang
Holidays at Hogwarts by Elizabeth Dowsett
Just Be Claus by Barbara Joosse
May Your Life Be Deliciosa by Michael Genhart
The Real Santa by Nancy Redd
Red and Green and Blue and White by Lee Wind
Santa in the City by Tiffany D. Jackson
Santa Jaws by Bridget Heos
The Star Tree by Gisela Cölle
Tiny Reindeer by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
What the Dinosaurs Did the Night Before Christmas by Refe & Susan Tuma
The Wishing Tree by Meika Hashimoto

BEGINNING READERS
Molly’s Christmas Surprise by Lauren Clauss
StoryBots: The Best Christmas Gift by Scott Emmons

NOVELS
The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling
A Donkey Called Mistletoe by Helen Peters
Stick Dog Comes to Town by Tom Watson

NONFICTION
Build It! Christmas: Make Supercool Models with Your Favorite LEGO Parts by Jennifer Kemmeter
A Child’s Introduction to the Nutcracker by Heather Alexander

TEEN
I'm Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas by Tiffany Schmidt
One Way or Another by Kara McDowell

Target Age

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