{"id":21395,"date":"2017-11-02T14:38:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T19:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=21395"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:40:30","slug":"25-childrens-books-to-read-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/25-childrens-books-to-read-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Children’s Books to Read this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can find magic wherever you look! Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.<\/strong>-Dr. Seuss<\/em><\/p>\n

  For those who celebrate the holiday religiously, the best Christmas story will always be found in Luke Chapter 2<\/a><\/em>!   Many follow it up on Christmas Eve night with the traditional  ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas<\/a><\/em>!    Once you get past those favorites,  there is a never-ending list of holiday books for children to enjoy.  Here are 24 children’s books to read this Christmas!<\/p>\n

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Loralee & her girls<\/p><\/div>\n

I Believe in Santa Claus<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Diane G. Adamson<\/p>\n

The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Angela Elwell<\/p>\n

Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Martin Waddel<\/p>\n

Olivia Helps with Christmas<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Ian Falconer<\/p>\n

The Spirit of Christmas<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Nancy Tillman<\/p>\n

An Otis Christmas<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Loren Long<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Tomie dePaola<\/p>\n

Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Tom Brokaw<\/p>\n

The Christmas Wish<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Lori Evert<\/p>\n

The Night Before Christmas<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Charles Santore<\/p>\n

The Jolly Postman<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Allan Ahlberg<\/p>\n

I’ll Be Home for Christmas<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Holly Hobbie<\/p>\n

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Barbara Robinson<\/p>\n

The Legend of the Poinsettia<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Tomie dePaola<\/p>\n

Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Francis P. Church<\/p>\n

The Nutcracker: Press the Note to Hear Tchaikovsky’s Music (The Story Orchestra)<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Jessica Courtney-Tickle<\/p>\n

A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Colleen Monroe<\/p>\n

Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Chris Van Allsburg<\/p>\n

I’ll Be Home for Christmas<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Holly Hobbie<\/p>\n

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Dr. Seuss<\/p>\n

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Classic Story<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Thea Feldman<\/p>\n

The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Chanda A. Bell<\/p>\n

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Gloria Houston<\/p>\n

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street<\/strong><\/a> <\/a>
\nby Karina Yan Glaser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can find magic wherever you look! Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.-Dr. Seuss   For those who celebrate the holiday religiously, the best Christmas story will always be found in Luke Chapter 2!   Many follow it up on Christmas Eve night with the traditional  ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas!    Once […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,1051],"tags":[2197,2195,2194,2196],"class_list":["post-21395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-holidays-parties","tag-books","tag-childrensbooks","tag-christmas-christmasbooks","tag-holidayreading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}