Winter Holidays

Enjoy this book list of library holdings that celebrate the winter holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's and Winter Solstice.

And if you are looking for gift-giving ideas for the holidays, birthdays or other special occasions, take a look at the Guide Book to Gift Books. This is an annotated list of books for youth compiled by the staff of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books to help in purchase of new children's books.

Christmas

Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera
Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Case of the Santa Claus Mystery by James Preller
Christmas Around the World by Mary D. Lankford
Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne

It's Christmas! by Jack Prelutsky

Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
Horrible Harry and the Holidaze by Suzy Kline
Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury

Jingle Jingle by Nicola Smee
Katie Kazoo Christmas by Nancy Krulik
Mary Engelbreit's Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
McDuff's Christmas by Rosemary Wells

Merry Christmas, Ollie! by Olivier Dunrea
Minnie and Moo: the Night Before Christmas by Denys Cazet

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Princess Present: a Princess Diaries Book by Meg Cabot

Santa Duck by David Milgrim
Santa's Snow Cat by Sue Stainton
What Child Is This: a Christmas Story by Caroline B. Cooney
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke

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Hanukkah

Biscuit's Hanukkah by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Celebrate Hanukkah by Deborah Heiligman
Celebrating Hanukkah by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Chanukah in Chelm by David A. Adler
Confused Hanukkah by Jon Koons
The Flying Latke by Arthur Yorinks

Hanukkah Haiku by Harriet Ziefert
Hanukkah Lights by Dian G. Smith
Hanukkah Mice by Steven Kroll
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel
It's Hanukkah! by Jeanne Modesitt
Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story by Laura Krauss Melmed
Mrs. Greenberg's Messy Hanukkah by Linda Glaser
One Candle by Eve Bunting
Runaway Latkes by Leslie Kimmelman
Sammy's Spider's First Hanukkah by Sylvia A. Rouss
The Story of Hanukkah by Norma Simon
This is the Dreidel by Abby Levine
Zigazak!: a Magical Hanukkah Night by Eric Kimmel

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Kwanzaa

Celebrate Kwanzaa by Carolyn Otto

K is for Kwanzaa by Juwanda Ford
Kwanzaa : Everything You Always Wanted To Know But Didn't Know Where To Ask by Cedric McClester
Kwanzaa Kids by Joan Holub
Let's Get Ready for Kwanzaa by Joanne Winne
Miss Holly is Too Jolly! by Dan Gutman
My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz
My First Kwanzaa Book by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
Santa's Kwanzaa by Garen Eileen Thomas
The Story of Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington

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New Year's

First Night by Harriet Ziefert
Happy New Year by Emily Kelley
Just in Time for New Year's: a Harry & Emily Adventure by Karen Gray Ruelle

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Winter Solstice

Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer
Special Gifts by Cynthia Rylant
Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson

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Updated by Youth Services Staff, 12/08