Winter Holiday Books for Kids!

Updated November 19, 2025
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Merry Christmas Gus
Chatterton, Chris
Paper Book
A hilarious Christmas picture book, starring the wonderfully grumpy Gus!It's Christmastime, but Gus is not a fan. He doesn't like carols, or cake, or Christmas sweaters. And he certainly doesn't like mistletoe. For Gus, a tree is only good for one thing, and it's not for hanging...
Is it Hanukkah yet?
Krulik, Nancy E.
Paper Book
Waiting is hard! Celebrate Hanukkah--and learn the meaning behind the holiday--with this new edition of a Step 2 reader with all new art! "Is it Hanukkah yet?" "Not yet. We have to wait for the sun to set!" Families who celebrate Hanukkah will...
Latkes and applesauce a Hanukkah story
Manushkin, Fran
Paper Book
A cat and dog create a Hanukkah miracle, just in the nick of time in this updated reissue of the beloved holiday classic. A perfect Hanukkah story about kindess, perfect for 3 to 7 year olds and anyone searching for a sweet holiday story. The Menashes love latkes and...
My first Kwanzaa
Katz, Karen.
Paper Book
A simple way to get acquainted with Kwanzaa "Hooray! Hooray! It's time to get ready for Kwanzaa." During the seven days of Kwanzaa we celebrate the importance of family, friends, and community. This warm and lively introduction to a very special holiday...
Ava's homemade Hanukkah
Woberg, Geraldine
Paper Book
A young girl learns about her family history as she creates her own personalized Hanukkah menorah. In Ava's family, it's a Hanukkah tradition for each person to bring their own personalized menorah to a special gathering on the eighth night. Now that Ava is old enough to join...
The Christmas princess
Carey, Mariah
Paper Book
The Christmas Princess is an unforgettable holiday classic tale, told by Mariah Carey herself alongside Michaela Angela Davis and featuring beautiful illustrations by Fuuji Takashi. The Queen of Christmas introduces . . . Little Mariah! There was...
Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa
Washington, Donna L., 1967-
Paper Book
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12 days of Christmas
Wang, Margaret
Paper Book
Join in a super-silly Christmas celebration based on an all-new LEGO® holiday song! The holiday season can get a little kooky--especially when LEGO® friends come to visit. Get ready for Christmas with an ever-growing cast of merry guests, including festive robots and pirates....
The true gift a Christmas story
MacLachlan, Patricia.
Paper Book
All year long Lily and Liam look forward to Christmas on their grandparents' farm. It's always the perfect trip -- walking to the lilac library, trimming the tree, giving gifts. But this year, thanks to a white cow alone in the meadow, things will be different. This Christmas, Lily and Liam will...
The shortest day
Cooper, Susan, 1935- author.
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! In this seasonal treasure, Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper's beloved poem heralds the winter solstice, illuminated by Caldecott Honoree Carson Ellis's strikingly resonant illustrations. So the shortest day came, and...
Hanukkah pajamakkahs
Henry, Dara
Paper Book
A lively picture book celebrating holiday traditions, the patience of parenting, sibling relationships, and children's fondness for pajamas, along with a fun, read-aloud, new book to help everyone celebrate the holiday together - in, or out, of pajamakkahs. When Ruthie...
The festival of lights 16 Hanukkah stories
Herz, Henry, editor.
Paper Book
"VERDICT This beautiful anthology of Jewish tradition that emphasizes empathy, small kindnesses, and hope is the perfect read for all students." --School Library Journal starred review This collection of stories and poems by sixteen Jewish writers portrays...
Gingerbread dreidels
Zalben, Jane Breskin
Paper Book
Chanukah and Christmas come together in this story of an interfaith, intergenerational family's blended holiday. Gelt and gingerbread, menorahs and trees, red and green and blue and white . . . When Christmas and the first night of Chanukah occur on the same day, Sophie and Max...
Holidays are better with Friends the television series
Ostow, Micol
Paper Book
Have a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, wonderful Thanksgiving, sweet Valentine's Day, and a whole lot more in this all-new official Friends picture book, based on the blockbuster TV show! "You can't have Thanksgiving without turkey. That's like Fourth of July without apple pie, or...
A year of everyday wonders
Klein, Cheryl B., 1978- author.
Paper Book
With each new year come countless exciting firsts. From the highs--first snowfall, first new umbrella, first beach trip--to the lows--first missed bus, first lost umbrella, first sunburn--every year older means another cycle of experiences. In their clever, playful, observant picture book,...
Tim Burton's the nightmare before Christmas
Asuka, Jun, 1978- author.
Paper Book
Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King, the ruler of Halloween Town and master of all things terrifying. But he's tired of his life in the shadows and longs for something new. When he accidentally stumbles upon Christmas Town, he decides this is the perfect chance to try his hand at a brand new...
Holly the Christmas fairy
Meadows, Daisy
Paper Book
It's Christmastime, but the evil Jack Frost has stolen Santa's sleigh! Can Kirsty, Rachel, and Holly the Christmas Fairy save the holiday? There's trouble in Fairyland once again--Jack Frost has stolen Santa's sleigh and there were three special gifts onboard! Without those gifts...

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