Winter Holiday Books for Kids!

Updated November 19, 2025
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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...
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...
Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa
Washington, Donna L., 1967-
Paper Book
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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...
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...
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
Paper Book
Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King, the ruler of Halloween Town and master of all things creepy and spooky. 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
Help Holly the Christmas Fairy save the holiday magic! Three stories in one! There's trouble in Fairyland again! Jack Frost is up to his old tricks. This time, he has stolen Santa's sleigh. There were three special gifts onboard. Without them, Christmas could be ruined!

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