One of my favorite things to do during the holiday season is read books together with my children. We read books during Morning Time, place book baskets throughout the house, and read books together after dinner or before bedtime. The chilly winter season makes for the perfect time to enjoy the luxury of reading cherished books together.

Each year I love to get out our favorite holiday books and add a few new ones to the list. One tradition we enjoy in our home is wrapping up each holiday book with wrapping paper. Each day we unwrap a new book to read together – whether it’s one we’ve loved for years or a book we’re reading together for the first time.

If you are looking for books to read to your children this holiday season that will warm your hearts, teach you new things about the holiday season, or share the message about the true meaning of Christmas, you will love these Christmas booklists for kids. These booklists include all of my favorite holiday books for children. 

In this blog post: 

• Favorite Christmas books for kids [Free printable booklist]
• Intentional holiday resources from Treehouse Schoolhouse

Favorite Christmas books for kids [Free printable booklist]

A Connected Christmas Booklist

Enjoy the booklist for A Connected Christmas featuring beloved Christmas stories like Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt and more. 

Download the A Connected Christmas Booklist here.

For more coordinating Christmas activities, A Connected Christmas is a three-week Christmas advent study that teaches the true meaning of Christmas. This study includes daily Scripture readings and coordinating activities for all of the living picture books featured in the study.

A Connected Christmas, Volume Two Booklist

If you loved A Connected Christmas, Volume Two brings more classic Christmas stories into your home this holiday season. Enjoy reading Uncle Vova’s Tree by Patricia Polacco, Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber by Tom Brokaw, Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant, and more. 

Download the A Connected Christmas, Volume Two Booklist here.

A Connected Christmas, Volume Two continues the same holiday tradition of carols, stories, poetry, art, baking, and handcrafts, designed to bring your family together during this holiday season. Share in the love of Christ by revisiting the Nativity story along with new stories and heartwarming activities to enjoy this season together.

A Connected Christmas: Around the World Booklist 

Have you ever wondered how Christmas is celebrated around the world? This booklist surveys holiday traditions in countries worldwide, including Mexico, Italy, Japan, and more. This booklist includes titles like The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola, Merry Christmas, Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola, Tree of Cranes by Allen Say and so many more.

Download the A Connected Christmas: Around the World Booklist here.

This holiday booklist coordinates with A Connected Christmas: Around the World. In this 3-week curriculum, your children will travel the world as you explore the Christmas season in different languages, climates, and cultures. Experience the unique traditions of different countries through festive carols, stories, poetry, fine art, baking, and handcrafts.

Intentional holiday resources from Treehouse Schoolhouse

A Treasured Thanksgiving

Has your family learned the history of the first Thanksgiving? A Treasured Thanksgiving is a Charlotte Mason unit study that dives deep into themes like the Pilgrim’s voyage to America, the Wampanoag people, the First Encounters, the First Thanksgiving, and the relationship between the Pilgrims and Native Americans in the first year. It also uses Scripture, poetry, art studies, picture books, projects, baking, geography, and narration, to give your family a way to connect and focus on the meaning of the holiday.

A Virtuous Valentine’s

A Virtuous Valentine’s is a Charlotte Mason-inspired curriculum that invites families to study the life-changing love of God in a hands-on way. Through Scripture readings, beauty subjects, picture books, hands-on activities, and a look into the history of Valentine’s Day, this study provides an invitation to delve into the profound depth of God’s love and how it shapes our relationships. The study explores how God’s love is unconditional, how love is expressed through acts of kindness and encouragement, how compassion and empathy can change hearts and lives, and how true love is demonstrated through selflessness and sacrifice. 

An Expectant Easter

An Expectant Easter is a Bible-based, Charlotte Mason-inspired curriculum that invites families to center hearts on the meaning of Easter. Through Bible stories, hymns, poetry, art studies, picture books, projects, baking, tea time, and nature studies, your family will spend three weeks connecting together and focusing on the newness of Spring, the sacrifice that Jesus made, and the power of His resurrection.