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Christmas Holiday Books and Resources
We collected some great resources and gift ideas for this Christmas and Holiday season.
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Holiday Books
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The Legend of the Poinsettia
Ages 5-9.This book tells a legend about the gift of giving. It is set in Mexico, close to Christmas time. All the families are preparing their gifts for the baby Jesus. One family is making a special blanket for the baby, however the mother gets too sick and she cannot finish the beautiful blanket, so the family will have no gift to give on Christmas.
Hardcover Book
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A Hanukkah Treasury
Ages 4-8.
Hooray for Hanukkah--the festival of lights! This beautiful, color-drenched
compendium offers a lovely, lively tribute to the Jewish holiday, as well as the
history and tradition behind the celebration.
Hardcover Book
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Chanukah Lights Everywhere
This picture book for three to seven year olds was written by Michael L. Rosen and illustrated by Melissa Iwai. A little boy and his family celebrate the Festival of Lights in their home in the city. Each night something happens to remind him of the number of candles they have just lit. This is a nice introduction to the family celebration of Chanukah for a small child.
Hardcover Book
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Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury
Celebrate the joy, beauty, and magic of Christmas with this giant treasury of Jan Brett's best-loved, best selling books. This oversize gift edition gathers together seven complete, previously published
stories, including The Mitten and The Hat as well as The Twelve Days of
Christmas.
Hardcover Book
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Finding Christmas
PreSchool-Grade 1–Late on Christmas Eve, a little girl is still seeking the perfect present for her baby brother. She finds a mysterious shop overflowing with toys, but before she can get someone to assist her, another shopper (whom children will realize is Santa Claus) scoops every single item into a sack and hauls it out the door.
Hardcover Book
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B Is for Bethlehem
Children's alphabet book, rhyming couplets and the story of Christ Jesus' birth. This book combines three winning elements. In addition, the illustrations are very appealing.
Paperback Book
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My First Kwanzaa Book
This picture book provides an excellent introduction to how African-American families celebrate Kwanzaa.Told from the viewpoint of a little boy, this is the story of his family's
celebration.
Paperback Book
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Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story
Ages 5-8. In The Seven Days of Kwanzaa: How to Celebrate Them (1994), the author offered ideas, including crafts and recipes, for celebrating the cultural holiday.
Paperback Book
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Antonella and Her Santa Claus
Mocked by her schoolmates for believing in Santa Claus, an Italian girl sends off a Christmas letter anyway via balloon. It ends up in a schoolyard in Hungary, where the students pool their pocket money to fulfill Antonella's wish for roller-skates; their package arrives just in time for Christmas Eve.
Hardcover Book
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Brown Paper Bear
PreSchool-Grade 1 - One night, Jessica awakens to find that an old cupboard has
magically appeared in her room. Among the dusty playthings stored inside, she
finds a teddy bear wrapped in brown paper and a red ribbon. There's no mention of Christmas in the text, but the cover image of a bear in a red-ribboned package and the echoes of the Nutcracker story lend a holiday flavor.
Hardcover Book
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The First Christmas
Simple text and pop-up illustrations retell the story of the birth of Jesus, from the Annunciation to the visit of the shepherds and the three kings.
(Festive Pop-Up Book) (Hardcover)
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