Holiday Reading Lists

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK: Even though my children do not believe in the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus, we still greatly enjoy reading about them during the holidays for fun and silliness. I’ve tried to star our favorites, but I don’t know that it’s a foolproof system. We just enjoy them all sooo much! LOL! This page will forever be a work in progress! (((((HUGS))))) sandi

THANKSGIVING

**CRANBERRY THANKSGIVING by Wende and Harvy Devlin

CHESTER CHIPMUNK’S THANKSGIVING by Barbara Williams

Selections from GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS

LITTLE BEAR’S THANKSGIVING by Janice, Pictures by Mariana

MOLLY’S PILGRIM by Barbara Cohen

THANK YOU, SARAH: THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THANKSGIVING by Laurie Halse Anderson

THANKSGIVING IS… by Gail Gibbons

THANKSGIVING WITH ME by Margaret Willey

THE PETERKIN’S THANKSGIVING Adapted by Elizabeth Spurr

THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING by Nancy J. Skarmeas

**THE THANKSGIVING STORY by Alice Dalgliesh

I have been dying to read IN NOVEMBER by Cynthia Rylant, but it’s not in our linrary system.

CHRISTMAS

A CAROL FOR CHRISTMAS by Ann Tompert

**A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens

**A CHRISTMAS LIKE HELEN’S by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS opera video from our library

**AN ORANGE FOR FRANKIE by Patricia Polacco

**APPLE TREE CHRISTMAS by Trinka Hakes Noble

BARTHOLOMEW’S PASSAGE by Arnold Ytreeide

BOXES FOR KATJE by Candace Fleming~not necessarily Christmas but SO GLAD we read it!

CHRISTMAS IN NOISY VILLAGE by Astrid Lindgren and Ilon Wikland

CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY by Cynthia Rylant and Diane Goode

**CHRISTMAS TAPESTRY by Patricia Polacco

CLOWN OF GOD by Tomie dePaola

DANIEL’S GIFT by M.C. Helldorfer

Selections from GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=OlcGood&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed&tag=public

**HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS by Dr. Seuss

JOTHAM’S JOURNEY by Arnold Ytreeide

ONE SPLENDID CHRISTMAS TREE by Marilyn Helmer

***ORDINARY BABY EXTRAORDINARY GIFT by Gloria Gaither

MIRACLE IN A SHOEBOX by Franklin Graham

MR. WILLOWBY’S CHRISTMAS TREE by Robert Barry

SILENT NIGHT: THE SONG AND ITS STORY by Margaret Hodges

SILVER PACKAGES by Cynthia Rylant

unabridged audio of THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER by Barbara Robinson

THE BOY OF THE BELLS by Carly Simon

THE CHRISTMAS CAMEL by Nancy Winslow Parker

**THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHAN TOOMEY by Susan Wojciechowski

**THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN by Ivan Gantschev

THE CHRISTMAS WINDOW by Laurie Fraser Manifold

THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH by Charles Dickens

THE FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL illustrated by Jerry Pinckney

THE LITTLEST CHRISTMAS TREE by Flora Strousse

THE POLAR EXPRESS by Chris Van Allsburg

THE STORY OF HOLLY AND IVY by Rumer Godden

**THE YEAR OF THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE by Gloria Houston

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement Moore

Don’t forget Teaching Mom’s Advent Calendar! http://www.teachingmom.com/features/advent.html

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

I HAVE A DREAM words to this famous speech and artwork by Coretta Scott King

MARTIN’S BIG WORDS by Doreen Rappaport

PINK AND SAY by Patricia Polacco

TEAMMATES by Peter Golenboch

THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES by Robert Coles

This site is a good resource as well.

VALENTINE’S DAY

A VALENTINE FANTASY by Carolyn Haywood

CRANBERRY VALENTINE by Wende and Harry Devlin

Selections from GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS

SAINT VALENTINE by Robert Sabuda

SOMEBODY LOVES YOU MR. HATCH by Eileen Spinelli

THE BALLAD OF VALENTINE by Alison Jackson and Tricia Tusa

THE BEST VALENTINE IN THE WORLD by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

THE STORY OF VALENTINE’S DAY by Nancy Skarmeas

THE VALENTINE BEARS by Eve Bunting and Jan Brett

THINGS TO MAKE AND DO FOR VALENTINE’S DAY by Tomie de Paola

VALENTINE’S DAY by HOUSE LAWN & OTHER LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY by Barbara Seuling

How about a movie? We love “Cinderella” starring Brandy and “The Princess Bride”

PRESIDENT’S DAY (and Lincoln/Washington’s Birthdays)ABRAHAM LINCOLN and GEORGE WASHINGTON by D’Aulaire

Selections from GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS

THE LAST COW ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN & OTHER LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

A FIELD OF BUTTERCUPS by Alice Boden

A FINE ST. PATRICK’S DAY by Susan Wojciechowski

FAVORITE FAIRY TALES TOLD IN IRELAND by Virginia Havil

JEREMY BEAN’S SAINT PATRICK’S DAY by Alice Schertle

SAINT PATRICK AND THE PEDDLER by Margaret Hodges

ST. PATRICK’S DAY by Gail Gibbons

THE KING OF IRELAND’S SON by Brendan Behan

THE LEPRECHAUN’S STORY by Richard Kennedy

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY IN THE MORNING by Eve Bunting

TRIAL AND TRIUMPH by “Patrick: Missionary to the Irish”

“The Peddler of Ballaghadereen” from THE WAY OF THE STORYTELLER by Ruth Sawyer

EASTER

A TALE FOR EASTER by Tasha Tudor

BENJAMIN’S BOX by Melody Carlson, Barbara Rainey, and Jack Stockman

BUNNY MY HONEY by Anita Jeram

CHICKEN SUNDAY by Patricia Polocco

CRANBERRY EASTER by Wende and Harry Devlin

THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES AS TOLD TO JENIFER by Du Bose Heyward

Selections from GOOD STORIES FOR GREAT HOLIDAYS

The Visual Bible “The Gospel According to Matthew”

MINERVA LOUISE AND THE COLORFUL EGGS by Janet Morgan Stoeke

MISS FANNIE’S HAT by Jan Karon

MIZ FANNIE MAY’S FINE NEW EASTER HAT Melissa Milich

PETER’S FIRST EASTER by Walter Wangerin Jr.

QUEEN OF EASTER by Mary Engelbreit

SUNRISE HILL by Kathleen Long Bostrom

THE BUNNY WHO FOUND EASTER by Charlotte Zolotow

THE EASTER BUNNY WHO OVERSLEPT by Priscilla Friedrich

THE EASTER STORY by Brian Wildsmith

THE GOLDEN EGG BOOK by Margaret Wise Brown

THE LITTLE RABBIT by Judy Dunn

THE STORY OF EASTER by Aileen Fisher

THE STORY OF EASTER by Patricia A. Pingry

THE TALE OF THREE TREES by Angela Elwell Hunt

WHAT IS EASTER? By Michelle Adams