Holiday Picture Books

Stories, rhymes and songs for children, chosen by Librarians at the Free Library.

Wombat divine
Wombat divine
by Mem Fox
The little drummer boy
The little drummer boy
by Ezra Jack Keats
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The night before Christmas
The night before Christmas
by Clement Clarke Moore
The Polar Express
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
The puppy who wanted a boy
The puppy who wanted a boy
by Jane Thayer
The trees of the dancing goats
The trees of the dancing goats
by Patricia Polacco
Where's Prancer?
Where's Prancer?
by Syd Hoff
A Christmas carol
A Christmas carol
by Charles Dickens
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
An angel just like me
An angel just like me
by Mary Hoffman
Bear Noel
Bear Noel
by Olivier Dunrea
Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins
Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins
by Eric A Kimmel
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Beni's first Chanukah
Beni's first Chanukah
by Jane Breskin Zalben
Dream snow
Dream snow
by Eric Carle
D is for dragon dance
D is for dragon dance
by Ying Chang Compestine
Max's Christmas
Max's Christmas
by Rosemary Wells
How Santa got his job
How Santa got his job
by Stephen Krensky
If you take a mouse to the movies
If you take a mouse to the movies
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
How Santa lost his job
How Santa lost his job
by Stephen Krensky
Merry Christmas, baby : a Christmas and Kwanzaa treasury
Merry Christmas, baby : a Christmas and…
Olive, the other reindeer
Olive, the other reindeer
by Vivian Walsh
My two grandmothers
My two grandmothers
by Effin Older
My first Kwanzaa
My first Kwanzaa
by Karen Katz
Seven candles for Kwanzaa
Seven candles for Kwanzaa
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Silver packages : an Appalachian Christmas story
Silver packages : an Appalachian Christmas…
by Cynthia Rylant
Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story
Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story
by Angela Shelf Medearis
The latke who couldn't stop screaming : a Christmas story
The latke who couldn't stop screaming : a…
by Lemony Snicket
O Christmas tree : its history and holiday traditions
O Christmas tree : its history and holiday…
by Jacqueline Farmer
A piñata in a pine tree : a Latino twelve days of Christmas
A piñata in a pine tree : a Latino twelve…
by Pat Mora
Daddy Christmas and Hanukkah Mama
Daddy Christmas and Hanukkah Mama
by Selina Alko
La Noche Buena : a Christmas story
La Noche Buena : a Christmas story
by Antonio Sacre
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